Dana White Not In Favor of Open Scoring: “It would make for boring third rounds”

[2004 account]

It’s hard to finish an opponent that won’t engage. Dana is right

That’s what yellow cards are for , problem solved. Open scoring is logically the way to go.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

That’s what yellow cards are for , problem solved. Open scoring is logically the way to go.

That is true. With yellow cards, problem solved.

 

[2004 account]

I’m starting to suspect there are a lot of ufc shills paid posters in this thread (not all, just a vocal minority of course) that are agreeing with Dana on this matter.

Of course any more transparency will always be better, wtf ?! We’ve seen horribly bad judges scorecards , the sport needs more transparency and accountability.

 

[Kono dio da!]

Judges will be held accountable. There are many fights where a fighter clearly wins a round in a close fight anf gets robbed. When scorecards are out two judges would have scored that round for the rightful fighter, whilst third, being a dickhead, scores it for the other fighter. Like that supid cunt who scored rds 2to 3 for jones. If it's open, we'll all know who the bad actor is.

 

[lifer26]

It would be better if they just let the commentators put up their score cards like in Bellator

 

[Deleted member 110072]

That is true. With yellow cards, problem solved.

I think your mistaken though when you say "its hard to finish an opponent who won't enguage".

If you look at MMA fights that don't have much action I don't think you often see contests were one fighter is trying to finish and the other is just trying to stall, it happens sometimes but whats MUCH more common is that neither fighter is really willing to commit.

Basically a dull fight generally takes two to tango and I think the current enviroment were both fighters can go into the latter stages of the fight thinking they are winning contributes to them. Could still be the case in a fight that was 1 round each going into the 3rd of course but right now you often have guys who are two rounds in the hole thinking they might be level pegging and unwilling to take a risk in the 3rd.

 

[leto1776]

It would be better if they just let the commentators put up their score cards like in Bellator

Why? Unofficial scores mean nothing.

 

[ezekielthree]

Still too stupid to see you argue against your own point.

If you were half as smart as you thought you were, you'd still be retarded.

 

[aroptedi]

I dont think the 10-9 system is completely broken.

it's how the 10-9 system is implemented.


as nick Diaz said, takedowns should count, but not counted.

just like how I am positive if you showed judges a round where a guy stuffs 3 out of 4 takedowns, and the standup was even, how many UFC judges are going to score the round for the fighter that was 1/4 on takedowns? 99.5% of judges would.

and that's the problem. the 'damage' or what constitutes 'winning' a certain aspect of a fight/round is not implemented correctly in a way that appropriately values all possible occurrences in the cage.


think about this:

if the avg takedown success is 60%. Does it make sense to award a fighter more 'credit' for doing something that's universally easier to do than if a fighter stuffs a takedown?



as an aside, I think one rule change that would greatly enhance fights is lengthening the time between rounds. If you gave fighters 90s or even 120s of rest between rounds I am positive we would see even more competitive and exciting finishes.

 

[MDoza]

Open scoring + yellow cards for timidity

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

I agree with Dana that if someone is up 2-0 then the third round could be awful, and so many of the fighters are great at point fighting these days..it wouldn't be overly difficult for them to avoid the fight and do a point sparring display

 

[dmwalking]

Dana is right about third rounds. It should be open to the public though.

 

[lifer26]

Why? Unofficial scores mean nothing.

I think it would just help expose robberies better. There's not much you can do to change bad judging. Maybe adding 2 more judges would help

 

[leto1776]

I think it would just help expose robberies better. There's not much you can do to change bad judging. Maybe adding 2 more judges would help

Nowadays the word “robbery” has little meaning in mma, because a robbery is any result that doesn’t go the way the fanboys want it to. People call every close fight a robbery.

There are plenty of ways to fix bad judging, btw. Training programs, for one. Getting rid of the old fogeys with political connections is another.