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
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Dan plays the hero again and carries the episode, while Scott’s still a mess. In honor of Miesha Tate’s return from nearly five years away from competition, the CSJ selected a fight from her catalogue with some big extremes for each woman. Did their scoring system’s more liberal use of 10-8s allow for a different result than the majority decision which went Tate’s way? Watch on Fight Pass, then listen to the Couchside Judges.
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Dan handled the heavy lifting for Scott, who was under the weather, but it wasn’t too heavy as UFC 264 produced relatively few scored rounds and only five splits among the judges. That included the only round from the hyped rubber match between Poirier and McGregor. Did “The Diamond” deserve a 10-8 or only a 10-9? The CSJ weigh in.
Friday Jul 09, 2021
Friday Jul 09, 2021
It’s always “Conor McGregor this; Conor McGregor that.” Not on our show. Scott and Dan are making it Dustin Poirier fight week with a pair of Past Judgment looks back at some of his excellent lightweight battles from recent years. It’s hard to have a bad time watching a Poirier fight, but does the CSJ system tweak the winner in a pair of close contests? Watch, then listen.
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Dan hates fireworks for some weird reason, but he's a big fan of the figurative fireworks we love to see from wild opening rounds in MMA. So with that in mind, Scott and Dan picked three fights with explosive and stunning first rounds that ended in the second frame, and the CSJ duo score them using their more liberal scoring system.
Friday Jul 02, 2021
Friday Jul 02, 2021
After raging a bit at the dumb UFC decision to create an interim title for next months pay-per-view event in Houston, Scott and Dan settle in for something much more fun involving the big boys: the classic five-round draw between Hunt and Bigfoot. And the CSJ scoring system gets a real workout in this one. Watch the fight, then listen to the Couchside Judges.
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
A very busy fight weekend yielded split decisions at all the major North American promotions: UFC, Bellator and PFL. Scott and Dan weigh in on all the relevant rounds, as usual, and try to figure out what to do with Ciryl Gane after his win in the UFC headliner.