This reminds me of Bisping vs Hendo ll.
In the second round Bisping was easily winning the round on points, imo. After almost getting massacred in round 1 by an H-Bomb with plenty of GnP. Then right at the end of round 2 he landed another H-Bomb. But could not follow it up before the bell, iirc. The question was does one great strike with a KD win you the round when you were obviously losing the round?
2 judges said yes, and one said no. In real time I was watching this at an RV park in Arkansas. We had excellent WiFi on the trailer as it’s own hotspot. I actually watched a fair amount of UFC cards while we were on the road all over the US.
I gave Bisping that round. But I don’t disagree if you gave it to Hendo. Luckily the scores in round two didn’t change the overall score. Bisping still won three rounds on all 3 official scorecards. So it was 48-47 X 2. And 49-46 on the other scorecard. You could make the case round 1 was 10-8 Hendo. But in 2016, 10-8 was rarer than they are now with the changes they’ve made to scoring.
In real time I was tempted to give Whittaker round 1. For about a second. Whittaker was on Bambi legs for a few seconds. But didn’t even get knocked down. And did recover pretty quickly. I scored round one for Costa. 29-28 Whittaker.
It’s always going to be up to each individual whether you agree or not. I always just give my score/opinion, and move on.
Some people gave Whittaker the round, including himself. And I can see how, or why. And if you are a fair judge. If you honestly thought Whittaker won the round, that’s fine. But I respectfully disagree, and I really wanted Whittaker to win.
Judging is often about perception, from your pov. And personal biases can play a role in your perception. Even if you don’t actually realize you’re doing it. And watching on tv we all get the same pov. But the judges literally all have a different pov to eachother, and the tv audience.
I just hope the judges get the right winner in a decision. And in both cases I thought the proper fighter won both fights.