Were we watching the same fight?

I think it was a pretty clear R2,3,5 for Nate, and R1,4 for Conor. And if anything, R2 and R3 could have been 10-8 for Diaz.

These judges man.

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

August 21 2016 04:35 GMT

#629

Awesome fight though, good for UFC as well that Conor didn't lose.

royalroadweed

United States8301 Posts

August 21 2016 04:37 GMT

#630

On August 21 2016 13:34 FiWiFaKi wrote:
Were we watching the same fight?

I think it was a pretty clear R2,3,5 for Nate, and R1,4 for Conor. And if anything, R2 and R3 could have been 10-8 for Diaz.

These judges man.

If round 2 was a 10-8 for Diaz round 1 is 10-6 mcgregor. He won the end of the round sure but he was losing 80% of it plus he got dropped.

Jetaap

France4814 Posts

August 21 2016 04:41 GMT

#631

Close fight, at the end of the day conor winning a relatively controversial decision sets up a trilogy perfectly for nate, money wise it's the best thing that could happen to him.

ZerOCoolSC2

9006 Posts

August 21 2016 04:45 GMT

#632

Conor knocked him down 3 times. Straight hard hits. Nate got a couple in for sure. But that takedown doesn't excuse getting rocked 3x in a fight. And it was in the last 10 seconds of the fight. Conor defended how many? The strikes were close but Nate didn't have many except when he pressured on the fence. That was Conor's fight the whole way.

tenacity

1587 Posts

August 21 2016 04:47 GMT

#633

I agree. it was really interesting to see how the dynamic of a fight can change within a couple of seconds.

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

August 21 2016 04:47 GMT

#634

On August 21 2016 13:37 royalroadweed wrote:

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If round 2 was a 10-8 for Diaz round 1 is 10-6 mcgregor. He won the end of the round sure but he was losing 80% of it plus he got dropped.

Maybe I'm giving too much weight to the last 90 seconds, but McGregor was 15-30 seconds from getting knocked out there, and on the verge for the last minute.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17045 Posts

August 21 2016 04:55 GMT

#635

here is the scorecard.

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Jetaap

France4814 Posts

August 21 2016 04:56 GMT

#636

On August 21 2016 13:47 FiWiFaKi wrote:

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Maybe I'm giving too much weight to the last 90 seconds, but McGregor was 15-30 seconds from getting knocked out there, and on the verge for the last minute.

If i remember well nate got knocked down twice in R2... he came back later in the round but i could see the judge giving the round to mcgregor. I think R2 is where the fight was won. R1 R4 conor, R3 R5 diaz R2 tipping the scale to a conor win.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17045 Posts

August 21 2016 05:03 GMT

#637

every judge agreed on who won every round. 1 judge gave diaz a 10-8 3rd round creating a draw.

udgnim

United States8024 Posts

August 21 2016 05:04 GMT

#638

wonder how much commentary bias Rogan created for Diaz in R2

all judges scored it for McGregor

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17045 Posts

August 21 2016 05:17 GMT

#639

prolly because conor won the round. the judging is not perfect but its a lot better than it was 5+ years ago. it'll be interesting to see if Mcarthy has anything to say about this decision. He is quite vocal about the strengths and weaknesses of MMA judging.