So I see the italians cant get a fair shake in texas

**bulit7** · 08-23-2009, 04:03 PM

It was a close fight that could of gone either way, but yeah dem cards was rediculous. I wouldnt even be suprised if the judges got mad a paulie for mouthing off that they scored the fight before the fight even happened.

**The_Italian** · 08-23-2009, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by bulit7

It was a close fight that could of gone either way, but yeah dem cards was rediculous. I wouldnt even be suprised if the judges got mad a paulie for mouthing off that they scored the fight before the fight even happened.

im thinking the same thing. for a card to come out 118-110 you have to wonder if they watched the fight we were all watching or if they had already decided that was going to be the score before the opening bell rang.

**MindBat** · 08-23-2009, 04:12 PM

Yes, Paulie got screwed for putting it out there before the fight.

**..WaRSpencE..** · 08-23-2009, 04:12 PM

Originally posted by The_Italian

What a horrible panel of judges. the first scorecard of 115-113 for diaz i can see but 116-112 for diaz seems to favor him and the 118-110 is a flat out attempt to rob paulie.

I dare ONE PERSON on this forum to show me how they had diaz winning 118-110 or even anything higher than 115-113 (at the most) and PROVE IT to me with a reasonable arguement because i cant see it happening.

Forget opinions though. lets look at the FACTS of the fight:
Most punches thrown - Paulie
Most punches landed - Paulie
Highest connect percentage - Diaz
Huge cut(s) on face - Diaz

Those simple facts right there should give you a pretty good idea as to who won. paulie used and landed more punches than diaz. all diaz did was connect his at a higher percentage.

Diaz had a huge cut on his eye.

So how do you throw and land more punches than your opponent but end up losing 115-113, 116-112, and 118-110???

How is this possible? im not saying it never happens (ie knockout/downs to erase what happened throughout the fight) but this certainly wasnt the case.

Paulie put on a great performance. jabbed diaz to death, didnt seem afraid to stop, land his combo(s), and get back outside. he outboxed diaz for the better part of the fight and thats why i have paulie winning 115-113.

So the thought he lost a wide UD is really saddening for the sport. it shows that homecooking can get you by and i think the fans of the sport see that.

Especially since in another thread paulie had 140-something votes from members here believing he won while there were MUCH MUCH MUCH fewer votes from members who believed diaz won.

It speaks for itself.

Something needs to be done to fix this because i think the scoring was horrible to say the least.

I feel Paulie won 115-113 an felt Ledermans card was precise..I agreed with him..but I'm gonna watch it again in a bit..and score it myself..

but what the hell does the decision got anything to do with Malignaggi being Italian?!..

**The_Italian** · 08-23-2009, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by .::WaRCoTTo::.

I feel Paulie won 115-113 an felt Ledermans card was precise..I agreed with him..but I'm gonna watch it again in a bit..and score it myself..

but what the hell does the decision got anything to do with Malignaggi being Italian?!..

haha it made you come into this thread didnt it? haha.

sometimes when you have a million thread about the same thing you have to put an interesting title to get people to pay attention to what you have to say.

and im glad you're all coming into my thread

**MR ITALIAN** · 08-23-2009, 04:20 PM

Fu)k them *******s...They are the reason our sport is ****ed up. NO ONE is held accountable for their actions.

**-MAKAVELLI-** · 08-23-2009, 04:22 PM

when Buffer read 118-110, i thought to myself 'damn, paulie didnt whoop diaz THAT bad....then the announcement of the winner came and i just shook my head...even my girl, who was hating on paulie, thought he won

**PAC-BOY** · 08-23-2009, 04:24 PM

They need to make it where that asswhipe never judges another fight.

**The_Italian** · 08-23-2009, 04:49 PM

we see these insanely biased cards from time to time and yet no one does anything about it.

I think this is unfair and some new type of rule needs to be put into place allowing fighters to appeal the decision and have a separate panel of judges review the fight.

i usually hesitate to say robbery in such closely contested fights but there isnt another word to describe what happened in texas last night. Paulie deserved the win i thought and not only did he not win but the scorecards suggest diaz not only just won but did it in such a fashion that paulie got embarrased for 12 rounds and that certainly wasnt the case.

infact when hearing the scorecards being read and it became clear it was a UD instead of a SD i kind of figured paulie was about to get screwed. i thought pulling out a SD would be hard enough so when buffer never paused to announce what card is in favor of who i had a good feeling diaz was going to get the UD.

sad. just sad.

this fight is going to bother me for awhile i can tell. i hope paulie and his team take all actions possible in an attempt to right the wrong.

maybe get it ruling changed or something. a NC or a rematch. something. but leaving this as a loss for paulie seems unfair. especially when he put on such a good showing, one of his best since the first ndou fight.

So I see the italians cant get a fair shake in texas