How did you score the 1st round of Edgar vs Maynard?

Again, by that same rationale, you didn't have any real standard to score a 10-8 until someone actually scored one. Someone had to score the first 10-8 round in MMA. It wasn't pre-existing. Your argument simply doesn't hold up.

 

I think we are kind of on the same page in some ways here lol.

I don't think the current scoring system works, however under the current scoring system I don't see how it was any less than a 10-8 round, because as it stands you have to really, really dominate and come close to stopping the fight on multiple occasions to get a 10-8.

 

Under the current scoring system, Jackson was somehow able to win the fight against Machida despite the fact that he did nothing better (or even more often) then Machida other then to move forward more.

It's an ass backwards system with some judges who aren't fit to score a spelling test.

 

10-7. Kid got his ass handled in the first. It shocked the hell out of me seeing as Maynard is so sloppy and untechnical.

 

Idealy 10-7, by the standards we've seen in MMA up until now 10-8.

 

half points may have to be used.

 

the lowest possible for Edgar and the highest possible for Maynard.

if 10 - 0 was a possibility it would be 10- 0

 

10-7 round aren't the same in MMA & boxing. In boxing, you get the knockdown, the guy gets a chance to recover and you get another another kd. MMA it's a continuous flow of action that sees people going down & fighting w/o any chance to recover.

I doubt anyone would score a boxing round 10-7 if no knockdowns happened but one boxer was battered from post to post.

I'm also pretty sure that most people have scored rounds 10-9 that had one guy drop the other guy but not finish.

 

I don't really like the 10 point must system for mma. I believe there should be more options, such as being able to use a half point.

10-7 is too severe for mma. That score is near impossible to come back from in 5, or fewer rounds, and a fighter should not be able to get a decision based on 1 round's worth of work. There comes a point where a fighter gets a little credit for not getting finished, or penalized for not being able to finish. I guess that's all in how you choose to look at it.

 

Question for the 10-7 crowd: in boxing, would you ever score a round that didn't involve a knockdown 10-7?

KDs in MMA aren't the instant point loss that they are in boxing. There are rounds where someone gets dropped that I still score 10-9 b/c of the fluid nature of MMA. Fights go to ground so someone getting knocked down isn't an alert that they've earned more points.

 

Not even sure if 10-7 should exist in MMA, given the format. If a round should be 10-7 then Maynard should have stopped him, otherwise he couldn't have done as good as he thought. Frankie was going down but it was all because of defensive techniques to survive. If Maynard had him pinned and was beating on him for 5 mins then its possible but then a fight should be stopped.

 

That is a good point. 10-7 is next to impossible to come back from in even a 5 round fight. That's what should make Frankie Edgar's comeback and deserved victory that much more impressive.

Have you ever heard Joe Rogan explain the point system of scoring as opposed to the 10-point must system? Generally the winner of the round is given a half point - but if they do something to really take command of or dominate a round (as with a knockdown, takedown or near submission catch) they would be given a full point.

 

I doubt that "what other refs have done in the past" has anything to do with what judges in a championship fight in the UFC use as guidelines. I'm sure this sort of things has been discussed by actual rules committees if not the judges themselves at some point and that they have some sort of professional standard decided upon, whether you or I like that standard or not. You make it sound as if it would be a huge surprise when the first 10-8 round was scored when if they'd already talked about what a 10-8 round looks like beforehand it shouldn't be a surprise at all. If they didn't do that for a 10-7 round and someone actually GAVE one in such a big fight, THAT would be a big surprise.