How do you score the first 2 RDs for Strickland???

[shredman]

I was shocked by what the commentators were saying and how the media whose tweets were shown scored the first two. 2-0 Strickland? Based on what???

Costa was landing hard leg kicks throughout both rounds. Strickland was moving forward and throwing nothing except the occasional teep, a far less damaging strike than a low kick. There was a jab on the 2nd that caught Costa off balance while he was throwing a kick so he fell down, but he wasn't hurt.

Strickland was just moving forward and doing nothing while taking low kicks and the commentary team were, bizarrely, talking him up. I suspect that's what influenced people to score it for him. If you look at it objectively, Costa was landing hard low kicks, SS was doing nothing except landing an occasional half hearted teep.

So, people who scored the first two for Strickland, based on what did you score it for him?

 

[usernamee]

occassional teep? he threw them like nonstop

and Stricks was checking a lot of Costa's kicks

 

[pinero]

This must be a troll thread: octagon control+more strikes and significative strikes and no wrestling at all=2-0 Strickland, not very difficult rounds to score really.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

I wasn't aware the judge that scored it 49-46 Costa has an account here.

 

[shredman]

This must be a troll thread: octagon control+more strikes and significative strikes and no wrestling at all=2-0 Strickland, not very difficult rounds to score really.

Octagon control? You mean moving forward and throwing nothing? Yeah, no, that doesn't score.

What significant strikes? A few teeps? Those do NO damage. Meanwhile he was taking hard low kicks consistently.

Seriously, what significant strikes are you talking about?

 

[shredman]

occassional teep? he threw them like nonstop

and Stricks was checking a lot of Costa's kicks

He checked none of them in the first two.

 

[TrueBias]

occassional teep? he threw them like nonstop

and Stricks was checking a lot of Costa's kicks

I forgot about the leg kicks. Which, what, 33% landed? The ones that did land didnt do shit and costa is doing that in round 5. Jesus christ.

 

[Krixes]

Just volume, and moving forward. Strickland looked in full sparring session last night though. He had moments where he would turn up the heat and unload on Costa but they were few and far between. I was disappointed in both fighters last night, not a memorable fight.

 

[pinero]

Octagon control? You mean moving forward and throwing nothing? Yeah, no, that doesn't score.

What significant strikes? A few teeps? Those do NO damage. Meanwhile he was taking hard low kicks consistently.

Seriously, what significant strikes are you talking about?

OK, I see you are not paying attention to facts, you are in love with your narrative, good luck.

 

[Tweak896]

It was clear Costa was being pressed and Strickland was controlling the fight from the beginning. Costa landed more the first 2 rounds, but landed less in the last 3 so the point is moot. Strickland looked like he checked most of those kicks and even had Costa wincing from his checks. Not sure how they score checks, but that's probably how you give him one of the first 2 rounds.

The main point is though it's hard for you to be convinced Costa is doing more damage when Strickland is marching forward nonstop.

 

[Ares Black]

By paying attention to the fight. I am no Strickland fan but he clearly won that fight. First two rounds were both debatable, but the overall winner was not.

 

[Fergelmince]

The judges scorecards are hilarious

 

[Poatan Power]

This must be a troll thread: octagon control+more strikes and significative strikes and no wrestling at all=2-0 Strickland, not very difficult rounds to score really.

Octagon control would not be a scoring criteria in this fight, as striking/grappling damage were not even. Octagon control is a last line of defense in judging, literally the very last thing you should consider when everything else is even.

 

[usernamee]

Octagon control would not be a scoring criteria in this fight, as striking/grappling damage were not even. Octagon control is a last line of defense in judging, literally the very last thing you should consider when everything else is even.

I tend to judge fights based off Goldies judging criteria where octagon control is the one I remember him saying the most


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OCTA
GON
CONTROL

 

[Poatan Power]

I tend to judge fights based off Goldies judging criteria where octagon control is the one I remember him saying the most


AND
OCTA
GON
CONTROL

hahaha. I notice a lot of dudes on here bring it up a lot, but it's not suppose to really be considered. A lot of people used that for TJ/Sandhagen when Sandhagen did all of the damage, but got pinned against the cage a lot. TJ literally won because of "octagon control," which is contrary to scoring criteria used. Fucking wild.

 

[usernamee]

hahaha. I notice a lot of dudes on here bring it up a lot, but it's not suppose to really be considered. A lot of people used that for TJ/Sandhagen when Sandhagen did all of the damage, but got pinned against the cage a lot. TJ literally won because of "octagon control," which is contrary to scoring criteria used. Fucking wild.

It's just because it was valued higher for many years and then they changed the criteria so it's much less meaningful nowadays but most people are not up to date on the scoring criteria

 

[santiago]

I wasn't aware the judge that scored it 49-46 Costa has an account here.

We're all surprised, hah hah!

 

[jeff7b9]

More volume
Moving forward
Cross check caused significant damage (was that r1-2?)
Teeps to stomach were doing visible damage


That's the Sean argument for early rounds.


There were a few close rounds.

Better question is what the fuck did Costa do to sweep Rounds 1-4 on one scorecard and how the fuck did 2 judges supposedly have the title fight even going into the 5th??


Edit: it was one judge, whatever source I heard that was wrong...

 

[filthybliss]

Strickland was toying with costa overall. Looked like I was watching a dad spar with his son by the amount of inexperience costa was displaying on there, it was boring even for a Strickland fight.

 

[FreedomCricket]

Two out of three judges gave the first round to Costa.

1st round Strickland ate 3 hard leg kicks, but then checked the vast majority after that.

Costa never landed anything of significance. There was one 40 second time period in the 3rd where Costa decided to stand in the center and not back up and he looked in charge/landed a couple shots. Outside of that, Strickland did what he does. Walk forward and make you defend pitter patter shots with an occasional hard 1-2.