I know this is ancient history, but I had not seen the full fight before. Hendo clearly owned all the big moments and did the most damage. Did he deserve the decision or did the home town judges get it right?
R1 - Hendo 10-8. Big knockdown with right handed HBomb to the jaw, lots of elbows, close to a finish
R2 - 10-10 or 10-9 Hendo. Bisping landed more but nothing of note. The real story in the round was another knockdown for Hendo despite having been kicked in the groin just moments earlier
R3 - 10-9 Bisping. Nothing of note in the round.
R4 - 10-9 Bisping. Nothing of note in the round.
R5 - 10-10. Very even round, which could have gone either way, but why give a 10-9 to someone if its that close.
Round by round scoring, I had it as a draw. You could argue for a Hendo decision possibility if you give him R2 and call R5 10-10. If you asked me who beat up who, clearly Hendo beat up Bisping. Hendo looked like he went for 5 mile run in the park and Bisping looked like his face went through a meat grinder and got knocked down hard twice and almost finished once. Given the close rounds in R2 and R5, I didn't have a problem with the 2 judges who scored it 48-47 Bisping. The judge who scored it 49-46 should not be allowed to judge again. That means 10-9 for Hendo in R1 and then gave the next 4 rounds by the same 10-9 score to Bisping despite the fact that Bisping really wasn't effective, he was simply the busier fighter. If you think R1 scoring was the same as R3 or R4 is like saying getting shot by a BB gun is the same as being shot by a bazooka. Yes, one shot, but not the same impact. They need to use half points so rounds can be 10-9.5 or 10-8.5 rather than 10-9 when really not warranted.
R1 - Hendo 10-8. Big knockdown with right handed HBomb to the jaw, lots of elbows, close to a finish
R2 - 10-10 or 10-9 Hendo. Bisping landed more but nothing of note. The real story in the round was another knockdown for Hendo despite having been kicked in the groin just moments earlier
R3 - 10-9 Bisping. Nothing of note in the round.
R4 - 10-9 Bisping. Nothing of note in the round.
R5 - 10-10. Very even round, which could have gone either way, but why give a 10-9 to someone if its that close.
Round by round scoring, I had it as a draw. You could argue for a Hendo decision possibility if you give him R2 and call R5 10-10. If you asked me who beat up who, clearly Hendo beat up Bisping. Hendo looked like he went for 5 mile run in the park and Bisping looked like his face went through a meat grinder and got knocked down hard twice and almost finished once. Given the close rounds in R2 and R5, I didn't have a problem with the 2 judges who scored it 48-47 Bisping. The judge who scored it 49-46 should not be allowed to judge again. That means 10-9 for Hendo in R1 and then gave the next 4 rounds by the same 10-9 score to Bisping despite the fact that Bisping really wasn't effective, he was simply the busier fighter. If you think R1 scoring was the same as R3 or R4 is like saying getting shot by a BB gun is the same as being shot by a bazooka. Yes, one shot, but not the same impact. They need to use half points so rounds can be 10-9.5 or 10-8.5 rather than 10-9 when really not warranted.
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