Video: Bowling says 'nothing but hate' for Trujillo after UFC Fight Night 27 NC

Ten days ago, Roger Bowling left Indianapolis in the exact opposite of a good mood.

Bowling (11-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) fought Abel Trujillo (10-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in the opening fight at UFC Fight Night 27 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indy, and he had to leave with a no-contest.

Trujillo hit Bowling with what Bowling believes were intentional illegal knees. Referee Rob Hinds said they were illegal, but accidental, leading to the no-contest instead of a disqualification win for Bowling.

The replays of the fight seemed to show that the first Trujillo knee hit the chest, and the second hit Bowling in the face, which led to a Trujillo punch that the doctor said knocked Bowling out – the whole reason the fight wasn’t allowed to continue.

Complicating matters, UFC President Dana White tweeted quickly after the fight that Trujillo was the one who was robbed – that the knees were legal and he should’ve had the knockout victory. In fact, White said after the card that Trujillo would be paid his win bonus for the effort.

After the event, White said he had the advantage of seeing the replays on FOX Sports’ super slow-motion camera, which shoots video at 5,000 frames per second. And those “Phantom Cam” highlights showed it sure was close.

But two days after the fight, Bowling didn’t care. As far as he was concerned, Trujillo was the villain.

“I don’t know what his problem was,” Bowling told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “I think, honestly, he was looking for a way out of the fight. I was clearly dominating him – wrestling, jiujitsu, standup. I was winning everywhere. He was fading and I think he was searching for anything at that point. After the fight, I don’t know what words were said. We were getting at each other about it being illegal and stopping the fight. I told him we’re definitely doing it again – that’s what came out of my mouth.”

But that’s mild compared to what Bowling would go on to tell host George Garcia.

“You saw the tape – he kneed me right in the chin and followed it up with a sucker punch and cut me on my right eye,” Bowling said. “I get so mad when I watch it – I have so much hate in my heart for him. I hope I’m standing across from him again, because I’ll put his head into the third row – I promise.”

So far, the UFC hasn’t scheduled a rematch between the two. But that’s what Bowling clearly wants.

He said his hope was that Hinds’ call of accidental knee was incorrect, and maybe that was his best case to have the no-contest overturned.

The Indiana Gaming Commission, which oversees MMA in the state, told MMAjunkie.com the day after the fight that an appeal by Bowling probably would be a moot point.

“There have been a few situations like this in the past in Indiana,” commissioner Andy Means said. “The way our rules read now, a decision cannot be overturned based on the dispute of whether a referee’s intentional/accidental foul call was correct/incorrect. We are reviewing policies in other jurisdictions, such as Nevada, that utilize the use of instant replay to make the correct call when a fight is ended due to an intentional/accidental foul.”

At this point, make no mistake – if a rematch is set up, Bowling plans to bring the heat.

“Not only was it illegal, I think it was intentional,” he said. “Then he followed it up with the sucker punch. I don’t know how much more wrong you can be than that. He knows what he did, and he knows why he did it. He was looking to do anything at any cost – he knew he was losing, and he knew I was dominating him, just like will happen in the rematch.

“I watch the tape, I shake I get so mad. I’ve never had so much hate for someone in my life. I respect the sport. But I have nothing but hate for him, and no respect at all.”

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