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All close fights should be draws. People may not like a draw, but it's fair. Neither Gus nor Jones did enough to win, and that fight should have been a draw. Gus 1,3 & Jones 4,5, with round 2 being a draw. GSP-Hendricks should have been a draw as well.
This may not be a popular opinion but I do share it with you.
If we are to be completely honest I think that a large amount of fights, maybe as much as 20-40% of decisions are rightful draws/ties.
We FORCE a decisive verdict into place because our society desires winners and losers and ties are deemed unsatisfactory results. This doesn't make it right or true though.
I'd personally say that most split decisions could be seen to be a draw (assuming a more honest and accurate scoring system) and a large amount of majority and even some unanimous decisions could be viewed as draws as well.
We give guys/girls absolute credit for winning a round by one strike or exchange, many of these rounds are even rounds that are forcefully awarded to one fighter or the other when they are in reality even rounds.