Media Mario Bautista explains why Jose Aldo also to blame for lackluster UFC 307 fight

[NoBiasJustMMA]

It's fair, but the 10 point system needs remodelling as well.
When we don't really have any clarity on what weighting to give effective striking vs grappling (I.e - what is a takedown worth vs a jab?) then you're always going to get unique interpretations of it.
Scoring the fight as a whole and making the criteria exclusively who caused the most damage, followed by showed the most intent to win the fight, would hopefully eliminate a lot of the 'takedown to lay in someone's guard/lean against someone against the fence bullshit' if they know it won't get points.

You can't give specifics on those cause some jabs are harder than others same with the impact of takedowns. The scoring criteria is good, the judges just need to be trained on it better.

Like this fight for example judges valued octagon control over effective striking/grappling which shouldn't happen and would be easy to fix with judges having to watch random fights and judges them and use the judging criteria to explain why they score rounds a certain way and if a judge keeps getting stuff wrong they need to be suspended.

 

[mantis_fist]

This dude can fuck off.

 

[muaythaibeast]

You can't give specifics on those cause some jabs are harder than others same with the impact of takedowns. The scoring criteria is good, the judges just need to be trained on it better.

Like this fight for example judges valued octagon control over effective striking/grappling which shouldn't happen and would be easy to fix with judges having to watch random fights and judges them and use the judging criteria to explain why they score rounds a certain way and if a judge keeps getting stuff wrong they need to be suspended.

Agreed, and we need to sort the judging badly, but how often do we see:

Round 1 - 50/50 round - fighter A given a 10/9
Round 2 - Fighter B dominates, nearly gets a finish, scored 10-9.
Round 3 - Fighter A gets a takedown, lays in guard, does nothing, given a 10-9.

In that instance, we've seen the guy that very clearly lost the fight walk away with a 29-28 decision. A system where the guy that loses a round gets 90% of the points of the guy that won in almost every round doesn't make sense, and causes most of the robberies that we see.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

This is like the purse snatcher blaming the person whose purse they snatched for them snatching their purse.

^^^^say that 5 times in a row

 

[PaddyO'malley]

This is like the purse snatcher blaming the person whose purse they snatched for them snatching their purse.

^^^^say that 5 times in a row

Yo that's barz fam

 

[PaddyO'malley]

Marcus Batista coulda saved himself a whole lotta tayum if him did seh yo my bad ting was AZZ dun kno sorry aboot dat Aldo jus hit hard AF

 

[Bobby Boulders]

I've always said that the fighters should play the game within the rules they're given, but what he did has nothing to do with the spirit of fighting, and the rules should be changed to ensure that a fight happens. I'm down for yellow cards. You wanna "fight" that way? Are you willing to pay to do it?

I have a feeling that the UFC isn't going to shoot him up the ladder to main event status anytime soon, will likely bury him on FN cards. He secured his win bonus in the short term, but will probably not be offered big money when it's time to re-up. You don't make big money fighting that way.

 

[WillyWill]

I've always said that the fighters should play the game within the rules they're given, but what he did has nothing to do with the spirit of fighting, and the rules should be changed to ensure that a fight happens. I'm down for yellow cards. You wanna "fight" that way? Are you willing to pay to do it?

I have a feeling that the UFC isn't going to shoot him up the ladder to main event status anytime soon, will likely bury him on FN cards. He secured his win bonus in the short term, but will probably not be offered big money when it's time to re-up. You don't make big money fighting that way.

AND Aldo will continue to get top/near top billing. The court of public opinion declaring this a win for Jose makes me happy. Not a solution but a fair outcome all things considered.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

"Hey he didn't stop me from humping him! Plus some other guy humped him!"

It’s like bret rogers and Greg Jackson had a kid.. and not by choice

 

[Bobby Boulders]

AND Aldo will continue to get top/near top billing. The court of public opinion declaring this a win for Jose makes me happy. Not a solution but a fair outcome all things considered.

Jose may only have a fight or two left, but, yes, he should still be on the main card, at the very least. Even at his age, he's still there to do the damn thing