The ufc doesn’t pick the judges. But I will agree that judging is corrupt in general.
Obviously judges know it’s good for the sport and that event of a conor, an O’Malley or a paddy wins.
And naturally that influences the decisions of many.
An unscrupulous judge doesn’t really care who wins so he may as well pick the guy that will make the rich, famous people happy.
And far as I know that’s is no rules against judges getting let in to after parties and fraternizing in general.
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Anakalaev: sitting in dressing room crying… hands on head… legs hurts from the kicks… “what could I have done??? What could I have done???”
WRESTLING!!! You dumb fuck!!! It’s called WRESTLING SOME HOW YOU REMEMBERED AT THE END OF THE 3rd round that Jan can’t fucking do what you are good at 
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The UFC also claim they have no hand in the rankings and they are selected by the unbiased media. They say they have no control over USADA as well, but the reality is where there’s greed and lots of money involved, corruption behind the scenes exists. You better believe it buddeh.
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I’m saying that yes it exists, but it’s not like people think. They don’t tell judges “give close rounds to conor and not Dias”.
They don’t need to. People do it if their own volition. It isn’t really the ufc.
It’s humanity,
Muhammed Ali won many rounds that he shouldn’t have. Judgement calls tend to go in the favor of those that have influence,
Judges don’t wanna get hassled anymore than anyone else,
And if conor loses close rounds then it costs many rich people lots of money and it could coke back to haunt them in many ways.
You see it even in local mma. If the 3-0 kid that sells 200 tickets is facing the 2-8 guy that sells nothing and is probably fighting for drug money., if the 2-8 guy doesn’t finish then he will almost certainly lose.
I’d bet that umpires in baseball tend to give more close calls in favor of teams like the Yankees and dodgers over the twins,
They have an indirect interest in the sport generating $.
And it makes their bosses happy.
I also suspect there’s unconscious bias.
They say that when a player like a Wade Boggs or Rod Carew would not swing at a pitch that’s on the edge of the strike zone the umps would usually call it a ball, they’d probably just assume it was outside if they took the pitch.
Paddy and O’Malley i had losing 2-1 but after the final bell and before the verdict was read I’d have put the odds at 90% that they won.
But I highly doubt anyone tells judges what to do,
That’s highly illegal, Dana would be a fool to risk serious prison time. They all would, as well as a lifetime ban.
Specially when they know that most people str weak and go along with the crowd.
Look at the studies… when humans are out in a room with 20 actors and they are asked to point to which circle is red and which is purple. Studies show that humans will agree with the group even when they know they’re wrong.
Us humans just suck.
But it should’ve affect us much. It’s no different now than ever. If u ever face a Sean Omalley or a paddy…
You just gotta accept that any close round has gone to them. It beats being surprised every time.
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DO NOT GAMBLE
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Judges aren’t held accountable
Doug used to talk. They do whatever they want
Yan was beating his legs up and it wasn’t until Yan gassed that Ankalaev got takedowns. He couldn’t in the first couple rounds
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UFC has the athletic commission wired. Lots of $$ and favors etc. for the politicans who appoint the commissioners etc. and one hand washes the other.
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Paddy has hurt you hasn’t he? This is like what your 17th Paddy thread?
It’s like uncle Dana had to make good with some people’s after Krause got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
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I have distinct memories of young Dana claiming that the UFC would avoid all the boxing corruption and boring fight drama. So… yeah
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Found the fucking Brit
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Way back in the day, Vince McMahon almost bought the UFC, but ended up not buying it because he was uncomfortable not being able to control the outcome of the fights.
Sometime around 2013 and after, Dana is now able to control outcomes by pulling various levers. For starters, anyone they think can be a star they will make sure they have an easy path to the belt. Judging corruption is easy for a criminal organization like Zuffa. If Canelo can do it, so can Zuffa.
Congratulations Sherlock. How difficult. Personally I don’t think either guy WON the fight. I thought they both coasted at times. They both seemed content doing enough.
I think this is going too far. He has his thumb on the scale but I don’t think he can control outcomes.
That’s exactly what I am saying. I didn’t say he has complete control and uses it in every instance.
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He should start doing the Bob Arum thing of pretending to be outraged by the bad/corrupt judging.
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If Aldo had beat the shit out of Conor, that’d be a much better timeline than the one we’re in now
Dana will always be searching for his next McGimmick
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