Fight was close. Watch it again and note how long those sweeps were held for. Alot of the sweep attempts just helped torres escape to standing, where he got taken down at will. MM passed multiple times throughout the fight.
Torres would have lost if it was straight BJJ too.
I did the scoring ADCC, and IBJJF in another thread, MM dominated that criteria, the sub attempts were flashy, but only a couple were relatively close. The sweeps that landed were in the first which Torres easily one, but nothing but scrambles in the second, the third had one sweep, but MM had three TDs and passed guard. I break it down by the criteria further down
Its not bad judging, its not bad judges, it is what it is.
I. Effective Grappling
1. The Judge shall recognize the value of both the clean takedown and active guard position.
2. The Judge shall recognize that a fighter who is able to cleanly takedown his opponent, is effectively grappling.
3. A Judge shall recognize that a fighter on his back in an active guard position, can effectively grapple, through execution of repeated threatening attempts at submission and reversal resulting in continuous defense from the top fighter.
4. A Judge shall recognize that a fighter who maneuvers from guard to mount is effectively grappling.
5. A Judge shall recognize that the guard position alone shall be scored neutral or even, if none of the preceding situations were met.(items 2-4)
6. A Judge shall recognize that if the fighters remain in guard the majority of a round with neither fighter having an edge in clean striking or effective grappling, (items 2-4), the fighter who scored the clean takedown deserves the round.
7. A clean reversal is equal to a clean takedown in effective grappling
MM obviously gets number 2 each round
Torres wins 1 with an active guard(number 3) and moving to mount(number 4)
In round 2 the only pass was made by MM
He gets Number 2, and number 4, while torres gets 3. 2 criterion to 1. It nowhere notes they are weighted differently. So round 2 to MM
In round 3 MM gets number 2, Torres number 3, and number 4 becomes the question? Is taking the back w/o hooks and passing the guard worth more than one sweep to mount in number 4 of the criterion? I can see an argument either way. I would consider round 3 a 10-10. 29-29 draw.
This was not a robbery. A draw makes the most sense to me, and the judging seemed at least fair.