I have been a MMA fan
and enthusiast since UFC 90, and while there have been many controversies over
those 70 events I’ve never heard so many skeptics and Fight fixing allegations
as I have in the last year. MMA have been judged the same way since the
reorganizing of the sport in 2002. Judging is based a 10 point scoring system;
where 10 points are awarded to the winner of each round and the loser is given
9 points or less. The judges base the
scoring off of 4 criteria: effective striking, effective grappling, control,
and aggression. While the judges are
responsible for tallying those criteria and deciding a winner; stats for
striking and takedowns are provided for fans by a computer system and displayed
on their screens.
This is where the problems can occur. While the judges
decide a winner based on their educated opinions, the fans are given an exact
numbers for strikes and takedowns. If you watched the Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson
fight this weekend you may have noticed that the Compustrike revealed a different
story. You and I saw Gustafsson get off to an early lead but the Compustrike
considered Jones’s leg kicks as significant strikes.
To fix this problem, the UFC and other MMA promotions should
completely remove the opinion element making a computer judge. Or quit paying Compustrike altogether. Either
way, this issue needs to be addressed.
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