How on earth did Overreem win the first round?

[The Accuser]

He did almost nothing the entire round and while Werdum was not landing anyhting big he was pressing the action and did enough to win the first.

Also lol at Joe's bias talking about a 10-8 in the second for Overreem but saying nothing like that in the third when Werdum almost finished the Reem.

This fight was one of the worst scored by the judges and commentated by Joe this year.

 

[Darbo]

Werdum did nothing, Reem did slightly less than nothing, shit fight, no real winner there.

 

[Gun'n'Run]

Reem won the first because he landed the harder shots, albeit probably fewer than them

Just because he was looking to counterstrike doesn't mean you just give the round to Werdum for "pressing the action."


P.T.A. is like this lame, empty buzzword people say that I'm not even sure what it's supposed to mean. Werdum was taking the lead more often but looked extremely hesitant in that first round and too gunshy to actually commit on any combinations. How's that "pressing the action" again?




For what it's worth, I've always said when you get a first round where both guys are clearly feeling each other out, it should just be scored 10-10. The fighters have seemingly reached a tacit agreement to feel each other out, so why give one guy the round? Let them feel each other out, and they have nobody but themselves to blame if the 10-10 fucks them out of a win. I think it's just the right score anyway for a round like that.

 

[SoSoSmart]

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Didn't Overeem drop him in the 1st? Or did that not happen until the 2nd?

 

[Blayt7hh]

Nothing happened in the first round so the judges flipped a coin since they never call a 10-10

 

[AndyMaBobs]

Didn't Overeem drop him in the 1st? Or did that not happen until the 2nd?

He didn't drop him, Werdum does this thing where he flops to his back the second he gets touched in order to make the opponent think he's been knocked down and jump on him. Doesn't really work with Overeem though because Overeem has fought him in a fight where Werdum did nothing BUT that.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

That was an absolutely shit-tastical decision.

Those Judges:

 

[filthynumber1]

10-10 or 9-9
10-9 overeem
10-9 werdum
draw
29-29 or 28-28

 

[TobikanJudan94]

You either score the first a 10-10 and the third a 10-9 for Werdum or you score the first as a 10-9 for any of the two and the third as a 10-8 for Werdum. Either way a draw or a win for Werdum,but Overeem did not deserve to win that fight.

 

[Medical Marijuana Man]

Did Overeem feel the tap again?

 

[Dana_is_your_GOD]

You either score the first a 10-10 and the third a 10-9 for Werdum or you score the first as a 10-9 for any of the two and the third as a 10-8 for Werdum. Either way a draw or a win for Werdum,but Overeem did not deserve to win that fight.

This

 

[Jayziz]

Unfortunately for Werdum he made the same mistake as last time - he made Overeem's strikes seem much better than they actually were when he dropped to his back. I know that he is trying to bait Overeem just like he did against Fedor, but this tactic hurts his chances with the judges. I'm sure they thought Overeem hurt him with the one good punch he landed, and that made it more meaningful to them than Werdum's volume.

The whole argument comes down to whether you prefer Werdum's activity or Overeem's cleaner work just like what happened in the second fight. Werdum would have won 29-28, possibly 29-27 with the new rules, if he'd stayed on his feet, but his acting fooled the judges instead of Overeem...

 

[CrimsonFan]

Werdum lost both his fights against Reem from flopping and fighting scared

 

[Strychnine]

Horse meat?

 

[TheScorpionDude]

Complete and utter bullshit. Werdum won that fight clear as day by any rules, UFC or PRIDE, logic, common sense... whatever the criteria may be.

I really expected outrage from my fellow Sherdogers. But instead I found out that a lot of you must be smoking crack.

Fucking fightmetric for fucks sake...

http://www.fightmetric.com/fight-details/b67229e7675eed24

 

[AndyMaBobs]

I thought Overeem won the first and second, based on him landing the bigger shots, but I'd have been happy with a draw.

I wish people would stop using the punch stats, because even if you think thats reason for a win it has never been what the judges score based on. They've never had the punch stats and possibly never will.

 

[RyuHayabusa]

Nothing happened in the first round so the judges flipped a coin since they never call a 10-10

This.

1st round draw

 

[L.T.]

Didn't Overeem drop him in the 1st? Or did that not happen until the 2nd?

Werdum outstruck Reem by 20 sig strikes, had the only knockdown and takedown of the fight and still lost. It was bullshit. Reem is more marketable than Werdum and the fight was in Vegas, that's what I think.

 

[MCS]

could've been a 10-10, but at least Reem's strikes meant something.