We've all heard it a million times, "don’t leave it in the hands of the judges". One of the most ridiculous phrases i've ever heard. The notion that every fight should or will end in a knockout or submission is at best wishful thinking. You would hope that if 2 well trained combatants go all the way that judges would do them a great service and be able to make a real determination of the winner. Unfortunately for all involved it has been an ongoing disaster. From judges inexperienced in MMA to judges awarding the fight to the wrong fighter in almost every sport. So when someone says "you can't leave it to the judges" what they really should be saying is we need more experienced judges officiating and a system of checks and balances to keep it fair. I mean if we can't let it go to judges then we should just get rid of them and fight til someone is unconscious or dead, hypotheticaly of course. That being said do your best to finish fights and if it goes to the judges expect nothing but demand fairness. We all work to hard in this fightgame to be robbed. Blessings to all that offer blood sweat and tears for their passion.
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Don't judge a judge unless you've judged in their shoes. Just sayin...
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right Kevin, but this isn't a judgement problem with any one judge. This problem is rampant throughout the combat sports, and so much so that in some organizations they've added tv's for the judges to see from different angles as well as the thought of half points in scoring for MMA has been an idea on the forefront. I mean you can make a good argument for individual judging but as for the whole there's been some problems as of late... Ex. Joseph Agbeko vs Abner Mares, Jake Shields vs Martin Kampman...just too give a boxing example and MMA example. The judges get paid but it won't affect the judges if one or the other loses. It does however affect dramatically the fighters pay. It's unfortunate but currently that's the state of things hopefully it will get better soon, there are changes a comin'. Thanks for checking out the blog. Keep visiting.
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