Adalaide Byrd may not judge at UFC 216 following Canelo vs. Golovkin scoring controversy

The Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin boxing event promised to bring fans back from the insane spectacle that was Mayweather vs. McGregor and give them a great fight between two of the best boxers in the world. And while Canelo and Golovkin both performed admirably in the ring, the same can't be said for the judges who turned in a draw of a decision, leaving many with a bad taste in their mouth.

Most of the ire on the scorecards front went to judge Adalaide Byrd, who scored the fight 118-110 for Canelo. The other two judges had things much tighter with Dave Moretty scoring it 115-113 Golovkin and Don Trella turning in a 114-114 draw. The media ripped into Byrd immediately after the fight, and Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Bob Bennett ended up admitting she had 'a bad night.' Soon after he claimed the commission would be giving her 'a short break' from judging fights.

That's where things get relevant for us MMA fans. UFC 216 on October 7th goes down in Nevada and people want to know whether Byrd is going to be scoring the Ferguson vs. Lee and / or Johnson vs. Borg fights from cageside. As it stands, there are differing accounts of what's going on.

8 News Now has Byrd off UFC 216...

While MMA Fighting's Marc Raimondi has the NSAC playing mum on Byrd's status for the card:

UFC 216 is just two weeks away, so it would be 'a short break' indeed if Byrd is already back in action at that event. But it wouldn't be surprising. Byrd has turned in numerous head scratcher decisions over the years and it has never affected her apparent tenure with the NSAC. You'd like to think blowing the scores on the most important fight of the year would be a catalyst for change, but sadly that's probably not the case.