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Taking the Stand: Defending the Ten-Point Must System

Dave Meltzer lays his solution to the ten-point must system "problem": I’ve previously advocated a system that is basically identical to the one Nelson "Doc" Hamilton suggested earlier this yea...

MMA Judge Cecil Peoples Is A Genius

I thought I was done with the whole Rua/Machida fight, but I had to get this out there.  When you know a MMA judge by name, it can only be one of two things.  Either that judges does a very ...

Quote of the Day: Shogun Talks UFC 104 Main Event Judges

"I got really sad with that result but happy by the impact...I train hard, and every round, my corner told me to be calm because I was winning. Once I was winning, I decided to not expose myself and ...

Quote of the Day: A Judge's Defense of Lyoto Machida at UFC 104

"First of all what you need to understand is that from where the judges are sitting, we get to see things that the fans at home may miss. Mauricio Rua was being aggressive but it wasn't effective ag...

Whose Mercy in Mixed Martial Arts?

Mercy is neither unreasonable nor misplaced, but also not the most helpful criteria in fight stoppages: The crowd booed because they thought referee Steve Mazzagatti stopped it early, but it was a me...

FightMetric Report for WEC 43's Cerrone vs. Henderson

Want a surefire recipe for MMA controversy?  Start with a five round title fight base.  Add in a healthy mix of all facets of the sport.  Split four of the rounds evenly for the two com...

Cage Cast Episode 10: Is there a Judging Crisis in MMA?

(Cecil Peoples knows that awful decisions are a powerful aphrodisiac) Yesterday everyone was wrting and talking about juding in MMA so the writers of WatchKalibRun decided to try and answer some of ...

Perhaps MMA scoring needs some tweaking

(Of course all the pictures on UFC.com of Condit vs. Kampmann show Condit winning.) Martin Kampmann and Carlos Condit engaged in fantastic bout this past Wednesday. Kampmann rightfully won ...

Win, Lose, or Draw - Scoring Condit vs. Kampmann

  A separate storyline emerged during last night's high-level, back-and-forth fight between Martin Kampmann and Carlos Condit: who would the judges give it to? In the Bloody Elbow live thread...

When Less Is More...And More Is Less..

With all the controversy surrounding the main event of UFC 86...I hate to beat a dead horse. However, I haven't really ran across an article that talks about the quantity of strikes compared to the...