Marc Ratner of the UFC responded to the judging issues at UFC on FUEL TV 7 by saying that they'll 'do some stuff internally.' Fans and media should not be willing to let the UFC off so easy when self-regulating events.
UFC 147 and UFC on FX showed the need to score more 10-10 and 10-8 rounds.
This is not a FanPost designed to argue why Maynard or Guida deserved to win last night's main event. Neither is it an attempt to chastise Guida for not engaging enough or Maynard for not cutting...
UFC veteran Ricardo Almeida was the only judge to score UFC on Fox 3's Johny Hendricks vs Josh Koscheck for Koscheck.
Douglas Crosby was the only judge to award Gray Maynard a 10-8 first round against Frankie Edgar at UFC 136.
The half-point scoring system, which is currently in an experimental phase in California's amateur ranks, has been heralded by some as a means to revolutionizing the judging aspects of mixed martial arts. As most MMA fans have come to realize, there is a huge disparity between how a fight actually plays out versus what three officials saw unfold.
UFC contender Urijah Faber talks MMA judging after UFC 132.
Bloody Elbow's Mike Fagan digs into his treasure chest and pulls out an old treasure -- a rewritten version of the Unified Rules judging criteria.
UFC President Dana White wants to award fighters on the wrong side of a bad decision, but should we not remain skeptical?
Back on May 11th, the Vancouver Athletic Commission approved a motion by the UFC to allow the use of cageside monitors by judges to more accurately see the action inside the Octagon. The move was the product of constant complaints from fans, media, and even Dana White himself about the rash of bad judging we've seen consistently over the past few years.
