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Been out all morning, just got the tv on in time for the main event. Fair play to Green for taking this fight at short notice and he has very little to lose, can’t see it going well for him though.
 
Somnambulist said:
Not sure about some of these split decisions.
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The unanimous decision against the Korean was an absolute crime, she far outstruck that Brazilian woman in every round except the last. Not to mention the Brazilian is the most annoying **** I have seen in any women's division.

Honestly, the only way I can see that being unanimous is if there was some form of foul play involved. I hope Dana considers overturning that win.
 
Richdog said:
The unanimous decision against the Korean was an absolute crime, she far outstruck that Brazilian woman in every round except the last. Not to mention the Brazilian is the most annoying **** I have seen in any women's division.

Honestly, the only way I can see that being unanimous is if there was some form of foul play involved. I hope Dana considers overturning that win.
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There's been some dreadful decisions of late. It's embarrassing really. I didn't know until recently that the UFC picked the judges? Is that right as I always thought it was the Athletic Commission in whatever state or country they're in?

That said, the scoring system they use is daft anyway I think. A lot can happen in 5 minutes and to score 95% of rounds fought 10-9 is ridiculous when you think about it.
 
Bossman said:
There's been some dreadful decisions of late. It's embarrassing really. I didn't know until recently that the UFC picked the judges? Is that right as I always thought it was the Athletic Commission in whatever state or country they're in?
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Yeah I agree the system is daft. A quick google confirms that UFC don't pick the judges and that they are chosen by the state athletic commissions. https://wayofmartialarts.com/ufc-ju...the UFC Judges?,is responsible for the judges.
 
Scoring system is definitely daft. Based on the boxing system but the sports are totally different. Dana White has often complained about judges, in particular with some events in New York so he has no involvement in it.
 
Vandle said:
Scoring system is definitely daft. Based on the boxing system but the sports are totally different. Dana White has often complained about judges, in particular with some events in New York so he has no involvement in it.
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The problem also lies with the number of rounds. How many 3 round professional boxing matches do you see, virtually none? When there's more rounds there's more variation in the score. MMA should use the old pride system of scoring the fight in it's entirety or the rounds fought in the particular fight being scored should be compared to each other.

As an example you could get a clear dominant round 1 scored 10-9 and 2 narrowly won rounds 2 and 3 also scored 10-9. Surely in cases like this the rounds can't be scored equally? If the judge was allowed to amend the score for round 1 as a 10-8 or 10-7 the overall score would better reflect how the fight went. It should also produce better fights as there would be bigger element of unknown to the scoring as the fight was happening.
 
I think that's starting to happen a little now. We see many more 10-8s than we used to, they used to be very rare and would indicate an absolute beating which isn't really the case now. I am not sure amending scores after the fact would go down well either!
Something has to change though as people take advantage of the limited scoring system. Adesanya's last couple of fights are great examples of this. Against Blackovic he was basically pinned to the floor and never was able to get into a winning position. He didn't really lose as such, definitely didnt win though. Then against Whittaker did just enough to win it and was never really in danger. I think Chandler made a bit of a big deal of it asking if it's enough to for a champ to stay in his comfort zone for 5 rounds and keep the belt. It clearly is the way it's scored.

Both sides of the argument here.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/new...esanya-expresses-support-the-last-stylebender
 
Anyone got much appetite for this weekends PPV? Poor imo, I usually buy each one but nothing is exciting me about this one, might go to the pub to watch it however the reason I started getting them at home was because it costs less than I'd spend in the boozer. Not purchasing this in protest is actually going to cost me more. :(
 
It's not the greatest card I've ever seen but not the worst either. Colby Vs Masvidal is obviously a huge grudge match, although I expect Colby to maul him.

RDA Vs Moicano should be a good scrap and I'm always up for watching Greg Hardy get whooped again.

That being said, we don't have to pay extra for PPVs in the UK so I'd be watching it anyway :)

In other news did anyone see Cain Velasquez is facing attempted murder charges?

On February 28, 2022, Velasquez allegedly shot at a man in Santa Clara County, California on a main freeway and hit an unintended victim. The man who Velasquez shot at, named Harry Goularte Jr., was arrested approximately one week prior to this incident for allegedly committing lewd acts on one of Velasquez's young family members as often as “100 times" at a daycare.

Goularte was later released from custody on a personal recognizance bond.[92][93] An armed Velasquez allegedly chased after a vehicle that contained Goullarte Jr. and his stepfather, rammed it, and pulled out his firearm and shot at the man through the window but missed, and instead hit the man's stepfather and caused him non-life threatening injuries.[94]

Velasquez was later arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County jail on an attempted first-degree murder charge. In court on March 2, Velasquez was formally charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder, as well as several additional charges including one count of shooting at a motor vehicle, three counts of assault with a firearm, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of willfully discharging a firearm from a vehicle, and one count of carrying a loaded firearm with intent to commit a felon
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