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 Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
For everyone at home, Zhang vs. Jedrzejczyk was an all-time classic. For the cageside judges last March, it’s hard to imagine a greater pressure cooker than a championship fight with almost every round closely contested. And so with fans returning this weekend for UFC 261 and the champ Zhang back in the cage for the first time since the last event that featured a full crowd, Scott and Dan will run through all four split rounds from the 2020 classic.
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
The CSJ cannot hide from the fact that, well, Saturday’s UFC card stunk. But it did provide four consecutive split decisions, which is the lifeblood of this podcast. Scott and Dan sink into each one, as well as offer thoughts on what to do with the UFC middleweight title picture in the wake of Robert Whittaker’s sublime performance in victory.
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Robert Whittaker is back in action, and it’s practically criminal that Scott and Dan haven’t gone back to the epic rematch between Bobby Knuckles and Yoel Romero yet for Past Judgment. Time to fix that. Watch the fight and give this episode a listen. See if you agree with us that the CSJ scoring system produces a more reflective score from the fight.
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Buckle up, fight fans! Scott and Dan have a jam-packed show with 13(!) rounds from the Bellator 256 main card on Friday and the UFC on ABC event Saturday afternoon. We’ve got 10-8s we disagree with. We’ve got 10-8s that we can’t understand why they had any disagreement. We’ve got close dissents and no-to-close dissents. Check it out as the CSJ crew breaks it all down from the busy weekend.
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
The Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix commences this weekend with Lyoto Machida taking on Ryan Bader in a rematch. And because Machida has been in his fair share of interesting decisions, Scott and Dan will revisit his 2010 three-round headlining loss to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson that surprised even Rampage. The CSJ also look back at ONE on TNT’s peculiar debut and ahead to both Bellator and UFC cards this weekend.
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
The CSJ boys cover a lot of ground in this one, from Bellator 255’s main card contested rounds to ONE on TNT 1’s upcoming American TV debut, headlined by Demetrious Johnson challenging Adriano Moraes for the flyweight title. Scott and Dan decided to put Mighty Mouse’s 2012 majority draw through Past Judgment thanks to a perfect storm of strange circumstances and an extremely rare round score. Watch that fight, then listen to us.