What did he do in the entire fight to warrant a win? To take the title home you need to decisively beat the champ. It was his own fault Sterling became the champ and the onus was on him to prove the title belonged to him. He did not deserve to take the title home last night.
Getting DQed for not knowing the rules in the first fight and then putting up a lackluster performance in the subsequent rematch is deserving of the title? Nah... the title is in the right hands.
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I understand the "scoring criteria" that you've posted many times. Unfortunately it's not a great argument as the judges do not follow it as shown in previous fights scored on this very card.
Lmao. So were rounds 1, 3, 4 and 52 was a 10-8, Aljo got some very good GNP in when Yan tried to turn into mount and got stuck underneath.
We need less of that. More 10-9s the better. We don't need to ruin the sport any moreAljo landed some nasty GnP in that round, though. It just wasn't sustained across the full control time. Doesn't meant it didn't happen.
I see why you feel this way, but I respectfully disagree. I like the idea of having more 10-8s for dominant displays (within reason) and I think when one fighter is able to take the other down for an entire round and control them in one of the most dominant positions in grappling while threatening an imminent finish to the fight -- imposing their will in one of the most obvious ways possible (short of actually beating their face in) while completely making their opponent's own offense and gameplan a non-factor for a full five minutes that should absolutely be recognized in some way, shape, or form.
My other issue with it is that a 10-9 as it stands covers waaaaaay too much ground in modern MMA scoring. People have a fair understanding of what a 10-7 is, though it's rare. And once people read the new rules and get a feel for it, I think most tend to understand the niche for where 10-8s fit in. But a 10-9 literally covers everything from "really this round was a razor-thin coin flip and no matter how you score it people are going to be angry and call robbery and we're only doing this because we can't do 10-10s" to "Fighter A soundly controlled the Octagon and outstruck/outgrappled Fighter B for five minutes, outclassing him and landing good shots but not in a sufficiently dominant/damaging fashion to warrant a 10-8" plus everything in between.
Aljo having your back is safer though. He accomplished nothing with the position except keeping Yan from hurting him.
God forbid backpacking someone an entire round is a 10-8. If they start scoring it like that nobody will watch MMA in 6 months or less.
...except it wasnt scored that way, b.c. of the rules lol...Credibility = 0I don't make the rules, I just report them.
Read the criteria and you'll see why it's scored that way. It's been that way for a few years now.
Bro you’re a virgin. Stop posting on sherdog and get a fucking jobMan is this post stupid
Out struck lmao... he has what? 5 more insignificant strikes that were blocked , that he threw while moving backwards?The guy who ran away outstruck Yan in round 1, then dominated him on the ground in round 2 and 3, scoring enough to win.
That's all there is to say.
We need less of that. More 10-9s the better. We don't need to ruin the sport any more
...except it wasnt scored that way, b.c. of the rules lol...Credibility = 0