The concept of scoring is one that has been on the minds of every single MMA fan as of late. At practically every event, there is one judge who gives a drastically different score to the bout than the other two judges. This phenomenon seems to be unavoidable. How is it that this is even possible? However, just like in any industry, there are going to be individuals who are just not up to pace, and then there will be some who are great in their field.
Regrettably, in this industry, all it takes for a boxer to lose a bout is for one judge to give them a low score and swing the scoreboard in their favour. A single defeat may leave an indelible mark on your career, and considering the fact that millions of young people dream of being the next big thing in mixed martial arts (MMA), there will always be someone else eager to take your place.
Imagine training for not weeks, but months physically draining yourself and pushing your body to limits you never thought were even possible.
Then add in cutting weight and having to run around keeping up with the press circuit as all pro fighters have to maintain all just days before the big match. You get in the octagon and deliver what you and in some cases, the vast majority of the viewing audience would favor as a winning performance and it gets taken away from you.
In many fights recently when they have announced the judges scorecards even the fighter that is being declared the winner is in total shock as they themselves didn’t even assume they won.
A lot has been said about the scoring and UFC president Dana White has certainly made it clear he wishes it to become more evenly scored at every event, but it has yet to change.
To have judges that do understand all of the mechanics of MMA scoring, could actually be possible if they each had to earn a background in some form of martial arts or boxing to begin with.
Why is a takedown given more points in some judge’s eyes over an elbow to the face? It’s questions like this that frustrate the fighters, their families, the fans and the trainers. To have a better grasp on scoring, you must know the basics of the rules in MMA and they are as follows:
To score a match, there are 10 points per round, it’s as simple as that. 10 points are given to the winner of each round and 9 points or less are handed to the loser. In some cases, there can be a 10-10 round scored, but this almost never occurs.
To receive a 10-10 score, both fighters are basically considered equal in their performance with neither one of them outshining the other. A 10-9 round is anytime when you see a round that was very close, but you know one contender had more of an advantage be that via strikes, takedowns or grappling efforts.
A 10-8 round occurs when one fighter dominates the round more than half of the time 10-7 would be if one contender just takes over the round and easily dominates their opponent.
With that being said, it is such a challenge to comprehend why so many fights are being swayed in the wrong direction and resulting in odd winners. Certainly, everyone knows if you are a fighter you should fight to the best of your ability and never leave it to the judges so you avoid this type of mix up. However, perhaps you did fight your best and so did your opponent without either of you resulting in a KO, or a submission forcing the match to result in the hands of the judges. Some have a theory of adding a half point rule to the scoring system, so that the rounds could result in 10-9.5 score and so on, adding a different point value and perhaps coming up with more solid results in the end. Hopefully sooner rather than later some change will take effect to stop the lopsided scoring in MMA and start awarding the real winners in the end.
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