Ugh...

I just came across the scorecards for UFC 140 over at MMAWeekly.com, and as the topic of MMA judging has been done to death, this should come as no surprise. 2 of the 3 judges scored the first round of Jones vs Machida for Jon Jones.

http://mmaweekly.com/ufc-140-jones-vs-machida-the-scorecards?pid=3359

This obviously makes no difference, as Jones came out in the second and handled his business, but this just goes to show the issues of judging incompetence remain largely unaddressed by those in control.

There has been a lot of recent discussion concerning "Safe Fighting", particularly in regards to current UFC Champs GSP and Anderson Silva, recent contender Gray Maynard, and just about anyone coming out of Jackson’s MMA that’s not named Carlos Condit or Leonard Garcia. Labeling fighters traditionally seen as "lay and pray" guys, fighters with a strong wrestling base and little else, as boring is nothing new. This has long been the case since the major MMA organizations have been employing the Unified Rules (I don’t remember anyone calling Mark Kerr boring back in the day, but had he been contending with the current rule set, i.e. no head butting, that very well may have been the case). I’m not writing this to disparage any of the individuals employing a "Safe Fighting" mentality, nor to label anybody as such. Only to defend those of us that finds these tactics at times tiresome and disappointing to watch, and at its worst, a negative for the growth of the sport.

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