How did you score Round 1 of Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 3?

[DSM]

10-9, obviously. The 10-8 came from the judges thinking McGregor got dropped by Poirier in the last seconds of the round when in fact it was the leg break that made him fall down and cover up.

 

[maximus__]

I understand the 10-8s, especially assuming the McGregor leg break looked to me like a round ending knockdown.

But to me the elbows from bottom and deep guillotine attempt were enough to keep it a 10-9

It was a deep guillotine attempt though, but I understand the judges not necessarily knowing that. If Conor had guard it would have been good but at no point did he truly have proper control to threaten the deep choke. When he did, Poirer had his arm. Conor basically newb squeezed his head and I would assume Poirer felt pretty safe the entire time.
Add in the MMA gloves and at no point was that going to finish him. I don't expect the cageside judges to know that, though maybe Mcgregor has some weird guilltine strength/grip and I am completely wrong.

 

[El Fernas]

10-8 requires a bit more damage (minus the obvious injury) being done to be deserved, Conor was getting his ass kicked, but that wasnt a 10-8, it was a domination tho, no doubt about that.

 

[chiefwiggum]

10-8 round is absolute insanity. 10-9 poirer and they both had some good moments.

 

[chiefwiggum]

Please explain why is it a clear 10-8 round?

it’s bias. If that was a 10-8. That O’Malley fight should be 10-5 rounds.

 

[Lukn4trbl]

10-8

Lots of top GNP, total control , gets the knockdown (aka broken foot) off the exchange

Plus Connie cheated at least 3 times.

 

[NoSmilez]

10-8 round is absolute insanity. 10-9 poirer and they both had some good moments.

He was losing the round but definitely not 10-8. 10-8 is when you offer almost zero resistance. His leg broke and people are counting that as a knockdown?

 

[RemyR]

I had at 10-9 but not gonna argue if some judges saw it 10-8.

 

[Jopo]

I say 10-9 but it was real close to a 10-8.

fuck i wanted a 2nd round so bad.

 

[Jackonfire]

10-9 Poirier imo but whatever...

Yeah, same. I was actually impressed that Conor didn't fold on the ground even before the leg snap. He was eating some heavy shots but didn't quit.

 

[Kryptt]

Yeah, same. I was actually impressed that Conor didn't fold on the ground even before the leg snap. He was eating some heavy shots but didn't quit.

I was enjoying the scrap up till the snap. Such a bummer ending.

Still I enjoyed the card and majority of the scraps this one included. Shit happens or as Max says..

 

[I WILL CUT YOU]

10-8. Conor was rocked, dominated on the ground, then to the judges, dropped and saved by the bell.

 

[aroptedi]

live, 10-9

couldn't believe it was a 10-8 on the cards

rewatching, I thought 10-8 was no longer outrageous if you believe Conor got rocked in that one exchange right before the clinch/td. the judges clearly didn't value the guillotine

I still would score it 10-9

 

[pankrat]

I think Conor did enough for a 9 live

 

[Marko Polo]

For the lols

This shit is like anti humour

 

[Death By Samson]

10-9 Poirier for me but 10-8 isn't egregious.

 

[Huligani]

10-8 Poirier. 2/3 judges got it right, I'm shocked. A 10-9 is a close round, that was a dominant round due to the ground and pound. Those who scored it 10-9 only award 10-8 to rounds that should actually be 10-7. It's the 10 point must system, not a 2 point system.

 

[WHITE ANDERSON]

clear 10-9

maybe they gave it 10-8 because they thought conor was knocked down at the end
i didn't watch the fight live but it seems like the commentators all thought conor got dropped before watching the replay and realizing he broke his shin

 

[NicholasJBasile]

Simple question. The official Sherdog scorers did not hand in their tallies because the fight was over as soon as we saw McGregor's ankle give way. As the official Sherdog Play-by-Play guy, I would have scored the round 10-8 to Poirier, and I'm not sure how my two editor colleagues scored it in our panel.

Of the three cageside judges, Derek Cleary and Junichiro Kamijo scored R1 10-8 for Poirier, and Sal D'Amato scored R1 10-9 for Poirier.
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What say you? Was the first round of Poirier-McGregor 3 a 10-8 round?

I was leaning 10-9 Poirier, but have no problem with a 10-8. I felt that Conor landed just enough offense to keep it to a 1 point round... but then again, the optics of the last 10 seconds of the round were pretty bad for Conor (at the time I did not know his ankle was injured)... tough call.

 

[tech99]

10-8 forsure. McGregor almost got finished twice.