True. O’Malley would have acted much more cockier and confident going into the decision and in his reaction afterwards if he truly thought he won. Sean looked just as shocked as the rest of us
Did the Russians pay off MMA media or what? Those guys scores are usually on target regarding close fights, I generally tend to agree what the majority of them think. Not all the time though.
I don’t wanna be that guy, but there is absolutely no way that literally every single member of the MMA media scored that fight for Yan in real life. Even if you argue Yan won, I really don’t see how you could give him all three rounds. I could see an argument for 29-28 for either guy, or a draw. I don’t really see a case for a 30-27 either way.
That fight was close so I find it unreal that not a single person scored it for Sean. I suspect some fuckery is afoot. Look at the verdict scorecard you posted, and focus on the first and third rounds. You put it in here like it’s some empirical proof that Yan should’ve gotten the nod, when it really just proves that fight was much closer than you’re admitting.
On the scale of “right decision” “close decision” “razor thin decision” “bad decision” “robbery” scale I would say it is completely in the “bad decision” category and if closer to one or the other, closer to robbery than bad.