Sho Kimura vs. Kosei Tanaka RBR.

Okay... time to rescore.

 

Nah, I'e got nothing to rip you for. We're good. But Dalakian pushes Tanaka's dookie in.

 

You know what... I was wrong.

Round 1 Kimura 10-9

 

Round 1 Kimura 10-9
Round 2 Tanaka 10-9

 

Round 1 Kimura 10-9
Round 2 Tanaka 10-9
Round 3 Tanaka 10-9
Round 4 Kimura 10-9
Round 5 Kimura 10-9

 

Round 1 Kimura 10-9
Round 2 Tanaka 10-9
Round 3 Tanaka 10-9
Round 4 Kimura 10-9
Round 5 Kimura 10-9
Round 6 Kimura 10-9
Round 7 Tanaka 10-9
Round 8 Tanaka 10-9

 

Round 1 Kimura 10-9
Round 2 Tanaka 10-9
Round 3 Tanaka 10-9
Round 4 Kimura 10-9
Round 5 Kimura 10-9
Round 6 Kimura 10-9
Round 7 Tanaka 10-9
Round 8 Tanaka 10-9
Round 9 Tanaka 10-9
Round 10 Kimura 10-9
Round 11 Kimura 10-9
Round 12 Kimura 10-9

115-113 Kimura


But here's the reality. Even though I don't like giving 10-10's there could easily be 2 in the fight.

Round 1 10-10
Round 2 Tanaka 10-9
Round 3 Tanaka 10-9
Round 4 Kimura 10-9
Round 5 Kimura 10-9
Round 6 10-10
Round 7 Tanaka 10-9
Round 8 Tanaka 10-9
Round 9 Tanaka 10-9
Round 10 Kimura 10-9
Round 11 Kimura 10-9
Round 12 Kimura 10-9

So the fight could be scored in this range.

115-115, 115-113 Kimura, 114-114 or 115-113 Tanaka.

In no ****ing way is there a 117-111 in that match.

The first was damn near impossible to score, as was the 6th, an argument could be made that the 9th was pretty damn close as well. Sure, maybe it wasn't a robbery like I claimed, but it never ceases to amaze me that the judges will invariably always manage to give the close rounds to teh star, its beyond predictable at this point.

 

Judges Scorecards

Round 1 KT KT SK
Round 2 SK KT KT
Round 3 KT KT KT
Round 4 KT SK SK
Round 5 SK SK SK
Round 6 KT SK KT
Round 7 KT KT KT
Round 6 KT KT KT
Round 9 KT KT SK
Round 10 SK SK SK
Round 11 KT SK KT
Round 12 SK SK KT

So there were only 5 rounds all the judges agreed on, 115-113 either way is pretty logical in that regard. 117-111 though.

 

It wasn't an egregious robbery Tanaka at best won by a round, I thought it was a draw or a close win by either man, the majority of my annoyance came from the ridiculously wide scorecards on here, for a damn near even fight.