Absolute robbery

KKF vs Albazi - How did you score the fight?

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This for me, is the biggest robbery I’ve seen in recent years, at least in a decently high profile fight.


I cannot see an argument for Albazi winning three rounds. I had every round for Kai but 3. I can see rd1 for Albazi but tbh not really. But I don’t see a single way Albazi won 2,4, or 5.


I could see arguments for Sean > Yan, TJ > Cory, hell even Paddy v Gordon. Even if I disagreed.
But this fight I have no clue how Albazi was given 3 rounds by two judges.

Do we need to start talking about fixing or ufc having a word in judges ear?
Up an coming Arab fighter in Abu Dhabi sells better than KKF who is 0-2 vs Moreno
 
But what can be done about it?
 
Competitive fight but kkf clearly out pointed him

bad decision for sure - we’ve seen worse - but it was bad
 
There is absolutely zero way to score three rounds for Albazi with the current unified rules, and honestly, with the old one as well. His control and pressure was ineffective as most of his takedown attempts were nullified. The takedown(s) that he did get didn't yield much, if any, top control or back control outside of the third round. KKF outstruck him. Albazi clearly won one round. The first round was close. Stop using boxing officials for MMA. They don't know what the fuck they're watching. I had it 4-1 KKF and 3-2 for KKF is still plausible.
 
Southpoor97 said:
When you open a post and the first 12 comments are people of all backgrounds and different fanboys saying Kai clearly won, even Albazi fans and bettors, it might be cause to re evaluate the fight and your view on it.

how do you give albazi 3 rounds? He clearly lost 2,4,5.

You can give him 1 and 3 at best
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That’s hilarious cause most people who scored it for Kai gave albazi rd 2 not 1. It shows there’s a logical path for albazi winning 1,2,3.
 
Substance Abuse said:
There is absolutely zero way to score three rounds for Albazi with the current unified rules, and honestly, with the old one as well. His control and pressure was ineffective as most of his takedown attempts were nullified. The takedown(s) that he did get didn't yield much, if any, top control or back control outside of the third round. KKF outstruck him. Albazi clearly won one round. The first round was close. Stop using boxing officials for MMA. They don't know what the fuck they're watching. I had it 4-1 KKF and 3-2 for KKF is still plausible.
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Rd 1 is tougher to score than you realize because both guys basically just stared at each other for half the round. The other half KKF was busier but Albazi landed the harder shots. Arguments for both to have won rd 1. There are only 5 rds it doesn’t take much to swing a fight from one you think one guy definitely won over to the other side. This isn’t boxing where you have 12 rds to separate yourself.
 
moosaev said:
Rd 1 is tougher to score than you realize because both guys basically just stared at each other for half the round. The other half KKF was busier but Albazi landed the harder shots. Arguments for both to have won rd 1. There are only 5 rds it doesn’t take much to swing a fight from one you think one guy definitely won over to the other side. This isn’t boxing where you have 12 rds to separate yourself.
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First half of your post: No. It isn't harder to score than how I scored it, as, I watched the fight. I'm comfortable with how I view it.

Second half of your post: Yes, there are twelve rounds in title fights and ten rounds in non title fights in boxing.

At the end of the day, one judge gave Albazi R4. I don't need to say anything else.
 
moosaev said:
That’s hilarious cause most people who scored it for Kai gave albazi rd 2 not 1. It shows there’s a logical path for albazi winning 1,2,3.
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Dude just check out all the media scores for this fight and the stats. You are so wrong.
 
another bad judges decision for another "high" profile fight. what were the odds? anything funky with that? i'm telling you, bad judges decisions every card now.
 
Thought Kai took 1,4,5 but definitely some close rd's. Wouldn't say robbery but I thought Kai had it. Probably enough success for the Australian and New Zealand demographic so they needed a fresh market to push.
 
moosaev said:
That’s hilarious cause most people who scored it for Kai gave albazi rd 2 not 1. It shows there’s a logical path for albazi winning 1,2,3.
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How is that hilarious? You are at most presenting an argument for the most unlikely chain of events to give Albazi the win.

Verdict scorecard clearly show Kai won 4 rounds.

you are bias or here to troll and cause drama. All mma fans know Kai won. You would have to be extremely generous to the point of bias to give alabazi 1 through 3
 
Clear robbery. Almost as bad as loma vs Haney . I mean can anyone explain or even make a valid argument of how albani could’ve won that fight?? Kara win easily 4-1
 
I have a feeling most people that scream robbery are influenced by the stats. With no stats, there is only one clear round, and that one was won by Albazi. All other rounds could have gone either way (and scoring that was all over the place proves it). And I am ok with stats not being important in this one, as something was seriously wrong with the strikes count; I was in shock when that was displayed mid fight, it made it look like it was a blowout in a super competitive fight.
 
IvanDrago2.0 said:
Clear robbery. Almost as bad as loma vs Haney . I mean can anyone explain or even make a valid argument of how albani could’ve won that fight?? Kara win easily 4-1
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I thought it was a robbery when I watched it live but on rewatch I thought Albazi won somewhat convincingly.

R1: The strikes landed were more or less negligible other than the big overhand right KKF landed at the end of the round when Albazi was taunting him. Amir had already built a lead by this point due to his forward pressure, KKF spent over 75% of the round on the backfoot being pressured and rendered almost exclusively defensive. It was a close round that could be fairly awarded to either side, but I definitely leaned Albazi winning the round.

R2: This was a very clear round for Albazi when I rewatched it. He was the one pressing forward for over 75% of the round and landed the better and more meaningful shots. When Kai was landing it was one shot at a time in contrast to Albazi who was also landing singular shots but they were overhands. Optically this was a terrible round for Kai.

R3: The control + submission attempt for Albazi won the round.

R4: I leaned Kai winning the round because he began pressing forward and was stringing together combinations instead of singular shots. Albazi did land the bigger and more meaningful shots during the round and awarding it to him is reasonable, though somewhat generous imo, but this was a much better round for Kai optically.

R5: Clear round for Kai theres no way to give Albazi this round he was getting pieced up.

I think the reason it felt like a robbery live for so many is because Kai ended the fight very strong and won his rounds by large margins while Albazi won his rounds on very thin margins and with not much offense. Definitely not a robbery though imo.
 
This is why MMA is not a sport as-is. Fights are judged subjectively on feelz, not objective statistics, they don't even give the judges time to deliberate and look at the punch counts to make a more educated and informed decision. Or better yet rewatch certain parts of the right in replay from a better vantage point before rendering a decision. The only reason that stuff doesn't happen is it would disrupt the flow of Dana's three ring circus, and mess with the crooked and corrupt gambling side of things which UFC is so invested in.
 
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