Are escapes scored?

[Bearknuckle]

I wrestled throughout high school. It made me think in mma, how come when a guy takes someone down for a split second and does nothing with it, it is scored so heavily? If it is scored so much, shouldnt escapes be scored as well.

the idea behind scoring a takedown while doing 0 damage is because the fighter dictated where they wanted the fight. So if a guy escapes, shouldnt he be awarded for dictating where he wanted the fight? In this case standing up?

i know its a sport and a game at times. When its a close round on the feet, a guy would sometimes go for a takedown just to score, knowing he isnt gonna do anything with it.

also, what about defended takedowns? Isn’t stopping a guy from taking u down, a sign of dictating where the fight goes?

in wrestling, u get 2 pts for a takedown and 1 pt for escapes. Sometimes when the round starts in wrestling, u can opt to start on the bottom to acore an escape point, because breaking out of a lock is a sign of advancing or changing position. Shouldnt it be like that in mma?

 

[arcadeperfect]

If someone escapes quickly like Holloway did then the takedown should mean nothing. There are idiots that believe takedowns should be treated like knockdowns.

 

[Cpt Migraine]

"Stopping the td is reward enough in itself"..

I'm on the same boat though.. failing when spamming td's, holding someone on the fence or lay n praying should be punished.. either of these actions point to standing not being a neutral position..

if the striker keeps it standing while not doing damage that should probably count as a dominant position if laying on the ground without doing damage counts as dominant for wrestlers..

And do away with the 10 point must system..

 

[Danespina]

No. If anything the person who went for the takedown still gets points for aggression.

 

[ijngf]

Sometimes. Romero won the last two rounds against Souza perhaps because he escaped for a few times.

However, it should be noticed that nothing is 'scored' under the ten-point system. When we say something, such as significant strikes or aggression, is 'scored', we mean to say that something is counted as advantage for a fighter. Therefore, a fighter may theoretically have obvious advantage but still loses the fight on the scorecard.