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 Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
No time for Scott and Dan's shenanigans this week with 16 — SIXTEEN! — Contested Rounds coming from the first two-event weekend of the major MMA calendar for 2024. Most of that came from Mexico City, where just about every fight from the night's UFC event had something to revisit on CSJ. Buckle in for five split decisions across two continents, including the rare alternative decision.
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Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
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The UFC champions list officially had turned over in full in just 18 months, now that Ilia Topuria usurped Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. A smattering of Contested Rounds preceded the main event, and Scott and Dan have some debate about a few particularly intriguing rounds, as well as a disparate split decision from Ian Machado Garry's win over Geoff Neal.
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Another week of warehouse fights with UFC branding on them means, yep, Scott and Dan will sift through those Contested Rounds they can't get enough of. Two split decisions and a deceptive, unanimous 29-28 make up the bulk of this week's judging analysis.
Much more intriguing is a very unique development for Dan: A Couchside Judge served as real, in-the-flesh shadow judge over the weekend at Cage Fury FC in Pennsylvania. Dan The Man has plenty to share about the revelatory experience, so tune in for that ... even if generic UFC content doesn't tickle your fancy.
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Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
A big week outside the cage — and a smaller one inside it — dominate the discussion this week. Scott and Dan break down what the two rules passed this week in committee would mean if enacted at the ABC conference this summer. One of those directly leads into the latest generic UFC Vegas main event, which incidentally gave us three of this weekend's four Contested Rounds.
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Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
A quiet week for the Couchside Judges stuffed between UFC 297 and the next never-ending string of UFC events opened the door for the hosts to give an old Past Judgment a second chance. For this week's Appeal Edition, Scott and Dan went back to the first fight between Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson — the good one, not the stinker of a rematch. Would the more liberal CSJ system's application of 10-8s and 10-7s open the door for the majority draw to yield a clear winner? Watch the fight for yourself on Fight Pass, and listen for our thoughts.
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Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
UFC 297 featured a treasure trove of fascinating judging situations. You got a 10-7(!), an alternative decision, the rare unanimous 29-28 that's not exactly unanimous, a fight in which the judges were split on every round, and even some adventures in refereeing. Scott and Dan have a whole heck of a lot to sift through from the UFC's return to Toronto, so stick around for all of it.
This episode ends on a somber note as the hosts pay tribute to longtime NJ/NY judge Donnie Carolei, who recently passed away.
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