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What fights do you think were scored wrongly by the judges in 2009 giving the win to the wrong man. Here are some of mine.

 

The obviuous one is Shogun vs Machida.

TUF 9 Finale Mellvin Guillard vs Gleison Tibau (I had it 29-28 for Tibau)

Randy Couture vs Brandon Vera (I had it 29-28 for Vera as much as I wanted Randy to win)

Forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz (First round was one of the hardest rounds to score that I've ever seen, maybe Tito just edged it)

Matt Hughes vs Matt Serra (When i saw it for the first time I gave it to Hughes but after watching it again I think that Serra won the third round and won the fight 29-28)

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What fights do you think were scored wrongly by the judges in 2009 giving the win to the wrong man. Here are some of mine.

 

The obviuous one is Shogun vs Machida.

TUF 9 Finale Mellvin Guillard vs Gleison Tibau (I had it 29-28 for Tibau)

Randy Couture vs Brandon Vera (I had it 29-28 for Vera as much as I wanted Randy to win)

Forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz (First round was one of the hardest rounds to score that I've ever seen' date=' maybe Tito just edged it)

Matt Hughes vs Matt Serra (When i saw it for the first time I gave it to Hughes but after watching it again I think that Serra won the third round and won the fight 29-28)[/quote']

 

Shogun

Tibau

I'd of said it was a draw

Griffin

Hughes

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What fights do you think were scored wrongly by the judges in 2009 giving the win to the wrong man. Here are some of mine.

 

The obviuous one is Shogun vs Machida.

TUF 9 Finale Mellvin Guillard vs Gleison Tibau (I had it 29-28 for Tibau)

Randy Couture vs Brandon Vera (I had it 29-28 for Vera as much as I wanted Randy to win)

Forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz (First round was one of the hardest rounds to score that I've ever seen' date=' maybe Tito just edged it)

Matt Hughes vs Matt Serra (When i saw it for the first time I gave it to Hughes but after watching it again I think that Serra won the third round and won the fight 29-28)[/quote']

 

Vera vs Couture was not a wrong decision in any ways. Yes Vera got a few good shots in but a few good shots wasn't enough to win a decision over being controlled for an entire match. Granted holding someone to a fence isn't exactly exciting but it is a form of control and Randy cotrolled the whole match.

 

Forrest vs Tito was not a bad decision either. The first round was close but after that Tito faded and did nothing in the third round except take hits. Which is why he lost. Tito continually faded and did literally nothing for the third round.

 

I do agree with Machida vs Shogun. Shogun landed 2 times the amount of shots and did the most damage as well as faught at the pace he chose.

 

Matt Serra should have won that fight. He did more all the way around and I think it was sympathy win for Hughes.

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I think Alan Belcher's loss to Akiyama was ridiculous. He got the better of the exchanges and had the stronger power punches. The judges were to enamoured with Akiyama due to the record and accolades he brought with him from Japan. In my opinion, Jon Fitch did NOT beat Mike Pierce via unanimous decision, rather Fitch ate the bigger and heavier punches and his face was a testament to that. I think Pierce got robbed. Couture and Vera was a difficult one to score, as Couture controlled the fight and its pace, while Vera had the more damaging blows. It really is a split decision at its core.

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I think Alan Belcher's loss to Akiyama was ridiculous. He got the better of the exchanges and had the stronger power punches. The judges were to enamoured with Akiyama due to the record and accolades he brought with him from Japan. In my opinion' date=' Jon Fitch did NOT beat Mike Pierce via unanimous decision, rather Fitch ate the bigger and heavier punches and his face was a testament to that. I think Pierce got robbed. Couture and Vera was a difficult one to score, as Couture controlled the fight and its pace, while Vera had the more damaging blows. It really is a split decision at its core.[/quote']

 

I disagree with most of this. I think that Akiyama won the first two rounds against Belcher and to say that Pierce got robbed in a fight that he was obviously being dominated in until the last 15 seconds is ridiculous. No way can you give rounds 1 or 2 to Pierce.

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I think Alan Belcher's loss to Akiyama was ridiculous. He got the better of the exchanges and had the stronger power punches. The judges were to enamoured with Akiyama due to the record and accolades he brought with him from Japan. In my opinion' date=' Jon Fitch did NOT beat Mike Pierce via unanimous decision, rather Fitch ate the bigger and heavier punches and his face was a testament to that. I think Pierce got robbed. Couture and Vera was a difficult one to score, as Couture controlled the fight and its pace, while Vera had the more damaging blows. It really is a split decision at its core.[/quote']

 

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What fights do you think were scored wrongly by the judges in 2009 giving the win to the wrong man. Here are some of mine.

 

The obviuous one is Shogun vs Machida.

TUF 9 Finale Mellvin Guillard vs Gleison Tibau (I had it 29-28 for Tibau)

Randy Couture vs Brandon Vera (I had it 29-28 for Vera as much as I wanted Randy to win)

Forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz (First round was one of the hardest rounds to score that I've ever seen' date=' maybe Tito just edged it)

Matt Hughes vs Matt Serra (When i saw it for the first time I gave it to Hughes but after watching it again I think that Serra won the third round and won the fight 29-28)[/quote']

 

you forgot the obvious one...hamill vs bisping

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Vera vs Couture was not a wrong decision in any ways. Yes Vera got a few good shots in but a few good shots wasn't enough to win a decision over being controlled for an entire match. Granted holding someone to a fence isn't exactly exciting but it is a form of control and Randy cotrolled the whole match.

 

Forrest vs Tito was not a bad decision either. The first round was close but after that Tito faded and did nothing in the third round except take hits. Which is why he lost. Tito continually faded and did literally nothing for the third round.

 

I do agree with Machida vs Shogun. Shogun landed 2 times the amount of shots and did the most damage as well as faught at the pace he chose.

 

Matt Serra should have won that fight. He did more all the way around and I think it was sympathy win for Hughes.

 

I disagree with Couture beating Vera. Couture did nothing in the third round and Vera had Couture up against the cage at times aswell and then Vera got the takedown and went to mount but I think that it was close.

 

By the sounds of it you are saying that Tito lost the second round which I disagree with. I think you should watch that round again. Tito got two takedowns and cut Griffin open with lots of ground and pound. Ya, the third round was obviously won by Forrest. It all came down to the first round. I agree it was close and it could of gone either way but I just about gave it to Tito with the two takedowns.

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And to say that Pierce got robbed in a fight that he was obviously being dominated in until the last 15 seconds is ridiculous. No way can you give rounds 1 or 2 to Pierce.

 

+1 he had pierces back the whole time!

 

and I think Buentello vs Struve should of went to Paul.

Also even though Shogun out striked Machida IMO Machida won that fight with good counters and more powerful punches.

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What fights do you think were scored wrongly by the judges in 2009 giving the win to the wrong man. Here are some of mine.

 

The obviuous one is Shogun vs Machida.

TUF 9 Finale Mellvin Guillard vs Gleison Tibau (I had it 29-28 for Tibau)

Randy Couture vs Brandon Vera (I had it 29-28 for Vera as much as I wanted Randy to win)

Forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz (First round was one of the hardest rounds to score that I've ever seen' date=' maybe Tito just edged it)

Matt Hughes vs Matt Serra (When i saw it for the first time I gave it to Hughes but after watching it again I think that Serra won the third round and won the fight 29-28)[/quote']

 

i still think forrest won that cuz i dont think making 1 out of the 2 or 3 takedown attempts he tried in the first would win him the whole round cuz he was getting outboxed and kicked the whole fight

and machida shogun shouldve been a draw. the first round is a 9/9 IMO it was way too close for anyone to get the legit nod

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Machida vs Rua and Couture vs Vera were the two standout robberies for me.

 

I also thought that Quarry vs Credeur and Struve vs Buentello were debatable.

 

struve won the fight with his super boring firstround back control and little leg kicks the whole 3rd round

and quarry vs credeur easily couldve went to either one and nobody complained it was so good i dont think anyone cared about the decision

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The only problem with all the fights is they were decided by the judges....the fighters need to put it all on the line and finish some fights. If it is that close by the 3rd round, they should be going crazy to get the KO or submission. I have a huge amount of respect for all fighters as I couldn't come close to what these guys do, but I also have no sympathy for the fighters that think they got robbed by the judges. Finish the fight within 15 minutes and we wont have these issues anymore.

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bottom line is if the fights boring etc and your fighting just to survive 3 or 5 rounds and making no real impact dont be surprised with the judges scoring...i had vera winning by a slim margin,but he didnt do much in that fight to impress me...until theres a law that you can put a judge in front of a firing squad for serial killing a decision...cough(hamill vs bisping) not much we can do...

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Not even Shogun vs Machida.

 

nah... machida won the match...

What so many do not realize is that the judges are NOT watching the fight on tape.. They do NOT have the possibility to Zoom and change angles.. And they have to score the match while watching it.. Not after looking at replays for a couple of hours...

 

If Shogun "Whine whine whine" Rua wanted to win the match he should have knocked Machida the fu*k out..

Hopefully the rematch will be mroe decicive.

 

Anyway..

 

The weather is good right now....

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i still think forrest won that cuz i dont think making 1 out of the 2 or 3 takedown attempts he tried in the first would win him the whole round cuz he was getting outboxed and kicked the whole fight

and machida shogun shouldve been a draw. the first round is a 9/9 IMO it was way too close for anyone to get the legit nod

 

Shogun won the last three rounds and you could even give him the first two. The first round might of been even but Shogun won the fight.

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Rua was hard done by but it's kinda understandable that punches to the face get noticed in real time more than simultaneous leg kicks.

 

Belcher's was a bad decision I thought.

 

Vera beat Couture (IMHO that was much worse then the Rua decision too - worst one of the year)

 

And Hamill/Jones should have been stopped long before the DQ (most dangerous refereeing decision of the year I think)

 

I wasn't that convinced by Thiago Silva's loss to Rashad either...but I suppose Thiago did gas badly...

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Vera vs Couture was not a wrong decision in any ways. Yes Vera got a few good shots in but a few good shots wasn't enough to win a decision over being controlled for an entire match. Granted holding someone to a fence isn't exactly exciting but it is a form of control and Randy cotrolled the whole match.

 

Forrest vs Tito was not a bad decision either. The first round was close but after that Tito faded and did nothing in the third round except take hits. Which is why he lost. Tito continually faded and did literally nothing for the third round.

 

I do agree with Machida vs Shogun. Shogun landed 2 times the amount of shots and did the most damage as well as faught at the pace he chose.

 

Matt Serra should have won that fight. He did more all the way around and I think it was sympathy win for Hughes.

 

give the guy a break he had a cracked skull

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machida won rounds 1 through 3, very clearly to me and non internet friends

 

forrest won very desicivly

 

couture controlled the whole fight and dirty boxed his **** of, cept for the 15 seconds brandon was kicking his ****..lo0ol couture won no doubt

 

the few of these i could see going either was struve beuntello and belcher akiyama. but both of those fights deserved fight on the night and were very fun to watch. i woulda been happy if either one of them won in both fights.(belcher superman punch off the cage was sweet)

 

i think the stoppage on rothwell cain fight was early. the ref shoulda stopped it in the first if he was going to stop it for that.

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Machida vs Shogun, Hands down.

 

I still dont understand the scoring for that fight, Ive seen pictures of the judges cards and i scratch my head everytime. They all came to the same score but gave different rounds to different fighters... Huh?? Cecil Peoples needs to find a new profession and take Mirgliotta with him.

 

Ive seen the fight statistics and it all points to Shogun winning, Machida sustained alot of damage and landed nothing of any real significance on Shogun. Machida had no advantage as far as octagon control was concerned and Shogun dictated the pace to the point where you actually saw Machida straying from his gameplan in desperation.

 

Cecil Peoples said "Leg kicks dont win fights" but what do you call Rampage vs Griffin then?

 

I think what says it all is the look of total disappointment on Machida's face prior to the decision being read followed by utter shock/surprise at hearing his name being called.

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Machida vs Shogun' date=' Hands down.

 

I still dont understand the scoring for that fight, Ive seen pictures of the judges cards and i scratch my head everytime. They all came to the same score but gave different rounds to different fighters... Huh?? Cecil Peoples needs to find a new profession and take Mirgliotta with him.

 

Ive seen the fight statistics and it all points to Shogun winning, Machida sustained alot of damage and landed nothing of any real significance on Shogun. Machida had no advantage as far as octagon control was concerned and Shogun dictated the pace to the point where you actually saw Machida straying from his gameplan in desperation.

 

Cecil Peoples said "Leg kicks dont win fights" but what do you call Rampage vs Griffin then?

 

I think what says it all is the look of total disappointment on Machida's face prior to the decision being read followed by utter shock/surprise at hearing his name being called.[/quote']

 

^^This

 

And shogun landed more shots to the head so you can't say machida tried to finish the fight and shogun just threw kicks! By far the worst

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Shogun won

 

-Buy a life. Get a job.

 

interesting...W is in Machidas column.

 

I really dont have a problem with any of the fights called last year.

 

I think there should be draws in MMA. And a lot of these fights should be considered draws.

 

But when you have to claim a winner, you get stupid decisions. So I have a problem with the system just claiming winners out of close fights.

 

 

 

Machida still would have won if there were draws though ;) 3 rounds to 2.

 

But really if there were draws. Id probably have that fight 3 round draws, 2 rounds to shogun :P

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