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Think about this:
Yoel clearly lost first Whittaker fight in my opinion. That said, he clearly won the second in my eyes and then edged this fight with Costa.
Because 2 people in either case (people who are notorious for not knowing anything about MMA) decided he didn't, his legacy is completely different. Instead of defending a belt, he can easily become a journeyman who never touched gold, all due to two opinions. The fights played out how they played out, but 3 people got to decide the direction of either career. That is craziness when you think about it.
This is not just the case with Yoel, but in other fights as well. Take Gustaffson-Jones I. To be honest, I had Gustaffson edging it. So did the announcers. At minimum, it is a possibility he won 3 rounds. If the history books were written that way, him and Jones would be 1-1 and both careers would have played out way different.
The same goes for Frankie against Benson the second time (I had him losing the first). What would his career have been like if he won that decision? Would he have retired with the belt? (he was talking about it at the time).
These are just examples in title fights. I find it to be crazy that these knuckle heads decide the fate of people's careers. I don't agree with Rogan on everything, but I think he hit the nail on the head when he said we need 10 judges and not 3. It would be far less debatable that half of 10 people got it wrong. For now, we should just be thankful they only fuck up a percentage of the time. At least we don't have it as bad as boxing.
Yoel clearly lost first Whittaker fight in my opinion. That said, he clearly won the second in my eyes and then edged this fight with Costa.
Because 2 people in either case (people who are notorious for not knowing anything about MMA) decided he didn't, his legacy is completely different. Instead of defending a belt, he can easily become a journeyman who never touched gold, all due to two opinions. The fights played out how they played out, but 3 people got to decide the direction of either career. That is craziness when you think about it.
This is not just the case with Yoel, but in other fights as well. Take Gustaffson-Jones I. To be honest, I had Gustaffson edging it. So did the announcers. At minimum, it is a possibility he won 3 rounds. If the history books were written that way, him and Jones would be 1-1 and both careers would have played out way different.
The same goes for Frankie against Benson the second time (I had him losing the first). What would his career have been like if he won that decision? Would he have retired with the belt? (he was talking about it at the time).
These are just examples in title fights. I find it to be crazy that these knuckle heads decide the fate of people's careers. I don't agree with Rogan on everything, but I think he hit the nail on the head when he said we need 10 judges and not 3. It would be far less debatable that half of 10 people got it wrong. For now, we should just be thankful they only fuck up a percentage of the time. At least we don't have it as bad as boxing.
