One judge gave Whitaker round 1

[ulysse]

and looked strong

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

And here's Whitaker going back to his corner


And heres judge Mike Bell figures that's the round 1 winner right there


Fuck ufc judging has, and always will be, a joke

It's not debunked
If you polled it I can tell ya most peeps give Costa round 1 easily. So my points stands

No buddy, your OP, as quoted showed you thought Whitaker was wobbly going back to his corner. Clearly debunked. Watch the vid: strong combos, fully recovered

Debunked.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Whittaker 30-27.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Costa was backing up before the bell - fact.

 

[sonhow]

Id like to see Costa fight more often.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Whittaker 30-27.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Id like to see Costa fight more often.

He looked fucking great in this fight, esp after long layoff. I was super impressed, loved the kicks.

Hopefully he can be more active now, before Father Time gets to him.

 

[ulysse]

Costa was backing up before the bell - fact.

looking to counter a lazy Whitaker combination

 

[fortheo]

Giving Whitaker that round isn't crazy. That heel kick barely staggered him. If it knocked rob down or had rob wobbling back to his stool like a drunk, then okay, but all it did was make rob take a shaky step for one second before rob was throwing combos right back.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

looking to counter a lazy Whitaker combination

 

[maximus__]

And here's Whitaker going back to his corner


And heres judge Mike Bell figures that's the round 1 winner right there


Fuck ufc judging has, and always will be, a joke

It's 1 strike (without a knockdown) vs an entire round of offence. Stop listening to commentators.
Whittaker ate that strike and was fine throwing offence within seconds as the round ended.

I have no issues with the round going either way or even a draw. If he dropped him and Whittaker effectively got an end of round 10 count(Bisping vs Silva) then yeah we have a different story.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Whittaker recovered almost instantly and began to throw back immediately. Yes, he was hurt, but he wasn't knocked down, therefore it doesn't negate all the success he had in the first. I thought it was an easy fight to score 30-27. I did mention to those watching with me that the judges would give Costa the round on the kick. Two of them didn't disappoint.

 

[jeff7b9]

By the written scoring criteria Costa should get the first round,
but it is well within the standard amount of how much the judges often fuck up the application of the rules to consider a Whittaker R1 within the margin of error.



PRIORITIZED CRITERIA:

Effective Striking/Grappling

“Legal blows that have immediate or cumulative impact with the potential to contribute towards the end of the match with the IMMEDIATE weighing in more heavily than the cumulative impact.


Successful execution of takedowns, submission attempts, reversals and the achievement of advantageous positions that produce immediate or cumulative impact with the potential to contribute to the end of the match, with the IMMEDIATE weighing more heavily than the cumulative impact.”

It shall be noted that a successful takedown is not merely a changing of position, but the establishment of an attack from the use of the takedown. Top and bottom position fighters are assessed more on the impactful/effective result of their actions, more so than their position. This criterion will be the deciding factor in a high majority of decisions when scoring a round.

The next two criteria must be treated as a backup and used ONLY when Effective Striking/Grappling is 100% equal for the round.

 

[sonhow]

He looked fucking great in this fight, esp after long layoff. I was super impressed, loved the kicks.

Hopefully he can be more active now, before Father Time gets to him.

Yeah I was thinking he is looking good too. I think he is kinda underrated by now and has some left in the tank.

 

[Jin Akutsu]

30-27 Whittaker. Kudos to that judge to not be blinded by a last second flurry.

 

[Trabaho]

It was easily enough to steal the round.
Easily
Whitaker was damn near out


So the question is....
You a Costa hater?
Or a Whitaker lover?

He was near out but standing and throwing puches back

 

[Sean_wongster_wongmastter]

Had he not recovered and been throwing back strong combinations I would not have. Fact was he recovered and looked strong, and had been better the entire round.

“throwing back strong combinations” or you mean throwing a few punches back while he was wobbly to try to keep Costa from killing him.

10 seconds more and Robert is finished, saved by the bell.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

I gave Costa the first because the kick was the most significant moment of the round that did the most damage, still gave Bobby Knuckles 29-28. If it was 30s left in the first, Rob probably gets finished there.

 

[Koro_11]

And here's Whitaker going back to his corner


And heres judge Mike Bell figures that's the round 1 winner right there


Fuck ufc judging has, and always will be, a joke

Agree, that judge is an idiot. When they said 30-27 I was thinking "oh my God, Costa won it, there is not way anyone is giving Whittaker round 1".

 

[Sean_wongster_wongmastter]

30-27 Whittaker. Kudos to that judge to not be blinded by a last second flurry.

Read the rules, immediate impact is scored higher than cumulative impact and volume.