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No it doesn't, all it needs is judges that give close rounds a 10-10.
There is no winning a round or a fight because of a single takedown or a few strikes, that is borderline retarded. Such a round needs to be scored 10-10.
Try it, score very close rounds in recent controversial decisions a 10-10. You'll end up with far more satisfactory results.
The rules explicitly say you're not supposed to score 10-10 rounds unless you have no choice, and it's primarily there for edge case scenarios like incomplete rounds. The situations where a round should get scored 10-10 are pretty much limited to rounds like this:
And even for that one, all three judges managed to find something to tip the balance one way or the other. The whole reason that there are multiple scoring criteria in descending order of weight (effective striking/grappling, then aggression, then octagon control) is so that there's always SOMETHING that allows you to score the round for one fighter over the other, even if things seem even at a glance.