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 Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Thanks in part to a high concentration of the most high-volume judges, the UFC's 2024 debut got off to a smooth start in terms of scoring. Even the many stoppages were clean from the referees. But no perfect night at UFC Apex gave Scott and Dan a couple Contested Rounds to wade into the new year. Plus, word of a 10-8 training session with the Nevada State Athletic Commission gave the CSJ reason to revisit a few lopsided rounds from the end of 2023.
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Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
The One With All The Data is back! For the fourth time, Scott (mostly) and Dan dig into some real MMA math and explore judging trends from 2023. And with an expanded (near-complete) database of UFC round scores dating all the way back to the start of 2017, the hosts discuss what thousands upon thousands of rounds tell us about the scoring of fights and the men and women who assess them.
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
What's Judgment Day (other than a fantastic film sequel)? In a first for the CSJ. Scott and Dan run down the list of the real, actual worst-scored rounds from the year — not the ones the bettors are always whinging about. The full list from 2023 wasn't very big since the state of MMA judging is quite solid, but there's enough for the hosts to rank the worst of the worst scores, separated by 10-8/10-9 splits and wrong round winners. If you want to know what bad judging truly looks like, watch these rounds again like The Couchside Judges did.
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Monday Dec 25, 2023
Monday Dec 25, 2023
The Judgies are back! Scott and Dan look back on the year that was in MMA officiating to hand out the annual awards for top judge and referee, plus plenty more. Join the CSJ for the 2023-capping festivities.
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Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
In the final UFC event of 2023, the cageside judges nearly sent The Couchside Judges into major MMA's winter hiatus with nothing to talk about. Lo and behold: a pre-Christmas miracle arrived in the form of a somewhat surprising Contested Round in the Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brando Moreno flyweight title fight. Scott and Dan break that one down while weighing the 10-7 bona fides of UFC 296's opening fight and the 10-8 argument in a unanimous 10-9 round between Paddy Pimblett and Tony Ferguson.
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Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
The final Fight Night at the UFC Apex has come and gone, leaving Scott and Dan with all manner of rounds to discuss. We had an alternative decision, a more suspect Contested Round, some 8/9 splits and several Couchside Overrides. Listen and learn which rounds were which.