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 Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Have Sean Strickland winning a clear unanimous decision against Israel Adesanya on your bingo card? Liar!
Not even the judges disagreed on any of the five rounds of the middleweight title fight. And a casual glance at the results from the 12-bout lineup indicates very little scoring disagreement. But a look at the scorecards reveals a pair of fights that each had one judge out of step on two rounds from his peers, so Scott and Dan dutifully dive in to see how the officials in Australia scored the action.
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
France hasn't hosted a heckuva lot of events from major promotions since it opened its (cage) doors to professional MMA, but we're getting a feel for what to expect from the judging for such shows: Trustworthy scores from the veteran UK/European officials and the odd nonsensical headscratcher from the locals.
That's certainly how the UFC's return to Paris played on Saturday. Scott and Dan had just three rounds to break down, but one of them ... well, let's say CSJ should be revisiting this one again at the end of the year for a worst-of-2023 discussion.
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Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Chan Sung Jung's career ended as it existed: violently and entertaining as heck. Scott and Dan look to place The Korean Zombie among the most entertaining fighters in UFC history.
He and Max Holloway even left a few presents for the CSJ with a pair of Contested Rounds — one close, one lopsided. Plus, one reviewed rounds not only receives a Couchside Override but had the hosts scratching their heads at why they would even be examining it.
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Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Sean O'Malley is on top after dethroning Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292. And just before that, Zhang Weili and Ian Machado Garry put on 10-8 level beatings for their respective opponents.
Scott, back from vacation, and Dan, who is evidently more committed to CSJ than Scott, have a lot of thoughts on the 8/9 debate in those fights, plus some strong thoughts on a few PFL 8 rounds from a local judge.
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Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
With Scott away on vacation, Spencer Kyte fills in to co-host this episode. With the prelims making this one seem like a light work load, the main card got us to 10 contested rounds, including 2 from Swanson/Dawodu that had twitter screaming robbery...again, what else is new?
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Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Dogs, boxing and baseball dominate this week's episode. ... OK, so they just make cameos. At any rate, a high-unanimity rate for UFC Nashville coupled with a ton of finishes at PFL in San Antonio meant not a ton of Contested Rounds across two major events. Nonetheless, the CSJ had dueling 30-27s fall into their lap in Texas, so let your hosts break down the scoring of the split decision in Gabriel Braga's win over Chris Wade.
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