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 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
Reports of a robbery at UFC Apex! Scott and Dan are on the case as social media outcry over the decision in Andrei Arlovski vs. Jake Collier necessitates an investigation. But is it a false alarm. Let the Couchisde Judges detective agency decide.
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Whole lot of UFC and Bellator over the weekend, but the judges generally found themselves in agreement. Scott and Dan broke down some Contested Rounds that didn't impact the result of fights, as well as discussed the heavily-debated stoppage in Liz Carmouche vs. Juliana Velasquez from Bellator 278.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Scott and Dan answer listener questions! Yes, they do that now. Plus the guys cover Contested Rounds from both UFC and Bellator in a busy — and strange — MMA weekend.
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Two split decisions were plenty of meat for the post-UFC 273 edition of CSJ, with Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan and Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres each hinging on close first rounds. Scott and Dan break down the rounds to, hopefully, dispel the notion that these fights were judged "wrong." Plus, Scott rails against the lack of tools at a judges' disposal when it comes to the freedom to use 10-8s in clearly lopsided rounds.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
One Scott tweet as spring began birthed a full episode, one in which he and Dan examine the many submitted ideas for how to improve MMA judging. From good to bad to ugly, the CSJ consider each idea's merit (or lack thereof) while proposing some ideas of their own.
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
The judges were on point in Ohio, with more than 90 percent agreement on a busy UFC Saturday. Scott and Dan discuss the only two rounds with dissent — each from a split decision — and find plenty of time to speculate on the future of several divisions.