Placing MMA judging under the microscope after each UFC event, The Couchside Judges examine all the rounds fight fans are debating at home. Hopefully, you’ll learn a thing or two along the way.
Episodes
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
UFC 288 is in the books, and Scott and Dan were in the building to witness a host of fights with divisive judging including:
—Aljamain Sterling vs. Henry Cejudo's split decision
—Movsar Evloev vs. Diego Lopes' surprisingly close contest
—Khaos Williams vs. Rolando Bedoya and their disparately-scored split decision
Plus, the hosts share their experiences from Prudential Center over the weekend.
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Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
What do Scott and Dan do when the judges are damn near perfect and there's only 1 Contested Round (other than go over said round)? Past Judgement!
After examining the first round of Song Yadong vs. Ricky Simon, the CSJ look back at a pair of notorious decisions that took place in New Jersey ahead of this weekend's UFC 288 in Newark:
— Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans
— B.J. Penn vs. Caol Uno II
Which one of them got Scott to claim "Robbery" with a capital R? Go back and watch those on UFC Fight Pass and see for yourself.
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Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Busy, busy fight weekend with the major players combining for three events. Plenty of fodder for officiating chatter this week including:
— Was Kana Watanabe robbed (Bellator 295)?
— Why the right call was made to make Bobby Green vs. Jared Gordon a no contest (UFC Vegas 71)
— How do you score Matt Semelsberger's knockdowns in a loss to Jeremiah Wells (UFC Vegas 71)
— And plenty more from those events and Bellator 294
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Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
All right, y'all. You couldn't stop talking about how Joselyne Edwards got robbed against Lucie Pudilova, so Scott and Dan will break down both that fight's contested round and the one nobody could believe was unanimous for Edwards. All of that leads into a greater conversation between the CSJ about the state of the scoring criteria language. Make sure not to miss this one.
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Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Israel Adesanya finally climbed the mountain and slayed his beast, so of course Scott and Dan will have some thoughts on the fight and what comes next at middleweight.
But this is a judging show, and that tends to mean discussing strawweight split decisions from time to time. And wouldn't you know it: There's two this week! Listen as the CSJ break down those close fights and more.
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Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
UFC took a break for the first time in awhile, but Scott and Dan kept busy with Bellator and PFL. Perhaps the most noteworthy scoring chatter from the events came from Bellator's co-main event (which should have just headlined) between Cat Zingano and Leah McCourt. Several interesting rounds in that one thanks to momentum swings, so let the CSJ break down a pair of rounds from that fight and the rest of the weekend's major North American MMA action.
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