I still feel like Hooker should won the fight against Dustin

[TheMMAnalyst]

How a person looks at the end of a fight shouldn't have any bearing on the result in a perfect world. Let's just say a fighter emptied the tank and assuming he lost the last round (in absence of a 10-8 drubbing etc) if they won 3 out of 4 (or the first 2 rounds in a 3 round fight), they win the fight. Dan Henderson was arguably in the same position vs Shogun in their first fight. From memory, he was mounted for almost the whole of the fifth round and I think had to be peeled off the mat but he got the win. Whether the last round was a 10-8 is a completely different topic.

Agree with your last statement that Dan came off worse. It's whether a person can find 3 rounds for him out of the first 4. From memory of the first, I want to say the third was the swing round. I vaguely remember Dan won 2 clearly and 1 was close but leaned towards Dan. It's been so long, I can't remember for sure

That fight should've been a draw, it took away from the epicness of it that they gave an undeserved W to Hendo.

I mean Shogun had 4+ minutes of mount and outlanded his opponent like 50 strikes to 1 - it's like they intentionally forgot how to score rounds because they wanted to insure Dan got the win.

 

[Istryker]

That foo almost got beat to death

 

[BEATDOWNS]

That foo almost got beat to death

Dustin's Pimp hand was strong.

 

[Foppa21]

That fight should've been a draw, it took away from the epicness of it that they gave an undeserved W to Hendo.

I mean Shogun had 4+ minutes of mount and outlanded his opponent like 50 strikes to 1 - it's like they intentionally forgot how to score rounds because they wanted to insure Dan got the win.

I'm leaning on that side as well but it wasn't as clear cut as that. Yes it was 50-1 but Shogun was just as tired and I didn't feel landed anything that looked fight ending or made Dan move. There wasn't any moments in that round that stood out like a potential fight ending sequence initiated by Shogun that round. In saying that, that, it was 50-1 lol.

For comparison, the first round of Tim Sylvia vs Randy Couture. I believe the find cards were three 50-45s, so the first round was a 10-9. Randy dropped him 10s into the fight and then pretty much tried to finish then had the back for 4mins and 20s landing various shots here and there.

 

[Deceasedxo]

Hooker just seemed to be ending each of the rounds with big attacks that were landing, even a saved by the bell combo in the 2nd round

One of the greatest fights in UFC history though no doubt about it

Please don't become a judge. We don't need another fucking Cecil Peoples

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

I'm leaning on that side as well but it wasn't as clear cut as that. Yes it was 50-1 but Shogun was just as tired and I didn't feel landed anything that looked fight ending or made Dan move. There wasn't any moments in that round that stood out like a potential fight ending sequence initiated by Shogun that round. In saying that, that, it was 50-1 lol.

For comparison, the first round of Tim Sylvia vs Randy Couture. I believe the find cards were three 50-45s, so the first round was a 10-9. Randy dropped him 10s into the fight and then pretty much tried to finish then had the back for 4mins and 20s landing various shots here and there.

So they both should’ve been 10-8’s then.

Why does one scoring error justify another?

 

[Elvis.]