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 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Bellator takes center stage in a bye week for the UFC, with the No. 2 MMA outfit about to debut on Showtime. In honor of the occasion, which will be headlined by a Patricio Pitbull title fight, Scott and Dan decided to look back on his split decision against Daniel Weichel for the second edition of Splittin' Headaches. We also picked the rubber match of the superb Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson trilogy, which was decided by a split third round on one of the final Strikeforce cards on Showtime.
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Before Francis Ngannou ascended to the peak of the heavyweight title ladder, UFC 260 produced a few interesting rounds worth dissecting. Scott and Dan take a look at the Michal Oleksiejczuk vs. Modestas Bukauskas split decision, an interesting second round between Miranda Maverick and Gillian Robertson, and both full rounds from Sean O’Malley’s Round 3 KO of Thomas Almeida.
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
The champ is here! Stipe Miocic is back in action this coming Saturday, so Scott and Dan decided to revisit his superb 2014 bout between him and former champ Junior dos Santos. The bout is often looked at as a coming out party for Miocic, even in defeat, so the CSJ figured it would be fun to look back and see if any of the rounds could lead to a different result in our scoring system.
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
The Couchside Judges do *not* have too many rounds to discuss from Saturday’s fights, thanks to another standout weekend from the judges in Nevada. Nonetheless, Scott and Dan break down the three which saw disagreement among the officials. They also take a look at the greater middleweight picture and what could be next for Kevin Holland if he drops to 170 pounds.
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
The Couchside Judges debut a new segment with Splittin’ Headaches. As with Past Judgment, Scott and Dan revisit a past fight — in this case, 2010’s Shields-Kampmann — and rescore it. This time though, we’re ditching CSJ scoring and focusing squarely on how we felt a fight the judges didn’t fully agree on ought to be scored by today’s judging standards.
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Surprise Sunday show! A pair of no-contests due to separate fouls — an eye poke in Edwards-Muhammad and an illegal knee (again!) in Eryk Anders vs. Darren Stewart — marred what was otherwise an action-packed and relatively cleanly judged event. That said, Scott and Dan had a pair of divisive split decisions to discuss in addition to the fight-ending fouls in the aforementioned bouts..