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Keith Kizer Is More Right Than Joe Rogan About MMA Judging
Joe Rogan's arguments regarding the problems with the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) and mixed martial arts judging are air tight on virtually every count. Executive Director Keith Kizer is a politician. The body he oversees often stumbles or errs and refuses to recognize as such. Many of...
Critiquing the Judging Criteria Proposed by Nelson 'Doc' Hamilton
Chael Sonnen's appeal hearing before the California State Athletic Commission overshadowed a piece by Josh Gross which provided details about the proposed changes to the judging prodcedures for MMA in the state of California. The proposal - written by longtime official Nelson "Doc" Hamilton - would...
Was Clay Guida Robbed Against Diego Sanchez?
Let me quote Brickhaus from his excellent piece on this topic over at Bad Left Hook: What is a robbery in boxing? Here's a hint - it's not a decision that you merely disagree with. It's a decision that is impossible; that there's no reasonable way the judges could have scored the fight in favor...
What Is a 10-8 Round After All?
Rami Genauer tries to unpack the concept behind the 10-8 round and why it's so hard to decide in close cases what is and isn't a 10-8 round: To combat the vagaries surrounding the requirements for scoring a 10-8 round, FightMetric uses a simple rule, based on data around average round...
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