Judging in MMA is still insane and wacky

[Seaside]

How Mike Perry won a "split decision" does not make sense

 

[SimonNova]

its because he is now black belt with them fight IQs

 

[beephin]

10 point system is lame.

 

[seanb1979]

Ngannou won a round. Let that sink in. And it wasn't even Adelaide Bird.

 

[D'z]

I was surprised to hear no bonus pay and no "fight of the night" for that fight.

 

[VVarhead]

He won a split decision because he split Felder's face.

 

[filthynumber1]

should have been unanimous decision

 

[MPD-Psycho]

Not saying this is right, but with the judges these days, I don’t think any decision would surprise me.

 

[TheRassler]

MMA judging has always been flukey since the beginning, never trust a judge's decision over a KO or SUB.


All decisions are Draws. If you failed to finish your opponent, you failed to win the fight.

 

[MaulingMyClown]

Judging definitly needs to improve...Need MMA judges, not boxing judges...also, imo, the judges shouldn't be cage-side. They should be in an isolation booth back stage with no sound so they aren't influenced by every oooh and ahhh the crowd gives. Also they should be watching it on television sets with mulitple angles. There is no way they see everything then need to sitting low by the canvas looking up.

 

[MaulingMyClown]

MMA judging has always been flukey since the beginning, never trust a judge's decision over a KO or SUB.


All decisions are Draws. If you failed to finish your opponent, you failed to win the fight.

I agree but even some stopages are questionable...Almost as many as decisions.

 

[TheRassler]

I agree but even some stopages are questionable...Almost as many as decisions.

That is true.

But I didn’t say you should trust ALL stoppages. I just said don’t trust decisions over stoppages, because most of these judges aren’t qualified to judge MMA under the severely flawed unified rules.