Sudden Victory Questions

[blingking]

I have two questions for the sudden victory format in mma:

#1. I am i correct in that the rules for sudden victory is that you just need to win the sudden victory round on 2/3 scorecards to win the fight.

If thats the case you could have a weird situation where a fighter wins a fight they would have lost under SV rules.

Say a fighter goes into sudden victory with judges scores of: 20-18, 19-19, 18-20. If that fighter wins the rounds on the scorecard of the 20-18 & 18-20 and lose on the 19-19 scorecard they would win the fight but the scores would be 30-27, 28-29 & 28-29 meaning in a normal fight they lose a split decision.

#2 Can a fighter get a point deduction in a sudden victory round and if so, what happens if they win the round?

 

[Buff]

Sudden victory = KO/Submission.

This isn't a ball sport.

 

[Clippy]

What the hell are you talking about

 

[-USADA-]

 

[WildBoyDan]

WTF

Have i missed a massive rule change while i've been sleeping. Haha

 

[Clippy]

lol I really need to know what is happening

I'm picturing two fighters stalling against the cage in the middle of a round and the ref picks one fighter arbitrarily and raises their arm and yells "SUDDEN VICTORY!!!"

 

[MadDogMahoney]

I'm reluctant to even comment in case it turns out that this is actually a thing. lol

 

[Boomslang]

TS has been watching TUF reruns and thinks sudden victory is a standard rule.

 

[MadDogMahoney]

Tell me more about this sudden vasectomy...

 

[Ares Black]

I have two questions for the sudden victory format in mma:

#1. I am i correct in that the rules for sudden victory is that you just need to win the sudden victory round on 2/3 scorecards to win the fight.

If thats the case you could have a weird situation where a fighter wins a fight they would have lost under SV rules.

Say a fighter goes into sudden victory with judges scores of: 20-18, 19-19, 18-20. If that fighter wins the rounds on the scorecard of the 20-18 & 18-20 and lose on the 19-19 scorecard they would win the fight but the scores would be 30-27, 28-29 & 28-29 meaning in a normal fight they lose a split decision.

#2 Can a fighter get a point deduction in a sudden victory round and if so, what happens if they win the round?

This is only on TUF and would be better suited to that subforum.

 

[g*r*b]

Are you thinking about the Bellator HW tournament? That's the only current circumstance I can think of where a three-round fight might need a sudden death round, because you'd need a clear victor to be able to advance.

 

[Zefram Cochrane]

Sudden (physical) death is better, imo. No room for subjectivity.

 

[blingking]

Sudden victory is used for TUF and has also been in place for the FLW tourney (though was not enacted due to the scoring fuck up).

Im asking here because it is used in MMA and has been on the rulebooks in UFC events.