Leonard Garcia Understands People Upset With Decision, Punishes Himself By Watching The Fight 15 Times

I'm sure we're all aware of the Nam Phan/Leonard Garcia match on Saturday at the TUF Season 12 Finale. Everyone and their mother has complained about this decision as Garcia was given the nod when it was clear Phan should have been the victor. Garcia recently talked to Ben Fowlkes

"I think I outscored him in the first and third rounds," said Garcia. "I think that in the third round, I was dead tired, but I kept firing and kept pressing the action, and I was able to get a takedown as well."

Re: Joe Rogan's Rant

"It does piss me off, because I have nothing to do with the decision. I have nothing to do with that. The only thing I can control is what I do in the fight. Dead tired, most people, they have that thing in their bodies that tells them, 'I'm too tired, so I'm just going to give up.' I don't have that. I go in there and I'm still trying to end the fight in the third round. So it does, it bothers me to hear him say some of that stuff he said. It's kind of a bad deal, but all it's going to do is fire me up for the next one."

"He talks about certain things that I do in the fight, but that's just my fighting style. I don't fight Joe Rogan's fighting style. I apologize to Joe Rogan, but I can't fight his style. That's not my style of fighting. What makes me who I am is my style of fighting, and people seem to enjoy it. I've won several Fight of the Night [bonuses] because of it, and I enjoy fighting that way. I think it's something the fans deserve, is to see two guys give it their all. And that's one thing I know about myself is I go out there and give it my all."

Don't let it get you down Leonard, you got the W. 

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