10 - 8's are a joke

[Flammenwerfer]

Sick of hearing "that could be a 10-8" by the commentary. It never is.
It's so hard to get a 10-8 that by the time you get one you've essentially won the fight anyway.

It would be so easy to implement, if you get 2 knockdowns in a round or deal double the damage/output of your opponent that should be a 10-8.

Either make 10-8 rounds achievable or just get rid of them.

 

[Satan's Daddy.]

I agree, commentators shouldn't be talking about how they're scoring the fight, it's above their pay grade.

We watch the fight for the entertainment, not about how they score the fights or how a girls hips reminds them of a hoola hoop ffs.

 

[Buckland]

Didn't they revise the scoring slightly to make a 10-8 more easy to achieve? Maybe certain commissions? Or am I just imagining things?

 

[TheHabitualLineStepper]

Exactly. The commentary was saying Usman Colby round 2 should be 10-8, wtf??

10-8 should be rounds where the fighter is totally dominated, Dana White even said that himself.

 

[wildchild88]

From MMA junkie article:

According to the unified rules that D’Amato and other judges rely on, a 10-8 score “does not require a fighter to dominate their opponent for 5 minutes of a round.” A 10-8 score should be awarded if “one fighter has dominated the action of the round, had duration of the domination and also impacted their opponent with either effective strikes or effective grappling maneuvers that have diminished the abilities of their opponent.” A 10-8 score should be considered if “a fighter IMPACTS their opponent significantly in a round even though they do not dominate the action.”

This is really broad, think it leaves a lot to interpretation..

Doesn't judging in every sport suck though?

 

[Poser Caust]

You can fix the criteria all you want but it won't mean shit with incompetent judges, which has never been properly addressed during the entire history of the sport, boxing too for that matter.

 

[wildchild88]

I agree, commentators shouldn't be talking about how they're scoring the fight, it's above their pay grade.

We watch the fight for the entertainment, not about how they score the fights or how a girls hips reminds them of a hoola hoop ffs.

Definitely this, sick of Rogan and the other douches score the shit out of every fight. Especially since the commentary has been very biased..

You can tell that they have been warned about their biased commentary recently though..

 

[locust rising]

Sick of hearing "that could be a 10-8" by the commentary. It never is.
It's so hard to get a 10-8 that by the time you get one you've essentially won the fight anyway.

It would be so easy to implement, if you get 2 knockdowns in a round or deal double the damage/output of your opponent that should be a 10-8.

Either make 10-8 rounds achievable or just get rid of them.

Wand knocked Chuck down in the second round 2x. You're saying he dominated that round enough for a 10-8?
Pshhhhh

 

[mjoln]

 

[The UFC Brander Collector]

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That guy went out as a hero

 

[cambo78]

Khabib (and his style) says otherwise. Holding someone down from the start and dealing out damage (gnp) the entire round is CERTAINLY grounds for a 10-8.

Edgar/Maynard rd-1 is a great example of a standup 10-8

Competent judges get it and from what I've seen a TRUE 10-8 is usually scored correct. (Note "USUALLY")


Which other fight rounds are you considering "obvious" 10-8's that weren't scored correctly???

 

[NDiaz209]

There should be 10-7's for total domination and almost finish. 10-8 for domination. 10-9 for won round but no domination.

 

[Ares Black]

If anything there should be more 10-8s.

 

[BigDramaShow26]

The only thing that's a joke is how they score MMA fights in general. They should incorporate more 10-8s if anything. Idk why they want to be like boxing so bad. Boxing has 10 or 12 rounds to tell the story of a fight. When its only 3 rounds it makes it ridiculously hard to be accurate.

 

[NoSmilez]

New 10-8 is easy to get. It's messed up though because depending on what state or what judge. They might give 10-8 more liberally than others. If you listen to the scoring the unknown names tend to give out 10-8 more

 

[cambo78]

There should be 10-7's for total domination and almost finish. 10-8 for domination. 10-9 for won round but no domination.

(imho) If you can score a round a "10-7" then it means the fight SHOULD'VE been stopped and it should be documented in the scorecards and held against the ref's credentials/license. (UFC 267)

 

[moreorless87]

The only thing that's a joke is how they score MMA fights in general. They should incorporate more 10-8s if anything. Idk why they want to be like boxing so bad. Boxing has 10 or 12 rounds to tell the story of a fight. When its only 3 rounds it makes it ridiculously hard to be accurate.

Pretty much, I think a near finish in an otherwise competitive round should be 10-8 as should a dominant round(landing way more strikes or dominant control, that is just just laying in guard), 10-9 should be for closer rounds or rounds were one fighter gets the best of most of them but then nearly gets finished.

They should also change scoring so that the last round is the tie breaker, more 10-8's would equal more draws but who wins the last round in that situation wins the fight.

 

[greenseeker]

Didn't they revise the scoring slightly to make a 10-8 more easy to achieve? Maybe certain commissions? Or am I just imagining things?

You are correct. The old 10-8 criteria is basically the 10-7 criteria now. Not sure if it's only been implemented in certain states or not.

 

[greenseeker]

Edgar/Maynard rd-1 is a great example of a standup 10-8

That would probably be a 10-7 under the newer scoring criteria.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

What's double damage?