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[goalie204]

the dennis siver - matt wiman judging was a joke, wiman won, but siver got the nod, usual horrible judging

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by goalie204

the dennis siver - matt wiman judging was a joke, wiman won, but siver got the nod, usual horrible judging

If Siver won because of the takedown defense, then I think it was excellent judging. I can't recall a past MMA fight that judges actually judged on takedown defense or defense in general. If that is how they came up with the total's then I think it shows promise for the judging. Maybe they are starting to realize, in MMA, that a great defense should also score points.

[yachties23]

Originally Posted by wayner123

If Siver won because of the takedown defense, then I think it was excellent judging. I can't recall a past MMA fight that judges actually judged on takedown defense or defense in general. If that is how they came up with the total's then I think it shows promise for the judging. Maybe they are starting to realize, in MMA, that a great defense should also score points.

One of the guys I watched the fight with thought Siver won based on the fact that he won rounds 1 and 3, and I can almost see his point. The scoring system is totally flawed. Siver took a huge amount of the damage in round two, and while it wasn't quite a 2 point round, the other two rounds could have gone either way, there is no doubt that Wiman won the second. It was the only round in which you can say there was a clear cut winner. In my mind there was never a point in which Siver could have won the fight, but easily could have lost it in the second round.