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Originally Posted by LEMONZEST
I also give Joe credit for being the most vocal person to call out shitty judging even before the main event. Most other guys in the booth would be scared to rock the boat and make offensive comments like that.
I really like Joe as a commentator because I think he is giving his personal honest opinion - even if its wrong. I will take Joe any day over most other guys like Anik who to me is a zero personality company man that will say whatever he thinks people want to hear.
Joe calling out refs is not deviating from the company line. Judges are not part of the company and Dana has frequently called out judges himself. Dana is getting a little bit smarter about it deflecting a little and saying things like he's not a judge so who is he to criticize.
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Originally Posted by cbboy
I think they definitely do that in MMA.
Round 1 wsa definitely Reyes. They see round 2 not as dominant so give it to Jones so it is even. I feel like that happens a ton in the controversial or close decisions. They just want to the fight to be close going in to the next round. It is a terrible way to judge.
While it is supposed to be scored round by round, I think it's very natural for one to score close rounds in favor of the fighter that is behind though because you don't want the fight decided before it's actually decided.
For instance, in a 3 round fight If Fighter X won a close round 1 and then round 2 was close, a judge isn't going to award Fighter X with round 2 because Fighter Y would be drawing close to dead to win a decision even though he barely lost the first 2 rounds and we don't even know what will happen in round 3 yet.
Imagine the fight is scored properly and Fighter X is awarded the first 2 rounds. Now Fighter Y could dominate round 3, cause more damage, land more strikes, and beat his opponent worse than his opponent beat him in the first 2 rounds combined. Anyone with a brain would say Fighter Y won the fight but it's very difficult, particularly under the old system, which was in place for this last ppv, to award 10-8 rounds, so if scored properly Fighter X should be the winner even if Fighter Y was the more dominant fighter. This goes back to the stupidity of judging fights round by round. You can be damned if you score it right and damned if you don't.