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This is the 2nd grease accusation I've read about in 2 days!
He's not super banged up, but he was so exhausted in the 3rd he was a sitting duck to strikes and I thought he might actually get TKO'd from his lack of movement.
As for the decision: a lot of this depends on judges' interpretation of control time and how much weight it holds. I'd have to rewatch to be more sure but as impressive as the grappling was in R1 and even R2, when all is said and done, Rodriguez was holding his defenses rather well and Dulgarian was largely spinning his wheels with that massive energy expenditure. In my eyes, Rodriguez finished as strong in the 3rd as Dulgarian started in the 1st. I found it pretty even by the end, but it seemed fair to score it a draw. Total damage and how the fight ends leave such an impact on the judges. I'd venture a guess that despite the current scoring criteria, some judges are more partial to wrestling while others are not.
He's not super banged up, but he was so exhausted in the 3rd he was a sitting duck to strikes and I thought he might actually get TKO'd from his lack of movement.
As for the decision: a lot of this depends on judges' interpretation of control time and how much weight it holds. I'd have to rewatch to be more sure but as impressive as the grappling was in R1 and even R2, when all is said and done, Rodriguez was holding his defenses rather well and Dulgarian was largely spinning his wheels with that massive energy expenditure. In my eyes, Rodriguez finished as strong in the 3rd as Dulgarian started in the 1st. I found it pretty even by the end, but it seemed fair to score it a draw. Total damage and how the fight ends leave such an impact on the judges. I'd venture a guess that despite the current scoring criteria, some judges are more partial to wrestling while others are not.
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