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I disagree. I also disagree that round 5 was as close as you think. (Holloway had one good flurry but was hurt multiple times and lost about 4 minutes of the round)
That being said, your statement of "it was a close fight and no one should complain" is perfectly reasonable. betterthanjones's statement of "Judges screwed up by not having it a draw", however, is not.
I'd need to rewatch round 5, but it seemed to me they landed roughly the same amount on each other and with similar effect. I saw the fight this way:
Round 1: Dustin, clearest round of the fight. Pushing up against a 10-8. I couldn't give Dustin a 10-8 there, but if someone did I wouldn't say it's the craziest thing. He had Max on skates twice.
Round 2: Dustin, second clearest round of the fight. Max landed more shots of his own, but Dustin just had more steam on his.
Round 3: Max clearly. He tuned Dustin up, Max's best round.
Round 4: Max, but close. Max landed more, and hurt Dustin with a 2 punch combo, and beat him up against the cage. Dustin did land that knee that busted Max's face open, but still Max's round. He also locked in a choke as the round expired.
Round 5: Close round. Seemed like they landed about the same amount on each other. Dustin did land the best punch of the round that wobbled Max for a second. Still a close round imo. I have zero issue with Dustin getting it, but just on watching it live I'd have given it to Max. I might change my mind if I watched it again.