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MMA Judges, It's Alright To Declare A Fight a Draw If You Have To!

jason hughes
Nov 26, 2009

ย In light of the recent events that have taken place at the last couple of UFC events I have become very disgusted at the lack of use of an old fallback when fights are almost or too close to call, THE DRAW.

ย Let's just say that I find it hard to believe that outย of someย ย fourย recent controversial fights , there had to be a declared winner when in fact that was anything but the case.

ย Do I say that all of controversial fights deserverd this , no I dont, but in the case of Machida v Shogun a draw would have made perfect sense, THE DRAGON retained his title , the crowd knows that he didnt actually win this fight and we will still be heading down the road that we seem to traveling today.

ย Money, I am not sure how that would be divided up with a draw but there is president for the draw from previous matches, we just havent seen it in a big fight in a couple of years.

ย Boxing calls draws a lot more than the UFC which leads me to wonder , do the judjes of MMA automatically go into a fight predetermined that a winner must emerge clear cut, because it doesnt have to go down like that.

ย Where does this affect money, held back for winners and losers ,and does a draw, especially in a title fight automatically qualify for fight of the night, unless it was a total snoozefest it probably does.

ย If a championship fight is declared a draw just becuase the challenger did not clearly beat the champion, well then thats a lot better than just giving the champion a win he did not deserve , and putting a loss in the column of a fighter that didn't deserve that either.

ย Think about it, in all reality Shogunย should beย guarenteed nothing , not a rematch, no accolades that come with a draw, which means on that night you were just as good as the champion was and automatically have the next shot at him.

ย And if CAPTAIN AMERICA wants to continue to fight like the Vera fight then we could see draws from here til retirement.

THE DRAW,ย really underutilized in this sport.ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย