People need to learn how to score rounds. This is why judgin in MMA sucks, even the majority of fans suck at it.

Pride scoring system was the best. Did you win the fight or not! Simple as that, all this winning round stuff is bogus!

Fight should be just based on damage. Who handed out the worst beating PERIOD! Takedowns shouldnt count for anything unless they cause damage to your opponent, and sub attempts shouldnt be worth anything. The value in a sub attempt is it gives you an opportunity to end the fight. Value of the TD is you take the fight where you want it. Passing guard shouldnt count for anything either. The value of passing guard is moving to a position where you can inflict more damage and take less damage. If a fighter is only awarded points for damage inflicted, it will automatically cause fighters to be more aggressive when the get to advantageous positions like mount and side control, and fighters will be forced to fight their ass off trying to end the fight and stay active, instead of being able to win 1 more round then your opponent by getting more takedowns then him.

My scoring system is easier for fans and judges to score, and its an even playing fields for all fighters with different backgrounds. I also think that it will encourage fighters to bring it more, and we will see better fights overall.

If a fighter cant get a KO, or pull off a simple submission, it shoud only come down to: WHO gave the more severe ASS WHOOPING! simple as that!

You got my vote pal!

Good point John, personally I don’t think that it is the 10 point must system that is at fault but rather these dodgy decisions are caused by the judges being biased in favour of wrestling over BJJ. They still seem to think that being in control is more important than doing damage, as was the case with that idiot judge who had Guida winning every round against Diego, despite Sanchez having a very active guard and better stand-up all because Huggie Clay and Grayed his way through the fight as usual. I can understand giving the fight to the guy on top if the fighter on the bottom doesn’t do anything because at least the guy on top got a takedown and maintained position but when you have someone going for elbows and submissions off his back then that person is looking to finish the fight and is doing damage so they should be given the nod. Until judges respect BJJ more then they are always going to be at a disadvantage against wrestlers regardless of how the scoring system is set-up.

As for Belcher-Sexyama that was the correct decision, the only controversy was Rogan’s biased commentary and the judge giving the fight to Belcher. Besides Herman got robbed against Belcher in my view, so it was kharma that he lost a close decision after that one, especially because Alan got a big fight from the win and Ed almost got cut.

I’m not a big fan of Belcher or Gouveia but it should still be a fun fight. Hopefully the UFC won’t play up the Sexyama decision too much otherwise I’ll have to mute the show during this fight. Both guys are inconsistent so it could go either way.

I agree with you, to an extent, John. However, it is not fair to judge a fight just based on “who inflicts the most damage.” First off, it is sometimes very difficult to tell “who inflicts the most damage.” How, exactly does one define damage? It is highly arbitrary and subjective. The only people who really know how much damage is done are the fighters.

On top of that, I don’t agree that the fighter who inflicts the most damage should always be the victor. For example, if I throw one kick the entire fight which is so powerful that it causes a fracture to your rib, but I get picked apart and dominated the rest of the fight, who has inflicted the most damage? Arguably I have—I have inflicted a lasting and serious injury to you. However, I clearly lost the fight.

Also, basing a fight purely on “who gave the more severe ASS WHOOPING,” as you put it, necessarily favors certain fighters over others, does it not? What about a fighter like Big Nog, who is famous for taking incredible punishment but still pulling out wins. Or a fighter like Demian Maia, who’s explicit goal is to avoid hurting his opponent as much as possible. Basically, you’re saying that Maia should never be able to win a fight by decision because submission attempts are meaningless, as are position and control.

Also you’re view seems conflictory in the sense that you say TDs should count for nothing, yet you fail to recognize sub attempts in your scoring system. If I am able to take you down, do some very minor GnP, but in doing so be forced to survive a barrage of submissions, under your system I have won the round, have I not?

Good stuff frost.