This Is How Effective Grappling Should Be Scored

[Human Bass]

Shitty rules, so a passive side control should be more valued than being inside the guard doing gnp?

 

[Franc Mittelo]

but it accounts only for the ground portion of the game and the same cant be applied to the standing... which makes the whole thing not viable

I am focusing on the ground portion of the game. Dude, you know very well that most people in this forum don't have the concentration to read beyond 30 seconds.

The idea that I am suggesting is more complicated than a few sentences. There are a lot of nuanced problems with it, but I think the fundamental idea is solid.

The main goals are to (1) Push fighters to advance position, by not rewarding them for Laying-N-Praying (2) Give judges consistent criteria to judge the fight. It is meaningless to tell judges "Look for effective grappling." You have to describe to them what is effective grappling, so they will consistently look for it. (3) Educate the fans on what they should be looking at during the fight.

One of the reasons I hate grappling in MMA is not because of the art. It is because of the scoring. In a man's fight, once Fighter A takes Fighter B to the ground, for me, it feels like the action is over. It feels like victory formation in the NFL. Whoever is on top has most likely won the round, so why should he take any risks, when the judges are going to give him the round for just staying in the opponent's full guard?

Staying in the opponent's guard should be considered a neutral position. Also, defensive grappling should be scored (but that is whole other argument). My scoring system is just one way to make the fights more offensive. We shouldn't be rewarding fighters for taking a "victory formation."

 

[Verace]

I am focusing on the ground portion of the game. Dude, you know very well that most people in this forum don't have the concentration to read beyond 30 seconds.

The idea that I am suggesting is more complicated than a few sentences. There are a lot of nuanced problems with it, but I think the fundamental idea is solid.

The main goals are to (1) Push fighters to advance position, by not rewarding them for Laying-N-Praying (2) Give judges consistent criteria to judge the fight. It is meaningless to tell judges "Look for effective grappling." You have to describe to them what is effective grappling, so they will consistently look for it. (3) Educate the fans on what they should be looking at during the fight.

One of the reasons I hate grappling in MMA is not because of the art. It is because of the scoring. In a man's fight, once Fighter A takes Fighter B to the ground, for me, it feels like the action is over. It feels like victory formation in the NFL. Whoever is on top has most likely won the round, so why should he take any risks, when the judges are going to give him the round for just staying in the opponent's full guard?

Staying in the opponent's guard should be considered a neutral position. Also, defensive grappling should be scored (but that is whole other argument). My scoring system is just one way to make the fights more offensive. We shouldn't be rewarding fighters for taking a "victory formation."

I support the idea of what you are trying to acheive with it... im just saying i cant see it being implemented

 

[smiles mma]

Judges need much more training