No Sanchez-Pearson rematch

There will be no rematch between Diego Sanchez and Ross Pearson.

UFC president Dana White called Sanchez's controversial split decision over Pearson last weekend "insanity" and said the promotion will move forward like Pearson won the fight.

The lightweight bout, which took place in Sanchez's hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday, was widely denounced as one of the worst decisions in UFC history.

Judges Jeff Collins and Chris Tellez each scored the bout for Sanchez, 30-27 and 29-28, respectively. Judge Marcos Rosales had it 30-27 in Pearson's favor, along by having an overwhelming most of media.

White wasn't in attendance, but viewed the fight from his vacation home in Bangor, Maine.

"It absolutely was horrible," White told ESPN.com. "In the next round, Diego got dropped and one judge still gave him that round. Insanity, man. Pearson got robbed. Pearson won that fight clearly. He easily won that fight. We have to deal with Pearson like he won and give him that next level fight.

"Finished about our sport is there's never some of that hometown advantage bulls---. Yeah, more folks are likely to be cheering for you compared to other guy, but it's not like the judges are typical from that town. Usually, athletic commissions pull the most effective from across the country. Whoever gave that fight all three rounds to Sanchez should not judge a fight again."

Tom Sells of Freesportspicksdaily.com writes "Nice, I was hoping Pearson would still get his win bonus after this one. It was really one of the worst decisions in a long time. The 30-27 Sanchez was just crazy."

Pearson's camp filed an appeal of the decision just after the bout, based on New Mexico Athletic Commission representative Richard Espinoza. The appeal came in too late to be put into a regularly scheduled NMAC meeting Tuesday.

Espinoza declined to comment on the commission's stance toward the decision.