LINK:

http://www.japan-mma.com/2009/02/myth-japanese-judges-favor-japanese.html

    It might just be me, but for as long as I have been following MMA in Japan, Japanese judges have had a reputation for favoring Japanese fighters over their foreign opponents when the fight goes to a decision.

This is a myth that I deceided to put to the test. I am not going into single decisions here, controversial decisions go both ways. I am going to see if decisions tend to go to one part.

I have gone back to January 1, 2003 and until today. Here are the conditions for me to include the fight:

-Fight was between a Japanese and a Foreign fighter
-It went to the judges (decision or technical decision)

I have looked at 5 organizations that I consider to have had the most fights with foreign fighters. The organizations I chose were Shooto, DEEP, DREAM, Sengoku and Pride. I found 201 fights that went to decision.

I actually expected to find some evidence for this myth, but to what degree I was not certain. What I found actually surprised me.

Again, I am not looking at controversial decisions. Judges make "mistakes", I am looking to see if there is a bias towards foreign fighters and it should be clear when you are looking at all the fights from the last 6 years.

Of course the number of fights in DREAM and Sengoku is very low, and these results might not be representative yet.

Here is what I found:
Total fights: 201
Decision going to Japanese fighter: 86
Decision going to foreign fighter: 88
Decisions ending in draw: 28

It breaks down as follows:
Shooto
Total fights: 63
Fights going to Japanese fighter: 19
Fights going to foreign fighter: 34
Fighs ending in Draw: 10

DEEP
Total fights: 62
Fights going to Japanese fighter: 21
Fights going to foreign fighter: 24
Fights ending in draw: 17

Pride
Total fights: 59
Fights going to Japanese fighter: 33
Fights going to foreign fighter: 25
Fights ending in draw: 1

DREAM
Total fights: 9
Fights going to Japanese fighter: 7
Fights going to foreign fighter: 2
Fights ending in draw: 0

Sengoku
Total fights: 9
Fights going to Japanese fighter: 6
Fights going to foreign fighter: 3
Fights ending in draw: 0

I can not see that there is any bias towards foreign fighters. As far as I can tell, the judges in Japan are just as fair as anywhere else and the main goal is to keep it out of their hands. Controversial decisions will happen, but I think they go both ways and in the long run it all evens out.

*interesting article i found and I aint going to lie, i was one of the believers on this theory. It turns out maybe it's false after all.

Only Japanese organizations i follow is Sengoku and their Judges gave Win to Russian fighter, instead of their posterboy Takanori Gomi which was big shock, but i was happy to see judges willingness to give "W" to the fighter who fought harder and more aggressive, regardless of nationality. Although i thought Gomi won LOL (i like this organization the most in Japan so far )

Another organization would be DREAM which i personally think Pride FC had some strange decisions so i guess same goes for DREAM as well. (Arona vs Wanderlei 2 and Big Nog vs Ricco Rodriguez)

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i try to list the most exciting fights and ones with "OH SHIT DAMN" factor.

Goodbye 2008~ I wonder what does MMA have for us in year 2009!

NO PARTICULAR ORDER (this is the ultimate finalized version)


1. Shinya Aoki vs JZ Cavalcante                      *DREAM (check out my avatar )

2. Eddie Alvarez vs Joachim Hansen                  *DREAM (5 thumbs up)

3. Eddie Alvarez vs Tatsuya Kawajiri                  *DREAM

4. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs Jason "Mayhem" Miller    *DREAM (5 thumbs up)

5. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs Gegard Mousasi           *DREAM

6. Miguel Torres vs Yoshiro Maeda                   *WEC (5 thumbs up)

7. Cung Le vs Frank Shamrock                        *Strikeforce

8. Scott Smith vs Robbie Lawler                     *EliteXC

9. Kimbo Slice vs Seth Petruzelli               *EliteXC (the destruction of youtube sensation)

10. GSP vs Jon Fitch                          *UFC (5 thumbs up)

11. Kenny Florian vs Joe "Daddy" Stevenson      *UFC (PERFECT EXAMPLE of ALL ROUNDED MMA SKILL)

12. Carlos Condit vs Hiromitsu Miura        *WEC (Japanese fighters seem to do better in UFC than WEC)
 
13. Urijah Faber vs Jens Pulver                *WEC (5 thumbs up)

14. Big Nog vs Tim Sylvia                       *UFC (i almost cried, NOGUEIRA!!!!)

15. Rampage Jackson vs Forrest Griffin                 *UFC (5 thumbs up)

16. Wanderlei Silva vs Keith Jardine              *UFC (Axe Murderer is back)

17. Kazushi Sakuraba vs Melvin Manhoef   *DREAM (u have to kill the legend, if u want to be the legend -Melvin)

18. Andrei Arlovski vs Ben Rothwell                  *Affliction

19. Fedor Emelianenko vs Tim Sylvia                *Affliction (36 sec is all Russian cyborg need)

20. Jorge Santiago vs Logan Clark                  *Sengoku (5 Thumbs up)

21. Mo "King" Lawal vs Travis Wiuff                *Sengoku

22. Jorge Santiago vs Siyar Bahadurzada           *Sengoku (awesome heelhook)

23. Satoru Kitaoka vs.Eiji Mitsuoka               *Sengoku (awesome heelhook)

24. Thiago Alves vs Josh Koscheck                  *UFC (Muay Thai Clinic)

25. Josh Koscheck vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida             *UFC (brutal COLD KO)

26. Hideo Tokoro vs Every opponent he faced in    *DREAM (exciting all rounded guy just like Clay Guida)

27. Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Justin Wilcox   *Strikeforce playboy (awesome submission set up followed by textbook submission)

28. Daisuke Nakamura vs. Bogdan Christea  *M-1 Challenge 8 (crazy ongoing submission after submission)



ADDED
29. Tandam Mccorry vs Dustin Hazelett               *UFC 91 (this is one sweet ARMBAR!)

30. Josh Burkman vs Dustin Hazelett                 *UFC "TUF 7" (another submission of night?)

31. Jeremy Stephens vs Rafael dos Anjos           *UFC 91 (another awesome KO)

32. Caol Uno vs Shinya Aoki        *DREAM 5 (Uno never gave up as much as Aoki wanted to chock him out)

33. Caol Uno vs Mitsuhiro Ishida                   *DREAM 3

34. Katsuhiko Nagata vs Shinya Aoki              *DREAM 4 (NEW SUBMISSION in MMA, AOKIPLATA)

35. Kazuo Misaki vs. Siyar Bahadurzada          *Sengoku 1 (Misaki's unique style against Afghanistan BEE)

36. Takanori Gomi vs Bang Seung Hwan                 *Sengoku 4

37. Jens Pulver vs Leonard Garcia                   *WEC 36 (OUCH)

38. Shean Sherk vs BJ Penn                          *UFC 84

39. Joe Stevenson vs BJ Penn                         *UFC 80 (someone is soaked in blood)

40. Matt Hughes vs Thiago Alves                     *UFC 85

41. Paul Dayley vs Chris Lytle                    *UFC 89 (this is what i call SLUGFEST)

42. Anderson Silva vs Dan Henderson                *UFC 82

43. Chris Leben vs Alessio Sakara                 *UFC 82 (BANG BANG BANG!!!)

44. David Bielkheden vs Diego Sanchez             *UFC 82 (nightmare)

45. Thiago Silva vs Antonio Mendes                *UFC 84

46. Houstan Alexander vs James Irvin            *UFC (fastest KO)

47. Jason Tan vs. Dong Hyun Kim                *UFC 84 (elbow n Judo. Not strange a combo for MMA )

48. Rousimar Palhares vs Ivan Salaverry             *UFC 84

49. Wilson Gouveia vs Goran Reljic                 *UFC 84 (they are SERIOUS when it comes to BUSINESS)

50. Jon Koppenhaver vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida                *UFC 84

51. Luiz Cane vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou                *UFC 91

52. Gabriel Gonzaga vs Justin Mccully          *UFC 86 (Gabe has good strikings, wrestling and submission)

53. Demian Maia vs Ed Herman                                 *UFC 83

Finally

54. Jason Mcdonald vs Demian Maia                        *UFC 87 (very fast paced submission MMA fight)

55. Rich Franklin vs Travis Lutter                               *UFC 83

56. Tim Boetsch vs Mike Patt                                     *UFC 88

57. Fabricio Werdum vs Junior dos Santos                        *UFC 90

58. Rob Yundt vs Ricardo Almeida                                  *UFC 81

59. Clay Guida vs any opponent he has faced   *UFC (fast paced exciting fighter just like Hideo Tokoro)

60. Tyson Griffen vs Sean "Muscle shark" Sherk        *UFC (i remember it as the fight of the night)

61. Wanderlei "Axe Murderer" Silva vs Quinton "Rampage" Jackson 3 *UFC 79 (rubber match u cannot miss)

62. Rashad "Sugar" Evans (TUF 2 Winner) vs Forrest Griffen (TUF 1 winner)
                                                             *UFC 79 Light heavyweight Title fight

63. Former UFC heavyweight Champ: Frank Mir vs Former Pride FC Champ & Current interim UFC champ "Minotauro" Nogueira

*UFC 79 title fight (Best MMA Submission Artist vs Best American Submission Artist in "MMA" battle)

64. Nathan Diaz vs every opponent he has faced in *UFC Fight Night 12, 13, and 14 (hip toss, BJJ, and boxing make fight interesting)

65. Aoki Shinya vs Eddie Alverez   *K-1 Dynamite 08 (Funky grappler vs Modern MMA Superstar)

66. Mark Hunt vs Melvin Manhoef    *K-1 Dynamite 08 (who will be the best striker in MMA?)

67. Roger Huerta vs Kenny Florian       *UFC (Kenny vs undefeated metador)

68. Jamie Varner vs Rob McCullough             *WEC 32

69. Rob McCullough vs. Donald Cerrone       *WEC 36

70. Alistar Overeem vs Lee Tae Hyun          *DREAM 4 (Demolition man does what he does best)

71. Dan Henderson vs Anderson Silva      *UFC 82 (Pride FC middleweight champ vs UFC middleweight champ)

72. Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti     *UFC "TUF7 Finale" (another nice brawl match by 2 fighters)

73. Marcio Cruz vs Choi Mu Bae              *Sengoku 3 (twister attempt, triangle from back mount to triangle/armbar.)

*Feel free to contribute and number them and PLEASE DO NOT REPEAT THE SAME fight again please~ I didn't list too many UFC because there were so many good fights and can't remember off my head. ANY COMMENT WILL BE GOOD!

try to list the most exciting fights and ones with "OH SHIT DAMN" factor. NO PARTICULAR ORDER

1. Shinya Aoki vs JZ Cavalcante *DREAM (check out my avatar )

2. Eddie Alvarez vs Joachim Hansen *DREAM (5 thumbs up)

3. Eddie Alvarez vs Tatsuya Kawajiri *DREAM

4. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs Jason "Mayhem" Miller *DREAM (5 thumbs up)

5. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs Gegard Mousasi *DREAM

6. Miguel Torres vs Yoshiro Maeda *WEC (5 thumbs up)

7. Cung Le vs Frank Shamrock *Strikeforce

8. Scott Smith vs Robbie Lawler *EliteXC

9. Kimbo Slice vs Seth Petruzelli *EliteXC (the destruction of youtube sensation)

10. GSP vs Jon Fitch *UFC (5 thumbs up)

11. Kenny Florian vs Joe "Daddy" Stevenson *UFC (PERFECT EXAMPLE of ALL ROUNDED MMA SKILL)

12. Carlos Condit vs Hiromitsu Miura *WEC

13. Urijah Faber vs Jens Pulver *WEC (5 thumbs up)

14. Big Nog vs Tim Sylvia *UFC (i almost cried, NOGUEIRA!!!!)

15. Rampage Jackson vs Forrest Griffin *UFC (5 thumbs up)

16. Wanderlei Silva vs Keith Jardine *UFC (Axe Murderer is back)

17. Kazushi Sakuraba vs Melvin Manhoef *DREAM (u have to kill the legend, if u want to be the legend -Melvin)

18. Andrei Arlovski vs Ben Rothwell *Affliction

19. Fedor Emelianenko vs Tim Sylvia *Affliction (36 sec is all Russian cyborg need)

20. Jorge Santiago vs Logan Clark *Sengoku (5 Thumbs up)

21. Mo "King" Lawal vs Travis Wiuff *Sengoku

22. Jorge Santiago vs Siyar Bahadurzada *Sengoku (awesome heelhook)

23. Satoru Kitaoka vs.Eiji Mitsuoka *Sengoku (awesome heelhook)

24. Thiago Alves vs Josh Koscheck *UFC (Muay Thai Clinic)

25. Josh Koscheck vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida *UFC (brutal COLD KO)

26. Hideo Tokoro vs Every opponent he faced in *DREAM (exciting all rounded guy just like Clay Guida)

27. Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Justin Wilcox *Strikeforce playboy (awesome submission set up followed by textbook submission)

28. Daisuke Nakamura vs. Carlos Valeri *M-1 Challenge 8 (crazy ongoing submission after submission)



ADDED
29. Tandam Mccorry vs Dustin Hazelett *UFC 91 (this is one sweet ARMBAR!)

30. Josh Burkman vs Dustin Hazelett *UFC "TUF 7" (another submission of night?)

31. Jeremy Stephens vs Rafael dos Anjos *UFC 91 (another awesome KO)

32. Caol Uno vs Shinya Aoki *DREAM 5 (Uno never gave up as much as Aoki wanted to chock him out)

33. Caol Uno vs Mitsuhiro Ishida *DREAM 3

34. Katsuhiko Nagata vs Shinya Aoki *DREAM 4 (NEW SUBMISSION in MMA, AOKIPLATA)

35. Kazuo Misaki vs. Siyar Bahadurzada *Sengoku 1 (Misaki's unique style against Afghanistan BEE)

36. Takanori Gomi vs Bang Seung Hwan *Sengoku 4

37. Jens Pulver vs Leonard Garcia *WEC 36 (OUCH)

38. Shean Sherk vs BJ Penn *UFC 84

39. Joe Stevenson vs BJ Penn *UFC 80

40. Matt Hughes vs Thiago Alves *UFC 85

41. Paul Dayley vs Chris Lytle *UFC 89 (this is what i call SLUGFEST)

42. Anderson Silva vs Dan Henderson *UFC 82

43. Chris Leben vs Alessio Sakara *UFC 82 (BANG BANG BANG!!!)

44. David Bielkheden vs Diego Sanchez *UFC 82 (nightmare)

45. Thiago Silva vs Antonio Mendes *UFC 84

46. Houstan Alexander vs James Irvin *UFC (fastest KO)

47. Jason Tan vs. Dong Hyun Kim *UFC 84 (elbow n Judo. Not strange a combo for MMA )

48. Rousimar Palhares vs Ivan Salaverry *UFC 84

49. Wilson Gouveia vs Goran Reljic *UFC 84 (they are SERIOUS when it comes to BUSINESS)

50. Jon Koppenhaver vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida *UFC 84

51. Luiz Cane vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou *UFC 91

52. Gabriel Gonzaga vs Justin Mccully *UFC 86

53. Demian Maia vs Ed Herman *UFC 83

54. Jason Mcdonald vs Demian Maia *UFC 87 (very fast paced submission MMA fight)

55. Rich Franklin vs Travis Lutter *UFC 83

56. Tim Boetsch vs Mike Patt *UFC 88

57. Fabricio Werdum vs Junior dos Santos *UFC 90

58. Rob Yundt vs Ricardo Almeida *UFC 81

59. Clay Guida vs any opponent he has faced *UFC (fast paced exciting fighter just like Hideo Tokoro)

60. Tyson Griffen vs Sean "Muscle shark" Sherk *UFC (i remember it as the fight of the night)

61. Wanderlei "Axe Murderer" Silva vs Quinton "Rampage" Jackson 3 *UFC 79 (rubber match u cannot miss)

62. Rashad "Sugar" Evans (TUF 2 Winner) vs Forrest Griffen (TUF 1 winner)
*UFC 79 Light heavyweight Title fight

63. Former UFC heavyweight Champ: Frank Mir vs Former Pride FC Champ & Current interim UFC champ "Minotauro" Nogueira

*UFC 79 title fight (Best MMA Submission Artist vs Best American Submission Artist in "MMA" battle)

64. Nathan Diaz vs every opponent he has faced in *UFC Fight Night 12, 13, and 14 (hip toss, BJJ, and boxing make fight interesting)

*Feel free to contribute and number them and PLEASE DO NOT REPEAT THE SAME fight again please~ I didn't list too many UFC because there were so many good fights and can't remember off my head.