Maldonado vs. Kingsbury just proved that. Fabio dominated the fight and had Kyle ready to keel over by the third round, but because he got dragged down by a few desperation takedowns that led to zero effective offense, he gets hosed.
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He didn't dominate the fight.
Kyle threw some great knees from the plum.
The fight was close.
I thought Maldonado deserved the decision as well.
kyle landed a lot of strikes himself. he probably landed a lot more but I feel Fabio was ultimately more effective. He was always moving forward.
Probably, the first round was a toss up to me, 2nd was Kyles and 3rd Fabio's
DoomFarmer - Most of those knees were blocked. Didn't mean shit. <img src="/images/phone/post_tag.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>
They werent all blocked and a few landed hard
LOL at dominated the fight. Fuck off with that nonsense.
Final Compustrike stats were 91-90 Maldonado.
Kingsbury was only 28-85 on arm strikes; Maldonado landed 79.
Most of Kingsbury's strikes were kicks and knees (60 landed).
I thought it was a tough fight to score.
When Fabio got hit, he would smirk and smile at Kyle. Meanwhile, his own punches were doing big damage throughout, forcing Kingsbury into takedown mode. Like I said, effective striking means nothing... it's all about who is "busier"
Close fight but Fabio won. Why is it that you don't see garbage decisions in other organizations, only in the UFC. 
"but because he got dragged down by a few desperation takedowns that led to zero effective offense, he gets hosed."
This is the problem with your mentality. You require something happening after a takedown for it to be scored. That is not how MMA works my friend.
lol u mad?
nogblublt - Close fight but Fabio won. Why is it that you don't see garbage decisions in other organizations, only in the UFC. <img src="/images/phone/post_tag.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>
Bellator has had plenty of questionable decisions
Mike Chiappetta - Final Compustrike stats were 91-90 Maldonado.
Kingsbury was only 28-85 on arm strikes; Maldonado landed 79.
Most of Kingsbury's strikes were kicks and knees (60 landed).
I thought it was a tough fight to score.
Thanks for the stats but holy shit @ Compustrike claiming Kingsbury landed 60 knees. That makes it hard to trust any of these numbers.
Scored it for Maldonado myself, but interestingly enough, all 3 Sherdog guys had it differently:
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Maldonado (29-28 Kingsbury)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Maldonado (29-28 Maldonado)
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Maldonado (29-29 Draw)
nogblublt - Why is it that you don't see garbage decisions in other organizations, only in the UFC.
I'm going to guess it's because you don't actually watch other organizations. Every promoter has seen their share of fucked up decisions.
Any decision where the better wrestler wins is automatically questionable by many fans of today's MMA. Fans are bitter about the domination
smoogy -Mike Chiappetta - Final Compustrike stats were 91-90 Maldonado.
Kingsbury was only 28-85 on arm strikes; Maldonado landed 79.
Most of Kingsbury's strikes were kicks and knees (60 landed).
I thought it was a tough fight to score.
Thanks for the stats but holy shit @ Compustrike claiming Kingsbury landed 60 knees. That makes it hard to trust any of these numbers.
I'm sorry, but I find Compustrike and FightMetric to be a disaster.
They are nothing but another credible opinion on something inherently subjective, but the real problem is that they're viewed as some sort of hard fact.
More harm than good, IMO.
A terrible decision is when Kevin Randleman dominates Bas Rutten for an entire fight, with Bas getting in one liver kick on a questionable stand-up, and then Bas wins a decision.
There is no way you can have a terrible decision in a fight like Kingsbury-Maldonado. It was just too close. I thought Maldonado won, but it was a close fight.