That was one of the clearest fights ever, anybody with a brain scores that 29-28 for Houston. Kimbo won round 2 big, but not 10-8 big. Rounds 1 and 3 were clear as day for Houston; I don't care how strange or "afraid" he fought, he landed over and over with leg kicks, most were light but some were solid, one was brutal. In the punching he gave at least as good as he got. Did Kimbo even land double digit strikes in rounds one and three combined? Did he land anything at all in round 1? Robbery. Houston should have just gone for the KO, but that doesn't mean you screw him and give the loser of the fight the win just because Houston underperformed.
That's not how it works, that wasn't a 10-8 round, and even if it was it should have been a draw. Houston so clearly won two horrible boring rounds, but he still won two rounds. The leg kicks were weak, but the punching was even, and in the third he got the much better of everything.
Lol, what's with this trend lately people favoring guys who don't fight in close decisions. This is not amateur boxing where you can tap and run to score points. What Houston Alexander did for the whole fight was the equivalent of what Oscar did against Tito in the championship rounds of their famous fight. Alexander may have won a marathon tonight, but he didn't win any fight. The only robbery was Matt Hamill getting the DQ win
What the hell are you talking about? Yes he circled endlessly, but as a result of that Kimbo did nothing. A bunch of bad leg kicks > nothing. What did Kimbo do to win round one or three? Yes Houston was an idiot and didn't really do much but yet again, not much is still more than absolutely nothing.
I sort of agree with u, Houston won a very boring rd 1 just and also rd 3. Problem is Kimbo won rd 2 really big(not 10-8 tho) and people think he won the fight. But wasn't unhappy with Kimbo getting the win cos Houston was pissing me off with all that circling.
Horrible decision first off how did Kimbo possibly earn a 30-27 win ? Kimbo threw maybe 3 strikes in the 1st round while Houston connected with kick after kick after kick no matter if they where weak or not Houston LANDED THE ONLY STRIKES IN ROUND 1. Kimbo wins round 2 of course but what the **** was it with the announcers ? Kimbo had no clue how to finish from mount or back control but the announcers where going ape**** about his ground game. Round 3 Houston KD Kimbo with a leg kick and nearly KD Kimbo agian with 5 secounds left he landed all the effective shots in that round. When it went 15 minutes though I knew Kimbo would get the decision these judges had there mind made up in advance.
I felt that Kimbo won. Houston pretty much did nothing. You can't win the fight on a few leg kicks. Kimbo should have easily been given a 10-8 round in round 2 as well.
I thought Kimbo won the last two rounds. The first round was close with neither fighting doing nothing.
I was too frustrated watching Kimbo not jab to score the 1st or 3rd fairly. I thought the leg kick was more of sweep than a debilitating blow, but Alexander did buzz Kimbo near the end of the round. I also thought Kimbo won the 2nd round 10-8. Domination is what warrants a 2 point difference, and that is what Kimbo did. Kimbo won that round bigger than any round Alexander could have won. How could it not warrant a 10-8?
Houston looked scared as hell in the first round. Kimbo definitely won the last two rounds. They both sucked though. Worst fight of the night.
If you give Houston round 1 which was possible even though he read kalib starnes how too mma book, Kimbo should easilly get a 10-8 round. That's the whole prob with mma scoring if 10-8 rounds arn't given when they should. Kimbo deserved the fight more then Houston easily. I couldn't how much Houston was running I really wasn't expecting that.
I agree with the 10-8 round for sure. Too many guys win close rounds which could go either way and count as 10-9, so when Kimbo clearly dominated round 2 a 10 -8 score was a given.