In the UFC his last two fights should've gone his way no way Igor won that fight and the Kingsbu fight should've been a spilt decision win. Anyone have worst luck than this guy?
Chareth Cutestory - You don't know what a split decision is.
i agree he won the igor fight
I agree completely. Judges are undervaluing his work to the body. He's killing them in there.
Did think he won the Igor fight it is as if the Judges devalued or didn't give full value to all that body work Maldonado was doing.
Very close fight though..
agreed
Fabio was working Igors body all night. It reminds me of leg kicks in Machida / Shogun 1.
That was the turning point for leg kicks being taken seriously. 
Someone needs to make a jpeg of the plaque above the door on TUF which reads "Don't leave it in the hands of the judges"
Chareth Cutestory - You don't know what a split decision is.
If people wanted to argue that Kyle's takedowns granted him two rounds I would assume one judge would give Kyle the nod, resulting in the other two judges seeing the effectiveness of his body shots and his sweeps from the bottom. Leading to two judges giving Fabio the win. Therefore spilt decision. I personally thought it was going to be 29-28 unanimous for Fabio.
DoomFarmer -FearTheClown - Someone needs to make a jpeg of the plaque above the door on TUF which reads "Don't leave it in the hands of the judges"That would imply that Fabiano is trying "fight safe", which he clearly doesn't do. <img src="/images/phone/apple.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>
I don't think he fights safe. I'm a big fan of his style. Unfortunately, body shots are a bit like leg kicks in the sense that it's difficult to finish a fight with them.
I agree. Nobody is out-fighting him. Theyre scoring points and "controlling" chunks of the round while being out-fought.
Willybone -(Thanks, mattyice)
Reading the actual Bill, there are guidelines for determining the level of threat posed by the firearm owner. However, they're pretty loose.
A judge can consider:
- Any threat by a firearm owner, even against themselves, and it does not have to be firearm related
- Any "reckless use" of a firearm
- Any "abuse" of alcohol or controlled substances
- Evidence of recent acquisition of a firearm or weapon
- Any prior arrest for a felony (no mention of conviction, just arrest)
So, if you've ever had angry words with a neighbor that they might feel threatened by, if you drink, if you bought a gun recently, if a judge thinks keeping a firearm in a house with kids is reckless use, or if you were arrested on a felony charge but it was reduced, dropped, or acquitted...
Yeah, they might show up at your work, your house, or anywhere else, and search and seize your guns. And you can only get them back by going to court.
That was my thought as well, way too broadly written and open to interpretation.
I'm pretty much anti-gun but understand that I live in a Country with constitutional rights and accept that as the law as the land. But this law leaves way too much determination up to the local authorities (like most laws today).
It almost always seems to lead to some form of "abuse of power" when laws are worded too loosely.
HELWIG - I agree. Nobody is out-fighting him. Theyre scoring points and "controlling" chunks of the round while being out-fought.
This.
Poor judging.
imo Maldonado is quickly becoming a favorite fighter to watch..
Haadogei - the problem with rooting for a certain guy is that you can take close fights, say your guy "should have won" and then extrapolate that into saying your guy is awesome.they have Joe ROgan and Kenflo goggles one were they see the fight from only one prespective and thats through that of there favorite fighter.
He is just not doing as well as people thought he might when he came into the UFC. I can't remember much about the Kingsbury fight but I know i had it very close. A close fight can exist without it being "a robbery" or "bad luck". Thought he won vs Pokrajac.
Just for argument's sake, if he won those decisions, he still would not be exhibiting top level skills in the weight class. Cant say I remember the Bonnar fights with those guys too well but the scorecards were way more decisive.
So even if Maldonado was 3-0 in UFC I still think he belongs in that 15th-25th range in the division long term and isn't going to break through above that.
It was a close fight and if you want the W then finish it Dont complain. Lets not forget who was moving back most of the time when Igor was landing.
DRevan -did you see his last performance? pretty sure Igor was out there fighting him and trying to score a finish with those punches he was throwing. Pretty sure it was Fabio throwing body punches that werent even slowing down Igor much and when ever he was getting hit he was backing up.HELWIG - I agree. Nobody is out-fighting him. Theyre scoring points and "controlling" chunks of the round while being out-fought.
This.
Poor judging.
I think it's pretty funny that a bunch of know-nothing BOXING judges are the ones not giving Fabio credit for OUTBOXING his opponents with relentless body shots in an MMA match..............
This sport has totally jumped the shark.................
HELWIG - I agree. Nobody is out-fighting him. Theyre scoring points and "controlling" chunks of the round while being out-fought.
Thacommish -JaviersID -Chareth Cutestory - You don't know what a split decision is.
If people wanted to argue that Kyle's takedowns granted him two rounds I would assume one judge would give Kyle the nod, resulting in the other two judges seeing the effectiveness of his body shots and his sweeps from the bottom. Leading to two judges giving Fabio the win. Therefore spilt decision. I personally thought it was going to be 29-28 unanimous for Fabio.
You really dont know what a split decision is. You are basically asking for 1 judge to score the fight incorrectly. wtf is wrong with you.
I said spilt because people called it a close fight and it's being more realistic cause you know judges never score fights incorrectly.
JaviersID -Thacommish -JaviersID -Chareth Cutestory - You don't know what a split decision is.
If people wanted to argue that Kyle's takedowns granted him two rounds I would assume one judge would give Kyle the nod, resulting in the other two judges seeing the effectiveness of his body shots and his sweeps from the bottom. Leading to two judges giving Fabio the win. Therefore spilt decision. I personally thought it was going to be 29-28 unanimous for Fabio.
You really dont know what a split decision is. You are basically asking for 1 judge to score the fight incorrectly. wtf is wrong with you.
I said spilt because people called it a close fight and it's being more realistic cause you know judges never score fights incorrectly.
derp
Nope, he lost to Pokrajac