The Couchside Judges MMA Podcast

E131 - Past Judgment: Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo I

Scott and Dan are going back — way back — to the early days of the unified rules era for this week’s Past Judgment, examining one of the top fights from 2001 as The Natural and The Rock exchanged big rounds early in their grueling heavyweight title clash. The CSJ look back at how that fight would score in their system, and Scott sprinkles in some little info nuggets from Randy Couture himself, having spoken to the UFC Hall of Famer about the fight earlier in the week.

E130 - UFC Vegas 29: Chan Sung Jung vs. Dan Ige / PFL 6: Rory MacDonald vs. Gleison Tibau

The Korean Zombie earned a clear decision, but a few split nods on the UFC card warranted further examination. But the biggest judging flub of 2021 came in the PFL headliner, and it's one Scott and Dan have strong thoughts about. Check out why we *almost* resorted to the R word that rhymes with "snobbery."

E129 - Past Judgment: Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping / Dan Ige vs. Mirsad Bektic

A double dip into Past Judgment gets heated as Scott and Dan nearly come to blows and fire one another from the show. OK, not really. But with a pair of interesting fights from a CSJ scoring perspective, there's plenty of discussion of what constitutes a 10-8 in our patent-pending criteria.

E128 - UFC 263: Israel Adesanya vs. Marvin Vettori II

The Last Stylebender was rarely in trouble en route to a trio of 50-45 scorecards, and the judges in Arizona were strong overall. But one of the worst injury stoppages Scott and Dan can remember is a black spot on a great fight card. We'll talk about that, some contested rounds, and a PFL fight with scoring all over the map.

E127 - Past Judgment: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno I

A rematch of one of the most acclaimed title fights of 2020 is on tap as UFC 263 will take center stage, even in a jam-packed major MMA week. And since that fight went down as a fascinating majority draw between champion Figueiredo and challenger Moreno, it only made sense for Scott and Dan to revisit it for Past Judgment. Would the CSJ system alter the result? Do the Couchside boys feel differently about the scoring six months later? Watch, then listen to the discussion.

E126 - UFC Apex 28: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Augusto Sakai

The heavyweights did their job Saturday at UFC Apex, with both the main event and co-headliner ending inside of the first 5 minutes. Nice job, big guys. Although one of the CSJ’s most contentious decisions came from the other heavyweight fight, the featured prelim. Scott and Dan will put that fight under the microscope for an abbreviated Contested Rounds — thanks to some superb judging on the whole at a decision-laden event.