Tim Kennedy's UFC 178 case is slowly dying down, as the middleweight contender came to terms with his manager that filing an appeal "doesn't really matter."

Tim Kennedy's UFC 178 controversy involved opponent Yoel Romero, who was believed to be given an extra 28 seconds in his stool during the one-minute in between the second and third rounds.

Kennedy and his team saw this as a "dirty trick" to let the fighter recuperate better. Eventually, Kennedy lost via technical decision, a result he was hoping he had.

Right after the fight, the 35-year old native of Austin, Texas initially placed the blame on veteran referee John McCarthy.

"I think John is the best ref in the promotion," Kennedy said in his interview on Monday at The MMA Hour. "He and Herb Dean, truly, I have respect for. He f---ed up majorly in my fight. He got owned. He got owned that night by a bunch of guys doing sh---y things. He got played by all three of them, and he just let it happen."

After almost a week from Tim Kennedy's UFC 178 controversy, the fighter and his are seemed to be at odds on whether or not they should file an appeal.

"Our camp is arguing internally," Kennedy said in a report by FOX Sports. "My manager Leo [Khorlinsky] and Greg Jackson are adamant that we should appeal because it is the right thing to do."

"[My co-manager] Nick [Palmisciano] and I are of the opinion that it doesn't really matter," he added.

Kennedy's manager Nick Palmisciano also believes that filing a case at this point would be pointless, as it would not benefit them in any way.

"We have talked about it at length and it ultimately won't change anything," he said. "Best case is it will hurt Romero and that is a bad reason to do anything,"