cecil peoples does it again

[SuperLuigi]

Oh the classic octagon "control" or "aggression" argument. It's a stupid criteria imo. Was Dan really in control if he was getting countered when he came in? If Machida wanted him to come forward and he did, doesn't that put Machida in control?

Not a great fight by any means, but Dan did not win.

I wouldnt say either of them won. They had one TD each, besides that Hendo just kicked his leg and stalked forward, and machida just backed up and landed a counter every now and then, none of which seemed to do significant damage.

 

[aristocrat]

i gave that fight to hendo and was surprised to see lyoto won, besides having no octagon control,there was the advantage in agression for hendo, willingless to exchange, and a solid time on top in the third round...but overall bad performance by both...

 

[VitoLauren]

Cecil, trying to keep the legend of "Decision" Dan Henderson alive.

I remember people used to call him decison dan back in the pride days lol

 

[Kid Fury]

He's awful. That was clearly a win for Lyoto, I don't know how you don't give him the first two rounds.

 

[KillingJoke]

Cecil, trying to keep the legend of "Decision" Dan Henderson alive.

Cecil doesn't know judging, but he know his MMA history.

 

[devildog138]

I had Dan winning. I dont give fighters points for literally running away an entire fight.

He wasn't running away. He was fighting the way he normally fights, he just didn't get the openings on Dan to do more damage. I can see Lyoto winning, I can see a draw...but I dont know how you see Dan winning.

 

[goleta83**]

haha I love the way you put that (MC DOJO AMATEURS CHOSEN BY AMATEUR COMISSIONS). They are like god damn American Idol judges

 

[bicpup269]

haha I love the way you put that (MC DOJO AMATEURS CHOSEN BY AMATEUR COMISSIONS). They are like god damn American Idol judges

The winners of American Idol usually can sing pretty well.

 

[goleta83**]

Cecil, trying to keep the legend of "Decision" Dan Henderson alive.

Idk I've seen him fuck one or two people up....

 

[Carvin]

Machida won and rightly so. But I can see how someone could score it for Hendo.
We've had worse judging this year.

 

[Judo gi**]

 

[closetfighter]

neither guy won that fight.

 

[drhodes1970]

Dan had octagon control the entire fight.Period.

 

[solyhhit]

Machida won and rightly so. But I can see how someone could score it for Hendo.
We've had worse judging this year.

I had him at least one round. Two might have been a stretch.

 

[BiggSnipp Beats]

Here's how I scored it:

rd 1 10-10
rd 2 10-10
rd 3 10-10

 

[Metal_Daze]

I have my theory. If you put someone that is emotionally involved as we (the fans) are, then you throw away the objectivity. A karate fan will always give the fight to Machida. A college wrestler who nearly went to the Olympic will always give the fight to Dan.

We can't have these people as judge, it will be WORSE. Of course, we can't have people that know nothing about MMA either. Very, very tough call. We have to chose the least of two evils. Given the choice, I'd rather have a guy that knows the rules but don't know the fighters AT ALL. I want people aware of MMA rules that can't spell gustafsson on command and wont tell me all the martial arts mastered by Machida. I want a guy that will say "Machi-who? Never heard of him. Is he good at Wrestling, grappling, boxing? What does he do for a living?" That's the guy I want as a judge. Unfortunately, there are very few of these guys...

When I heard Almeida was getting his judging license, I was as enthusiast as I was skeptical. You can't ask him to judge any Gracie affiliated fighter! He's been Gracie affiliated since his childhood! Do you know how many Gracie affiliated fighters there are in the UFC? DANG! (as a Gracie would say)

So we solved nothing. The most potentially competent judge can only judge 10% of UFC fights. Very odd situation if you ask me.

 

[Conan Lerehcob]

I was rooting for both, well basically rooting for a good fight.

Dan neither had octagon control or agression because the rules only apply to the fighter pushing forward and engaging while finding SUCCESS. Which he didn't.

It was a draw in my book but if anybody should have the nods it would be Machida.

 

[lockon]

cecil peoples "strikes" again
only the fight was close and people had no probs with the split decision

 

[nostradumbass]

I had Dan winning. I dont give fighters points for literally running away an entire fight.

As opposed to the sweet combos Dan was throwing? He was just trying to land a single big punch and had nothing else to offer. Lyoto always looks for the opponent to open up and he lands a big counter but Dan was just waiting for a slugfest he knew wouldn't happen. I was hoping Machida could have slid around and gotten his back when he almost did but it was just not a good matchup.

 

[Sam9104]

That fight was awful though, can't believe people wanted it to be the main event. Than god for WMMA