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R.A. Ray on November 10, 2009 |
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Long show tonight as I run through the last three fights from Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers and divert into a side rant about MMA “fans” who don’t like to watch grappling. Also, with the UFC scrambling to deal with four of its champions being on the shelf there has been a flood of fight announcements to cover.
Show Notes
Tags: Antonio "Big Nog" Nogueira, Antonio Silva, Cain Velasquez, Chael Sonnen, Fabricio Werdum, Gegard Mousasi, Jake Shields, Jason Miller, judging, Nate Marquardt, Rameau Sokoudjou, RAMMA Scoring System, Strikeforce, UFC
Posted by
R.A. Ray on October 27, 2009 |
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I review the performance of the RAMMA Scoring system on its debut run and breakdown the destruction of Ben Rothwell by Cain Velasquez. One more day of UFC 104 tomorrow and then it’s on to. . . well, something else.
Tags: Ben Rothwell, Cain Velasquez, judging, Lyoto Machida, Mauricio Rua, RAMMA Scoring System, UFC
Posted by
R.A. Ray on October 23, 2009 |
No commentsI still think it could use a better name, but here is v1 of the RAMMA Scoring System scorecard (pdf). It’s not the nicest scorecard. I just exported a PDF from a Google Doc spreadsheet. I will definitely post a more well-designed version after I’ve vetted the system some.
Click here to download the scorecard.
Remember that each round is divided into three categories: Damage, Danger, and Control, with both fighters getting a score for each section. The maximum score is 2 and the minimum score is 0. Scores of 2-2, 2-1, 2-0, 1-1, 1-0, and 0-0 are all allowed. If both fighters did a ton of damage, 2-2 would be appropriate. Likewise, if neither fighter caused any significant damage, 0-0 would be the correct score. At the end of the fight, the scores are tallied up straight across. So, the maximum score for a five round fight would be 30 and the minimum would, of course, be 0.
If you’ve never scored fights while watching them I encourage you to give it a try. It really enhances the experience as you have to quantify what you observe beyond how you “feel” a fighter is doing.
Tags: judging, RAMMA Scoring System
Posted by
R.A. Ray on October 19, 2009 |
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I think submission attempts are usually looked at too highly by judges. What is really going on, in terms of the fight as a whole, when a submission attempt fails? Also, the end of the year MMA schedule looks to be killer. Are you ready for all the action?
Tags: judging
Posted by
R.A. Ray on October 16, 2009 |
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I think the 10-point must system in MMA is broken. It doesn’t allow for enough nuance and invites more subjectivity than anyone wants. I propose for the first time “The R.A. System” for judging MMA. (Name subject to change.)
Tags: judging