The Hawaii State Boxing Commission has denied Juliana Velasquez’s appeal of her loss to Liz Carmouche in the Bellator 278 main event.
MMAFighting.com was first to bring word of the ruling. Velasquez lost her flyweight belt when she succumbed to a barrage of elbows from Carmouche while trapped in the mounted crucifix position at the 4:47 mark of Round 4. Prior to the finish, Velasquez appeared to be well on her way to a decision victory.
While Velasquez and her team believed none of the blows was significant enough to warrant a stoppage, the Hawaii commission ruled the result “shall not be reviewed, nor shall the decision made by referee,” because “[t]he referees shall stop the contest when, in the referee’s judgment, either of the contestants shows a marked superiority or is apparently outclassed.