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http://themmacommunity.com/threads/...arvalho-decision-jimmy-smith-weighs-in.18214/
“We don’t judge fights. We judge round by round,” Hinds said. “All the damage [Manhoef] did was mostly in the second round and the fifth round. The other three rounds were lackluster with not a lot to go on. The only round we saw different was round four.”
I talked to Rob after the fight and told him directly that it was the worst decision I had ever commentated. His answer was a more succinct version of what is quoted above. In his interview this is the only justification he really makes for seeing the fight the way he did. Read it carefully and you will be as confused as I was after hearing it from his own mouth. He talks about the damage Manhoef did and the how lackluster the other rounds were: there isn't a single WORD about what Raphael Carvalho did to win the fight. No talk of significant strikes, aggression, takedowns, cage control, submission attempts...you know STUFF A FIGHTER HAS TO DO TO WIN A FIGHT. The attitude almost seems to be that Carvalho started out the fight ahead and that it was Manhood's responsibility to convince them he deserved to win, and he didn't do enough. The simple truth is that, as painful as that fight was to watch, a fighter simply has to do more than his opponent and in every statistical category it was a (boring) wipeout. If a basketball game ends with a score of 15-20 it might suck, but the winning team still scored 25% than the other team and deserves to win. If Rob wants to win over a public that has been nearly universal in its condemnation, he should start by telling us what he saw in Carvalho that he felt gave him the win. On that subject he is conspicuously silent.