I think this fight is a perfect case study into how much biased commentary influences perceptions of fights. Because it's not just that the commentary seemed to sway almost the entire fanbase into calling 'robbery', but that it got people to be so specifically wrong.
The narrarive now is that 'Max won the first 3 rounds, Volkanovski won 4 and 5'. And what is so bizarre about this is that round 3 wasn't particularly close but round 4 was.
Here's a good breakdown of round 3 from some youtuber who initially scored the fight for Max. He points out correctly that Volk landed the bigger strikes in the round and clearly deserved to win it.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z3pl6B3Srnc
If Max won this fight, it's because he won rounds 1, 2 and 4. He didn't win round 3. That so many people gave him a round that he clearly didn't win shows how much they are just repeating what Bisping said.
The narrarive now is that 'Max won the first 3 rounds, Volkanovski won 4 and 5'. And what is so bizarre about this is that round 3 wasn't particularly close but round 4 was.
Here's a good breakdown of round 3 from some youtuber who initially scored the fight for Max. He points out correctly that Volk landed the bigger strikes in the round and clearly deserved to win it.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z3pl6B3Srnc
If Max won this fight, it's because he won rounds 1, 2 and 4. He didn't win round 3. That so many people gave him a round that he clearly didn't win shows how much they are just repeating what Bisping said.