Monday Morning Wrap Up: UFC 99 Wanderlei Silva vs Rich Franklin Coverage and Commentary

by Kid Nate on Jun 15, 2009 9:18 AM EDT in MMA Events

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"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"

by Kid Nate on Jun 15, 2009 9:37 AM EDT reply actions

I'm also all ears for good analysis

I haven’t seen — especially newer bloggers I’m not aware of.

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by Kid Nate on Jun 15, 2009 9:37 AM EDT reply actions

Nate if I wasn’t three thousand miles away from home with only the internet to entertain me I wouldn’t have scoured every post fight article and this feature would be very helpful. Appreciate the work putting it all together.

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by Day Man on Jun 15, 2009 11:09 AM EDT reply actions

thanks man

"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"

by Kid Nate on Jun 15, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Love this feature; for me it’s up there with the Judo Chop and history of MMA articles.

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by AJB on Jun 15, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions

silva got robed man

i think that silva got robed man. he clearly won by spilt decision.

by valtheguy on Jun 15, 2009 4:33 PM EDT reply actions

I can see making a case for Wandy winning the fight

but you can’t argue that someone “clearly won by split decision” because that would mean that 2 of the 3 judges scored it their way. You could say “Silva was robbed. He clearly won 2 out of the 3 rounds.” that would make sense.

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by Kid Nate on Jun 15, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Right...

split decision = one judge scores for fighter A, two judges score for fighter B
majority decision = one judge scores the fight a draw, two judges score for the same fighter
majority draw = two judges score the fight a draw, one judge scores for one of the fighters
unanimous decision = all three judges score for the same fighter

a 29-28 scorecard is not a “split decision” it is just a score.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 15, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions

oh!

also…

Draw = all three judges score the fight even; OR one judge scores the fight even, one judge for fighter A and one for fighter B

both of those situations are different from the above mentioned majority draw.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 15, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

and you may want to read the post on what constitutes a "robbery"

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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 15, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Truth.

I’m as big a Wandy fan as they come and while I and the people at the party I was at (far less biased) thought that Wandy deserved the win more than Rich, I wouldn’t call it a robbery because you could make a pretty decent argument for Franklin winning (though not as good as for Wandy imho).

I did see that two judges scored it 30-27 for Franklin, which I thought was pretty retarded though.

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by The_Gaijin on Jun 15, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions