Let's Revisit the Scoring System:

[Big McLargeHuge]

Food for thought...
Should all rounds hold the same weight numerically? I'm not advocating for change but personally if I'm judging who is winning a fight I care more about the end of the fight than the beginning.

 

[Spaslab]

The judges should be able to say "nope not enough data, we need another round to decide" I picture the excited gasps from the crowd as they realize they get one more. They would have to cut to commercial break, both fighters have been resting during the tallies. The drawback is if it was a snoozefest... but those barn burners like griffin vs bonner man I can hear the roar as everyone goes "hell yeah it aint over!"

 

[Mortigan]

All fights should be 1 round and fought to a stoppage.. just what I want the sport to be.

 

[mime]

Maybe not officially but someone could create a new stat like they do in mlb like war and grade wins and losses, like if someone wins a fight barely squeaking out 2 rounds that could have gone either way and clearly loses 1 round that win is a D or 1 rating win. Maybe bring analytical stat analysis to mma other than strikes and takedowns which is a lot of the times useless

 

[egk]

I've always thought the 10pt, round by round system was stupid for MMA. As far as I know, this is the only sport to take it's scoring system from another, boxing.

The thing about boxing is the rounds are shorter and there are a lot more of them so it's easier to make up for poorly scored rounds. In a 3rd MMA fight, someone can lose two extremely close rounds by virtue of a single takedown for instance then beat the hell out of a guy in round 3 and still lose unless the judges score 10-8s and even then he can only earn a draw.

I would much prefer they score fights as a whole but they could allow round by round scoring more like a race. One fighter can be ahead in a close fight but say at the 4 minute mark of round 2 the other can do something to pass him in the scoring.

 

[FireKidWS]

They need to score more 10-8s, 10-7s, 10-6s and even 10-5s. There are not enough rounds for the boxing system to work. A very close win should be 10-9 (Conor vs Khabib round 3). A pretty clear win should be 10-8 (GSP vs Penn round 1). A very clear round should be 10-7 (Jones vs Smith round 1), a dominate round should be 10-6 (Chael vs Anderson rounds 1-4)) and a one sided beating should be 10-5 (Frankie vs Gray 2/3 round 1)

That's what I've thought once or twice before. But then, criteria for each of those would have to be laid out in a manner that would make it as to clear as possible to both judges and fight watchers.

 

[Satan's Daddy.]

95% of the judges don't really care about the lame rule sets and will score the fight accordingly to what they see after looking back and forth from their phone screens to the actual ufc screens.

 

[bufetadanacara]

I think that anything close should be scored 10-10. It would lead to a lot of draws initially however I think it could eventually lead to more aggressiveness due to fighters chasing that win bonus.

 

[FireKidWS]

Judges should also not be scared to score fights draws. If you want the win bonus you should go after it. Tired of fighters staring at each other the entire fight punching air and somehow one of them won at it in the judges eyes because they had more of the cage behimd them.than the ither fighter.

I think this is fair point. But this would make draws fairly common.

 

[Kenny Powerth]

I was reading through comments in another thread I made (which I won't name here as it is perhaps the most controversial fight in UFC history), and it made me want to revisit discussion on the current scoring system.

According to the system now, it is entirely possible for a fighter to outland and have more take downs in a fight and still lose.

For example, if fighter takes a guy down twice in one round, land good strikes but receive a few decent punches back it still isn't always a 10-8, especially if the other fighter wasn't about to quit or get knocked out.

So, you could have a fighter A squek by 2 rounds, basically even, then fighter B dominates last one but not quite enough for a 10-8 and lose...even though from a whole fight perspective should have won.

Does that make sense? Do you guys see a problem with current system, or do you like it?

Broseph you got the baddest Santa hat on sherdog

 

[Jack Bauer]

Does a takedown score point by itself?

Fighter A take fighter B down but B get on his feet in seconds and then defend a takedown.


In a vacuum who won the exchange?

Fighter A did. He took B down, albeit briefly. How could you possibly justify giving it to B? Getting taken down and then defending a takedown isn't a winning recipe.

 

[FireKidWS]

Broseph you got the baddest Santa hat on sherdog

Thank you sir.

The talented work of @giovanni_ss.

 

[Fahcough]

Simplicity would solve everything. If you didn't finish him, you lost.

Let these point fighting decision training camps start off a career at 0-4 and see how fast they change their tactics.

 

[FireKidWS]

Simplicity would solve everything. If you didn't finish him, you lost.

Let these point fighting decision training camps start off a career at 0-4 and see how fast they change their tactics.

Lol.

Well, this is the simplest method. And apart from bad referrees calling fights early, seems there would be little to no controversy.
But then again you'd have some fights last a very long time, and if it's the wrong two guys almost no action for lots of it.

 

[egk]

I think that anything close should be scored 10-10. It would lead to a lot of draws initially however I think it could eventually lead to more aggressiveness due to fighters chasing that win bonus.

If they announced the scoring at the end of each round, the draws probably wouldn't happen as fighters would be much more aggressive in the final round to get that win bonus.

The sad fact is, the 10pt, round by round system encourages points fighting. There's nothing worse than watching fighters do next to nothing for 4 and a half minutes then try for a do-nothing takedown at the end of the round thinking it will win it for them.

 

[TerrorTimmy]

They need to score more 10-8s, 10-7s, 10-6s and even 10-5s. There are not enough rounds for the boxing system to work. A very close win should be 10-9 (Conor vs Khabib round 3). A pretty clear win should be 10-8 (GSP vs Penn round 1). A very clear round should be 10-7 (Jones vs Smith round 1), a dominate round should be 10-6 (Chael vs Anderson rounds 1-4)) and a one sided beating should be 10-5 (Frankie vs Gray 2/3 round 1)

Thank fuck you aren't a judge

 

[KillerIsBack V2]

Insert nanobots in the fighters' bodies that measure damage applied to each area both in severity and amount.

 

[Fahcough]

Lol.

Well, this is the simplest method. And apart from bad referrees calling fights early, seems there would be little to no controversy.
But then again you'd have some fights last a very long time, and if it's the wrong two guys almost no action for lots of it.

At the end of time allotted they both get an L. Not fight to a finish, finish in the time given. lol
End of the snarky 1 off comment.

Judging could be tweaked for sure. Too many using a single do nothing takedown to try and steal an entire round. On the other hypocrite hand, it's given the W to fighters who didn't do anything. Maia v Tyron, he stuffs 25 takedowns but thats all he did backing up and circling around. I'm glad he won, but Maia was the aggressor and for sure the only one of the 2 trying to win the fight.
Champ awarded victory for no offense just solid defense.

 

[613]

Thank fuck you aren't a judge

Why

 

[613]

A 10-7 or lower is almost impossible to come back from. They need to score more 10-10 if the round is even.
IMO it should be:
10-8 Multiple knockdowns or close submissions attempts. Also being saved by the bell, but only if the rest of the round has been dominant.
10-9 Clearly ahead, knock down but able to recover quickly. Dominated on the ground from mount or back, but no definitive sub attempts.
10-10 Back and forth round that no one has a major advantage in. Lay and pray, wall and stall would sit here also.

Something like that seems better to me.

More 10-10s would have way too many draws