Boxing vs. MMA
I guess this is one of those treads that could go on forever. This is going to be a debated topic for many years to come. Bottom line is that they shouldn't be competing anyways. Everybody know that boxing is going down hill and MMA is climing to the top.
Boxing is really tuff to watch with all the bad decisions. Which MMA is going to have the same problem if they don't get a handle on it. I love boxing, but every time I see a decision that doesn't make any sense it makes me less interested in the sport. The same goes for MMA. It doesn't bother me if there are different opinions, but if everyone except for the judges think the outcome should have been different, then that makes me despise the sport.
I think there should be structured judging. With reprucusions for false judging. Could you imagine a fight in which the fighters didn't have to worry about getting robbed by the judges?
I suggest have each catagorie of a fight to be judged by a percentage of the total points. ie. punching/kicking connections - 45% / aggressivness - 20% / ring generalship - 10% / control - 25% (not exactly this, but you get the idea).... Each round would have a score in each catagorie... At the end of each round each fighter would recieve a 9 or 10 in each. At the end of each round each sections points are multiplied by the percentage, added together, and then rounded.
This way the scoring is structured and he judges would have something to back up the reason that they scored each fight the way they did. In addition, I think there should be online judging that is reviewed and compared to the judges score cards. This way if there is something fishy, then there will be a tool to help point it out.
That is my thoughts on it anyways. What do you guys think about something like this?
Jeremy Jacobs
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