I don't know why in MMA and even boxing, close wins are almost considered failures.
It's not like that in other sports
If Nadal beats Federer 8-6 in the 5th set of a Grand Slam final, it's considered a great great win, no one goes on about how not winning in straight sets makes it a cr*p win
Similarly if an NBA championship is won in overtime in the 7th game or a superbowl is won by a touchdown in the dying minutes, these are seen as great great wins.
I know part of the issue is these other sports have definitive scoring systems where boxing and MMA have the subjectivity of the judges but it still isn't fair to knock these close wins.
Maybe we need to go real oldschool, back to roman times where two fighters go into the cage and only one leaves Then you get your definitive outcome
It's not like that in other sports
If Nadal beats Federer 8-6 in the 5th set of a Grand Slam final, it's considered a great great win, no one goes on about how not winning in straight sets makes it a cr*p win
Similarly if an NBA championship is won in overtime in the 7th game or a superbowl is won by a touchdown in the dying minutes, these are seen as great great wins.
I know part of the issue is these other sports have definitive scoring systems where boxing and MMA have the subjectivity of the judges but it still isn't fair to knock these close wins.
Maybe we need to go real oldschool, back to roman times where two fighters go into the cage and only one leaves Then you get your definitive outcome