Maynard got his gameplan backwards?

Consider the rounds in reverse order:



Rd 1: Even round, neither fighter gains an advantage

Rd 2: Frankie edges it out

Rd 3: Maybe give it to Gray

Rd 4: Frankie takes it with a nice slam

Rd 5: Gray knocks the shit out of Frankie and nearly finishes him but he survives



Would Gray have won if the fight went like this?  

Gray caught Frankie in the first I dont think he could have just waited to rock him Phone Post

Only if you think the judges go back and cross out all their round by round scores and write in new ones based on how the last round went.

In Pride you would be correct. Despite the frequent insistence by Matt Hume that the fight was judged as a whole and you couldn't steal a fight by finishing stronger, exactly that happened often.

i must have missed the fifth i dont recall it going down like that.

Archangel - i must have missed the fifth i dont recall it going down like that.

You must have missed this thread.

^ lol Phone Post

WOULD STILL BE A DRAW