Edit:After GSP/Hendricks, make that now FIVE title fights that could've gone either way
There is SUCH an easy solution to this problem. Encourage 10-10 rounds. More 10-10 rounds equals more draws.
More draws equals better representation of a fight outcome.
Case in point-
Jose Aldo vs Frankie Edgar
Jon Dodson vs Demetrious Johnson
Gilbert Melendez vs Benson Henderson
Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustofsson
GSP/Johny Hendricks
All of those title fights were razor close. You can't say with confidence had the fight gone longer the outcome would be the same.
BJ Penn vs Caol Uno
Frankie Edgar vs Grey Maynard
^^Two title fights that ended up in a draw^^
NO outrage.
Why? Because it was fair. Scoring fights 10-10 and having more draw outcomes is necisary. I'm not trying to encourage more close fights, I'm trying to do the opposite.
By encouraging more draws, this eliminates last round coasting. If a fight is close, fighters will know they cannot climb the ladder by having a draw.
nobody wants draws. you wanna win beat your opponent convincingly otherwise live with the coin flip decision.
That's crap.
It's 2013 man, Fighters are educated on how to fight, Joe Silva is experienced in match making, and Joe Silva/Sean Shelby have more fight options to choose from than ever before.
What I'm getting at, is you HAVE to take into account that sometimes, 25 minutes isn't enough to truly decide who the better fighter is. Someone will get the short end of the stick and at the highest level(championship), there is SO much on the line.
Fighters can be evenly matched and unfortunately there are time constraints. You can't say that Shogun nor Henderson didn't try to finish their fight. Those fuckers went at it HARD a full 25 minutes. Henderson is one of my favorite fighters but no way would I feel with confidence had the fight gone longer he would win.
Yet he was announced as winner and given a title shot, where as the one they announced as a loser, co mained against Brandon Vera.
"live with the coin flip", tell that to Shogun or Frankie Edgar
the bj vs uno fight had a huge outrage. iirc there were supposed to be draws for title fights at the time and judge who scored it a draw got fired if I'm mistaken.
draws are very anti climatic for title fights. there should be a winner
2.More accurate scoring of the fight=good for the sport
3.No bullshit results like losing a split decision and getting cut when if one judge was different you would have your job and a win bonus.=Good for the fighters
4.Fighters who try to win but don't more than likely will put on a great fight. Increases chances of OTN bonus=good for fans.
nobody wants draws. you wanna win beat your opponent convincingly otherwise live with the coin flip decision.
That's crap.
It's 2013 man, Fighters are educated on how to fight, Joe Silva is experienced in match making, and Joe Silva/Sean Shelby have more fight options to choose from than ever before.
What I'm getting at, is you HAVE to take into account that sometimes, 25 minutes isn't enough to truly decide who the better fighter is. Someone will get the short end of the stick and at the highest level(championship), there is SO much on the line.
Fighters can be evenly matched and unfortunately there are time constraints. You can't say that Shogun nor Henderson didn't try to finish their fight. Those fuckers went at it HARD a full 25 minutes. Henderson is one of my favorite fighters but no way would I feel with confidence had the fight gone longer he would win.
Yet he was announced as winner and given a title shot, where as the one they announced as a loser, co mained against Brandon Vera.
"live with the coin flip", tell that to Shogun or Frankie Edgar
That's a damn good post. I've always felt terrible for the fighter that loses after an epic, extremely close battle.
The only problem with more draws, is that we would see more rematches, which I'm not sure helpful either.
Hell Frankie Edgar might have only fought 2 or 3 different guys in his whole career if we had more draws.
(I'm Frankie fan btw, I just feel sometimes a decision does need to be made!)
nobody wants draws. you wanna win beat your opponent convincingly otherwise live with the coin flip decision.
That's crap.
It's 2013 man, Fighters are educated on how to fight, Joe Silva is experienced in match making, and Joe Silva/Sean Shelby have more fight options to choose from than ever before.
What I'm getting at, is you HAVE to take into account that sometimes, 25 minutes isn't enough to truly decide who the better fighter is. Someone will get the short end of the stick and at the highest level(championship), there is SO much on the line.
Fighters can be evenly matched and unfortunately there are time constraints. You can't say that Shogun nor Henderson didn't try to finish their fight. Those fuckers went at it HARD a full 25 minutes. Henderson is one of my favorite fighters but no way would I feel with confidence had the fight gone longer he would win.
Yet he was announced as winner and given a title shot, where as the one they announced as a loser, co mained against Brandon Vera.
"live with the coin flip", tell that to Shogun or Frankie Edgar
That's a damn good post. I've always felt terrible for the fighter that loses after an epic, extremely close battle.
The only problem with more draws, is that we would see more rematches, which I'm not sure helpful either.
Hell Frankie Edgar might have only fought 2 or 3 different guys in his whole career if we had more draws.
(I'm Frankie fan btw, I just feel sometimes a decision does need to be made!)
I'd love to see more draws, it would also be a deterrent to the 'do just enough' attitude and the 'takedown with 5 seconds left steals the round' nonsense. A close round with no definitive winner should be scored accordingly. That said, I don't think it should be necessity that a draw results in a rematch.
