The Pedraza / LesPierre fight: That's the first time i saw a match paused for an instant replay! i'm not sure if that's good or bad (and i still stay it was a valid knockdown... the foot didn't play enough of a part to call it a "trip").
Probably an unpopular opinion, but it's about damn time they use some technology in this sport. I didn't actually see the fight, I'm going to go watch it now.
I'm all for it. Difference between a knockdown or a trip. Some guys lose points. Like when Mosley body slammed Pac and Bayless called it a knockdown and Mosley won the round 10-8. Even Mosley looked embarrassed.
I really hated the delay but I'm not opposed to instant replay in general. If they have to pause the fights for 5 minutes every time, then I'm against it.
true. One of the worst I've seen is the 3 to 5 point swing round between Kalajdzic and Browne, in which Browne deliberately punched Kalajdzic after a slip, and infuriatingly got awarded a knockdown in a round he was losing. Round should have gone the other way, and according to the rules a 2 or at least 1 point deduction for the deliberate foul. In many cases though the home fighter would get away with a warning, but even then it would have been a decisive 3 point swing. At that point robbing Kalajdzic would have been nearly impossible, with him clearly being the dominating fighter.
Well one way to see it is by doing instant replay there eliminating the sometimes atrocious scoring of some either very ignorant or corrupt judges. It will be more pressure on the judges to do a better job and eliminate a possible point for one fighter and sway a wrong decision.