http://fcfighter.com/post/the-official-word-what-fight-were-those-judges-watching The Original, Undefeated MMA News Source, Established in 1997 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:23:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://fcfighter.com/post/the-official-word-what-fight-were-those-judges-watching/comment-page-1#comment-3024 Cory Schafer Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:34:06 +0000 http://fcfighter.com/?p=7433#comment-3024 Hi Bill...Thanks for your input. I agree that officials don't have any superpowers and I also agree that there are some serious problems with the way that some mma bouts are judged, but as often as not the problem is with the scoring system rather than the scorer (which I hope to make clear in my next article). I also agree that many dedicated fans could indeed become great judges, but that begins with their willingness to commit to a different way of experiencing the fights (and a further willingness to be abused for the effort - lol). Hi Bill…Thanks for your input. I agree that officials don’t have any superpowers and I also agree that there are some serious problems with the way that some mma bouts are judged, but as often as not the problem is with the scoring system rather than the scorer (which I hope to make clear in my next article). I also agree that many dedicated fans could indeed become great judges, but that begins with their willingness to commit to a different way of experiencing the fights (and a further willingness to be abused for the effort – lol).

]]> http://fcfighter.com/post/the-official-word-what-fight-were-those-judges-watching/comment-page-1#comment-2994 bill bookwalter Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:31:54 +0000 http://fcfighter.com/?p=7433#comment-2994 UMMMMMMM no...... this article is nice and all that , but it still does not excuse some of the scoring by judges such as Cecil Peoples, Adelaid Byrd, Doc Hamilton. To somehow suggest that these judges have a superpower to see the fight in a way that the averae fan cannot is laughable. It is giving the judges an easy out on some of the blatantly wrong decisions over the past few years. I would actually say that on the whole the dedicated mma fan is more educated and is able to get a higher percentage of fights scored correctly due to their dedication and following of the sport as fans, as opposed to judges who show up because "they were assigned to the show". These judges normally get their positions due to beings friends of a guy in a high postion as opposed to being an expert on the sport. UMMMMMMM no…… this article is nice and all that , but it still does not excuse some of the scoring by judges such as Cecil Peoples, Adelaid Byrd, Doc Hamilton. To somehow suggest that these judges have a superpower to see the fight in a way that the averae fan cannot is laughable. It is giving the judges an easy out on some of the blatantly wrong decisions over the past few years. I would actually say that on the whole the dedicated mma fan is more educated and is able to get a higher percentage of fights scored correctly due to their dedication and following of the sport as fans, as opposed to judges who show up because “they were assigned to the show”. These judges normally get their positions due to beings friends of a guy in a high postion as opposed to being an expert on the sport.

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