RKing85 - it doesn't matter what scoring system is used. There will always be bad decisions.
Agreed....but wouldn't it be nice to minimize their frequency?
I do think the UFC has to try and take the first step and try and modify it internationally, if its a success than maybe they can prompt certain states to change their scoring systems like a domino effect.
There are a lot of ideas floating around for scoring MMA at the moment. What about if the rounds were broken down into 5 one minute blocks, or even 30 second blocks. It is a legitate means of doing it. The are so many variables in a fight that to take into account every facet is simply impossible due to the subjectivty of damage, power etc.
With a block scoring system it would be easier to score the fight truly as a whole and if a judge were asked to justify what they saw and how they scored it, he or she could do so very easily. It seems that judges under the current system are making a decision during the 1 minute break between rounds as to who won the round in question and when you have the likes of Diego Sanchez putting it on during the last 30 seconds of the round the judges decision is swayed and the effectiveness displayed by the hypothetical opponent is not fairly viewed. Either way something new needs to be introduced and the more ideas out there the better.
I think you have something there. A score card would have to be broken down for each minute and a timer right in front of the judges to end each minute to judge. A simple check mark in who won it and check marks for a list of things that explain how that fighter won that minute to minimize writing and missing important details if the fight.
