Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard II was a SPLIT DRAW!?

[The Natural Born Runner]

I'm honestly in disbelief at this! I randomly saw this on a MMA website, and I spotted the word split.

You mean to tell me, that one judge gave Frankie Edgar that fight!?

So the official scorecards were:

Patricia Morse Jarman – (47-47)

Glenn Trowbridge – (48-46 – Maynard)

Marcos Rosales – (48-46 – Edgar)

Marcos Rosales should never be allowed to judge a bout ever again with scoring like that!

Didn't really change much, because it probably would have ended in a majority draw anyway, but still.

Man...

Thoughts?

 

[MMA]

That fight was like five years ago I don't remember the round by round all that clearly but I think there have been dozens and dozens of examples of worse judging, especially if we're getting down to how a single judge scored a single round.

 

[CJohnny]

Let it go.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Let me guess, you also believe in Diaz 1,2,5.

 

[Aluminati]

The last Lawlor fight was way worse.
Someone had it 30-27 Anderson... he was rocked, knocked down, and almost finished in the first... yet somehow won the round?

 

[Luger]

Let me guess, you also believe in Diaz 1,2,5.

 

[drbolony]

I thought Edgar edged it out.

 

[Dart Feld]

Round 1 should have honestly been a 10-7.

 

[yookfarb]

Gray didn't really do shit after round 1

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

That fight was like five years ago I don't remember the round by round all that clearly but I think there have been dozens and dozens of examples of worse judging, especially if we're getting down to how a single judge scored a single round.

It's definitely not the worst example of judging ever, because I've most definitely seen worse.

There is still no possible way that Frankie Edgar won 4 rounds of that fight.

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

Let me guess, you also believe in Diaz 1,2,5.

Oh yes I do

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

Gray didn't really do shit after round 1

Won round 3, for sure.

 

[Fahrenheit1221]

I can't even read those tiny as scorecards. Hah

 

[Odoylerules4lyf]

Round 1 should have honestly been a 10-7.

If there is such a thing as a 10-7 round that was it. Why have a 10 point must when the loser can only receive a 9 or 8? what about 1 through 7? The scoring system makes 0 sense.

 

[Cry0Therapy737]

Actually thought Maynard should have got a 10-7 round and won the fight and I say that as a fan of Frankie.

 

[EndlessCritic]

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/UFC-125-Results-Live-PlaybyPlay-28956

Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Edgar (47-46 Edgar)
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Edgar (47-47 Draw)
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Maynard (48-47 Maynard)

Sherdog also scored it a split draw.

 

[MMA]

If there is such a thing as a 10-7 round that was it. Why have a 10 point must when the loser can only receive a 9 or 8? what about 1 through 7? The scoring system makes 0 sense.

You've seen how hard it is to even define a line between 10-9 and 10-8,

can you imagine how arbitrary it'd be to try and draw 9 such lines?

 

[Odoylerules4lyf]

You've seen how hard it is to even define a line between 10-9 and 10-8,

can you imagine how arbitrary it'd be to try and draw 9 such lines?

Which is why, in my opinion, we need to change the way fights are scored. Or at the very least more specifically define those lines.

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

If there is such a thing as a 10-7 round that was it. Why have a 10 point must when the loser can only receive a 9 or 8? what about 1 through 7? The scoring system makes 0 sense.

Agreed.

Although I've rewatched it, and I don't think it's a 10-7. Sure fire 10-8 though...

 

[Odoylerules4lyf]

Agreed.

Although I've rewatched it, and I don't think it's a 10-7. Sure fire 10-8 though...

Haven't seen it in years myself, but I remember it being one of the worst single round beatings I've seen. I think they need more liberal scoring of 10-8 rounds and even 10-7s.