In a way I agree with blah, just not completly. I would agree that more rounds needs to have the loser receiving less then 9 points. Way to often you see a guy utterly dominate a round and wins it 10-9. The other fighter wins the other two rounds narrowly, and goes on to win the fight 29-28. MMA is most definitely not boxing but maybe the judges could learn something from boxing. Both guys start with zero. As a round goes on, if you knock a guy down with a punch/kick/judo throw, you get a point. Land a nice combo, a point. Attempt a submission a point. I think you get the point. At the end of the round add up each fighters points, lets say one guy has 13 the other 8, you score it 10-5. The whole round would be scored evenly, as you could keep track on a piece of paper, this idea does have it problems, but hey maybe the scoring would be better. Sad thing is people just don't want to see things change, so we're stuck with 10-9 rounds.
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