Ask the judges. What does a different fight not being 10-7 have to do with this fight needing to be 10-8 according to the actual rules (and are always scored as 10-8)? Rounds like this are basically always scored as 10-8 rounds.
Which just highlights my point, your bringing up these criteria isn't an argument that the judging for Fedor/Fabio was incorrect but that judging has always been incorrect. I would agree that the sport would be better if 10-8's and 10-7's were easier to get but the reality is that the standard we've had for years is that there not. Whats more of course in this case I would guess these vague statements may not even have applied the fight being outside the US and instead the Russian judges were just trying to hold to the established precedent of US judging.
Fedor did not dominate at any point in round 1. Fabio blocked almost everything and was never hurt. Fedor was on queer street over half the round and was out cold to the point no one could complain if the fight was stopped. There is no point in further discussion with someone so biased, and you post how I have lust for Fedor losing when I stated flat out the fight should have been a draw, not a loss for Fedor. You're a biased nuthugger who can't stand the fact Fedor did not win that fight and was given what was likely a corrupt decision
As I'v pointed out above your in absolutely no position to call anyone out on being bias and dishonest, your looking to stated judging criteria to back up your argument why this fight specifically was scored incorrectly is simply wrong and doesn't stand up to even the most simple analysis. This pretty much holds with my experience of reading your posts on sherdog that come across as simplistic childish nationalism much of the time.
In terms of timing I believe the knockdown was actually around one and a half mins into the round and in terms of Fedor being "out cold" look at my earlier post. To me it seems pretty clear this was never the case, first I think you can see it from the way Fedor reacts as he's getting back to his feet instantly and Fabio actually has to force him back down to start GnPing him, that's not the reaction of someone who has been KOed. You look more closely at what happens and to me it strongly looks like Fabio's second punch does not actually have much to do with Fedor going down, theres really not much on that punch at all, it doesn't connect well and Fedor is actually moving away from it and IMHO already overbalancing. What did the damage was IMHO that first Fabio punch that had a lot more power behind it, you look at the way Fedor reacts for the rest of the round and to me it seems very likely this shot caught him behind the ear/side of the head and messed up his balance. Fedor then looks to throw a big overhand and I think ends up on the ground due to overbalancing not because he's been KOed, hence his reacting to it instantly.
That I think is significantly different from Fabio nailing him and Fedor instantly face planting, in that situation a fighter following up would expect to have to land less in the way of GnP and in terms of judging it wouldn't be considered as bad a knockdown. That also effects how the rest of the round goes, Fedor looks wobbly for much of it but I don't think he's ever "out on his feet" and as a result Fabio doesn't actually land much good on him. Theres a strong couple of hooks and then one more good hook as he's backed up into the cage but those uppercuts aren't very effective, most of them miss with Fedor defending and in any case don't have much on them. Just because someone looks wobbly does not mean there being dominated and nearly finished.
I'm guessing all of this will be ignored and you'll just quote the same criteria to an "easy target" a few more times instead.
