moicano get slaughtered now...benoit is an animal
except they weren't diminished at all. he got himself to half guard, then got himself to guard and avoided all incoming damage. his abilities aren't diminished simply because he didn't get up. if that were the case, every round on the ground would end 10-8 for the guy on top.No it isn’t. Imavov’s abilities were diminished when he literally couldn’t do a fucking thing but lay on his back for 5 minutes. He was immediately taken down, held down, and did nothing. He landed 5 total strikes, only 1 significant strike.
The very next sentence in the criteria after the one I quoted earlier is:
“Judges must CONSIDER giving the score of 10 – 8 when a fighter shows dominance in the round even though no impactful scoring against the opponent was achieved.”
He's shown in many fights that he at least has very good takedown defense, but he often makes bad decisions when he's in the cage...because he's a bad wrestler.