Hello cunts,
While everyone focuses on your Leonard Garcia/Diego Sanchez specials, sometimes ridiculous judging happens in fights that are otherwise uncontroversial and nobody notices.
I didn't watch UFC Santiago live, still haven't watched most of it and probably never will. But I did watch round 1 of Maia-Usman. Maia easily won that round. Had the more effective striking, grappling, octagon control and clearly did more damage, even briefly stunning Usman. A boring round, but an absolutely clear one.
It seems that every single MMA media member gave Maia that round according to MMA decisions.com. I can't be sure of this - maybe some dipshit gave Usman that round and then in turn gave Maia a round he didn't deserve - but it seems likely that it is unanimous that Maia won it (because he clearly did).
Not only did some judge give the round to Usman, but MMA decisions has the judges listed as 'unknown'. Now this could be simply that they haven't been given the info, but I can't find any info either.
Does anyone know what the deal was? Did they just get 3 Chilean cab drivers to score the fight? Considering they still use US judges in the established MMA market of Brazil, it seems odd that they would use locals in Chile for a main event.
While everyone focuses on your Leonard Garcia/Diego Sanchez specials, sometimes ridiculous judging happens in fights that are otherwise uncontroversial and nobody notices.
I didn't watch UFC Santiago live, still haven't watched most of it and probably never will. But I did watch round 1 of Maia-Usman. Maia easily won that round. Had the more effective striking, grappling, octagon control and clearly did more damage, even briefly stunning Usman. A boring round, but an absolutely clear one.
It seems that every single MMA media member gave Maia that round according to MMA decisions.com. I can't be sure of this - maybe some dipshit gave Usman that round and then in turn gave Maia a round he didn't deserve - but it seems likely that it is unanimous that Maia won it (because he clearly did).
Not only did some judge give the round to Usman, but MMA decisions has the judges listed as 'unknown'. Now this could be simply that they haven't been given the info, but I can't find any info either.
Does anyone know what the deal was? Did they just get 3 Chilean cab drivers to score the fight? Considering they still use US judges in the established MMA market of Brazil, it seems odd that they would use locals in Chile for a main event.
