Gane vs Volkov is closer than you think - Round 2 in particular was a toss up

[Hazuki Ryo]

R3 was the only clear round for Volkov. you could argue round 1 could have gone for Gane, for round 2 was closer than some might think.

Volkov had the spinning back fist but Gane had significant strikes of his own and good combinations, plus he had the takedown

Here are the fight stats :



I think a draw would have been correct

 

[TheTickG]

I thought Volkov should have won the split decision.

 

[spinup]

I think a draw would have been correct

Not really possible although....Gane's cage grab was potentially worth a point deduction so maybe.

 

[Gregoire1]

I have 1 and 2 Gane. round 2 was close, but clear Gane with some good strikes and TD+control.

 

[whocares]

Rounds with no clear winner should be scored 10-10, because the fact is some rounds are too damn even or uneventful to truly give it to one fighter or the other. As it is, judges are basically implored to do a coin flip on 50/50 rounds and who knows if they're basing it on one random punch, an interpretation of control or some other insignificant thing.

If that means more draws, so be it, at least the scoring will be more accurate. And I'd rather see that than a result that a majority of people don't accept as legitimate.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Strikes are close but Volkov landed much much harder and hurt Gane several times.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

The emphasis is on “clean and effective striking” and while they both were landing and had their moments, the most effective strikes in round 2 belonged to Volkov, especially that spinning backfist…

It was a close round, but I felt Volkov clearly won it.

 

[MuffinsAppletree]

We should all be thankful Sal Damato wasn’t judging….he would of had it 30-26 Gane

Volkov was -1200 last minute of fight.

Shit is rigged

 

[checktheknuckles]

Volkov won that fight. Almost 1/2 of Gane's strikes were to the legs. Volkov had the most damaging strikes by far. Wish this was a 5 round fight though.

 

[13Seconds]

I missed the fight. Was it entertaining atleast?

 

[FreedomCricket]

I thought it was a pretty clear Decision win for Volkov.

He seemed to land more damaging shots and had better control time throught the rounds.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

Volkov had Gane hurt in a pretty close round. He landed more quality shots and I gave him round 2 and 3 clearly.

It’s not some all time robbery but it’s still not a great decision.

 

[Tweak896]

I thought Gane spent round 3 going for submission while Volkov did pitter patter arm punches for less than half the round. Was 1-1 going into 3rd. I guess Gane was closer to winning it, but not sure how it fits the judging criteria. I thought it was a hard fight to judge.

 

[JBJ was here]

Rounds with no clear winner should be scored 10-10, because the fact is some rounds are too damn even or uneventful to truly give it to one fighter or the other. As it is, judges are basically implored to do a coin flip on 50/50 rounds and who knows if they're basing it on one random punch, an interpretation of control or some other insignificant thing.

If that means more draws, so be it, at least the scoring will be more accurate. And I'd rather see that than a result that a majority of people don't accept as legitimate.

The solution is to have more 10-10 rounds but to also have judges score the fight as a whole as a tiebreak when their scorecard is tied.

 

[nostradumbass]

I haven't seen any media scores that gave it to Gane, and 90% here and 91% of fan scoring on mmadecisions scored it for Volkov, and it's not like Volkov is some huge star or incredibly popular fighter to claim every fan and media scoring were biased.

I thought 2-1 for Volkov, but 3-0 Volkov would have been more reasonable than scoring it for Gane.


Edit: it's now 92% on both as more people have given their opinions.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Volk was busy stalking

 

[OldBoy91]

Like others have implied. Looking at statistics to decide who should have won a fight is fucking stupid.

They may have landed a similar amount of strikes in round 2, but anybody who actually watched the fight would know Volkov was landing cleaner, harder and more damaging shots that were hurting Gane.

 

[markys00]

30-27 volkov is more reasonable than 29-28 gane

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

I trust my eyes.

Volkov clearly won round 2.

Even round 1 was close, though Gane stole it with the guillotine.

 

[asdf122345]

A blatant fence grab should be a point deduction.