11/6/2023 0 Comments Jones gustafsson mma decisions![]() After the retirement of St-Pierre though, it seems that this fight's decision has taken on a life of its own, with fans often taking polarizing stances when in reality the fight was super close. It really comes to what do you score more, control or damage. The first round had hard elbows and a brief takedown by "Bigg Rigg", but St-Pierre was on point with his jab and scored with a right head kick. However, it is the first round where the controversy lies. The Texan undoubtedly inflicted more damage throughout the match and definitely won rounds 2 and 4 while GSP landed consistently enough in rounds 3 and 5 to take those. While I stand on the side of GSP for this fight (TOTALLY no bias there, a Montrealer picking GSP), I can definitely see the argument for Hendricks winning the fight. A victory that many feel belonged to Hendricks and I can't blame them. Faced with his toughest challenge yet, the French Canadian mega star gutted out a close victory over Johny Hendricks at the UFC's 20th anniversary show. ![]() Alexander Gustafsson from UFC 165 right near the top, as the epic light heavyweight championship fight from September 2013 in Toronto still stands as one of the greatest fights in company history, and has already been. No fight in MMA has divided the fanbase more than the apparent final fight in Georges St-Pierre's career. During a slow weekend in MMA amidst the Thanksgiving holiday, the UFC has posted some archives of some of its most memorable fights. Even worse than casting Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. That one is just the worst judgment I've ever seen ever. For the most part, the rankings will go in order of which decisions caused the most discussion among the public. To honor those keyboard wars, I will rank the top 15 most controversial decisions in MMA history. Then, there are the fights that are debated for years after their occurrence, the ones which stoke the flames of forums and comment sections everywhere. You can bet your bank account that if a close fight goes to the judges' scorecards, MMA fans are surely going to debate about it afterwards, it's human nature after all. Every system has its flaws and strengths, but those flaws are even more pronounced when you have the bumpkins known as MMA judges running the show. ![]() Now while the scoring system in it of itself has quite a few problems, it seems increasingly less likely that we'll see any changes coming to the scoring system as a perfect system is impossible to find. According to the UFC's official website, a MMA fight is judged on effective striking, grappling, ring control, aggressiveness and defense. Unlike football or most team sports, Mixed Martial Arts relies on judges to determine the winner of a fight (if it goes the distance of course).
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