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Amazing fight, even more amazing blunder

SYDNEY – After initially declared a split-decision win for Demetrious Johnson and then a majority-decision victory for the fighter, Johnson's UFC on FX 2 bout with Ian McCall actually turned out to be a majority draw.

The Combat Sports Authority of New South Wales confirmed after UFC on FX 2 that a tabulation error resulted in the incorrect scores.

The mistake was caught too late for the flyweight-tournament fight to go to what would have been a sudden-victory fourth round.

The tourney fight was part of the event's FX-televised main card at Sydney's Allphone Arena. The event took place Saturday afternoon in Australia and aired in the U.S. on Friday night due to the time difference.

Because of the error, the fight – which initially was showered in boos by fans who thought McCall had won – will happen again. Currently, the rematch is tentatively slated for April, though clearly frustrated UFC president Dana White said no exact date is set.

White, though, confirmed that both competitors will get their win bonuses.

Until it's Johnson-McCall happens again, the winner of the tourney's other semifinal fight, Joseph Benavidez (who knocked out Yasuhiro Urushitani), will wait on the sidelines. He'll meet the Johnson-McCall winner for the UFC's first-ever flyweight championship.

Initially, Johnson was declared the winner via 28-29, 29-28 and 29-28 scores. Later, Johnson was declared the majority-decision victor via 29-28, 29-29 and 29-28 scores. However, according to a commission official, one judge had scored the final round 10-8, which was overlooked during tabulations. So the final scores were 28-28, 29-29, 29-28 (Johnson got the 29-28 score).

Had the error been caught in time, Johnson and McCall would have fought an immediate fourth round to determine a winner.