I agree, the rules are fucked in favor of wrestlers, and GSP is a lay and prayer.
Fuck it, I'll repost my post from another forum on this.
Fuck it, I'll repost my post from another forum on this.
Well, it's true that the judging is severely flawed. I don't see why anyone should get flamed for simply pointing this out.
People that say guys should just learn to wrestle rather than bitch don't know shit about wrestling. There's a big difference between, say a guy with 15-20 years of wrestling experience and someone who adjusted a 3 month training camp to focus more on wrestling. The rules are fucked and need to be changed. It's ridiculous that takedowns are counted for so much. A guy can get taken down and laid on, get 3 near submissions from the bottom, and take absolutely no damage, and the judges will side with the guy who got the take down. The wrestler bias is also why you see guys rock someone, and then rather than go for the finish, they opt for a takedown against their stunned opponent because they know it will favor them on the cards. And it's also why you have guys competing for takedowns during the final minute of a fight, rather than slugging it out. The wrestling bias is killing the sport as far as I'm concerned.
People that say guys should just learn to wrestle rather than bitch don't know shit about wrestling. There's a big difference between, say a guy with 15-20 years of wrestling experience and someone who adjusted a 3 month training camp to focus more on wrestling. The rules are fucked and need to be changed. It's ridiculous that takedowns are counted for so much. A guy can get taken down and laid on, get 3 near submissions from the bottom, and take absolutely no damage, and the judges will side with the guy who got the take down. The wrestler bias is also why you see guys rock someone, and then rather than go for the finish, they opt for a takedown against their stunned opponent because they know it will favor them on the cards. And it's also why you have guys competing for takedowns during the final minute of a fight, rather than slugging it out. The wrestling bias is killing the sport as far as I'm concerned.
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