Soulbringer320
01-01-2014, 14:05
MMADecisions.com has compiled a list of the most disputed MMA decisions of 2013. And in keeping with this site's objective approach, the following criteria were used to compile the list:
Only decisions in which at least 60% of the tracked media scores disagreed with the actual winner AND decisions in which at least 60% of the submitted fan scorecards disagreed with the actual winner were included.
A fight must have a minimum of 6 media scores.
A fight must have a minimum of 10 fan scorecards.
Draws were excluded.
Only fights from Bellator, Cage Warriors, World Series of Fighting and the UFC were considered.
There were eight fights in the list in which none of the tracked media scores had the actual victor winning. Most famously, none of the 16 tracked media scorers of St-Pierre/Hendricks (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4707/Georges-St-Pierre-vs-Johny-Hendricks) would have had the champion retaining his belt.
Controversial fights seemed to follow Sal D'Amato (http://mmadecisions.com/judge/94/Sal-DAmato) around in 2013, as he was a judge in seven of the 23 fights on this list. In five of those contests, his scorecard sided with the winner of the fight. D'Amato was clearly the year's busiest judge in high-profile events; he rendered decisions in 54 UFC fights, more than double all but one judge.
Perhaps the judge that did the best job at avoiding controversy in 2013 was Chris Lee (http://mmadecisions.com/judge/53/Chris-Lee). Next to D'Amato, he rendered the most UFC decisions (30), yet didn't score any of the noted controversial fights for the winner.
To sort the entire list, media scoring totals and fan scoring totals were weighted evenly, and averaged. Using that method, the year's most disputed decision was the March fight between Diego Sanchez and Takanori Gomi (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4057/Diego-Sanchez-vs-Takanori-Gomi). None of the 12 tracked media members had Sanchez winning and only 19 out of 192 submitted fan scorecards favoured the New Mexican.
2013's Most Disputed Decisions
Winner Agreement
Fight
Media
Fans
Avg.
Winner's Judges
Other Judge
Sanchez def. Gomi (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4057/Diego-Sanchez-vs-Takanori-Gomi)
0%
10%
5%
Foley, Watts
Cartlidge
dos Anjos vs. Dunham (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4240/Rafael-dos-Anjos-vs-Evan-Dunham)
0%
14%
7%
Crosby, Hughes, Urso
-
Pepey def. Vieira (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/3938/Godofredo-Pepey-vs-Milton-Vieira)
0%
14%
7%
Collett, D'Amato
Hughes
Davis def. Machida (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4380/Phil-Davis-vs-Lyoto-Machida)
0%
15%
8%
D'Amato, Watts, Winter
-
Couture def. Noons (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/3915/Ryan-Couture-vs-K.J.-Noons)
13%
4%
8%
Atwood, Lambert
Higdon
Boetsch def. Dollaway (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4591/Tim-Boetsch-vs-C.B.-Dollaway)
8%
10%
9%
Najera, Schorle
Garcia
Abedi def. Yousef (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4154/Papy-Abedi-vs-Besam-Yousef)
0%
20%
10%
Bergman, Hughes
Ramsby
Bermudez def. Holloway (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4248/Dennis-Bermudez-vs-Max-Holloway)
0%
22%
11%
Griffin, Smith
Weeks
St-Pierre def. Hendricks (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4707/Georges-St-Pierre-vs-Johny-Hendricks)
0%
25%
12%
D'Amato, Weeks
Trowbridge
Maldonado vs. Beltran (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4560/Fabio-Maldonado-vs-Joey-Beltran)
8%
17%
13%
Bravo, D'Amato
Bertrand
Carmont def. Larkin (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4191/Francis-Carmont-vs-Lorenz-Larkin)
18%
10%
14%
Bell. Cleary, Collantes
-
Caceres def. Kang (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4050/Alex-Caceres-vs-Kyung-Ho-Kang)
8%
21%
15%
Kamijo, Keech
Watts
Marshall def. Aliev (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4067/Doug-Marshall-vs-Sultan-Aliev)
17%
18%
17%
Beltran, Denkin
Griffin
Bermudez def. Grice (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4031/Dennis-Bermudez-vs-Matt-Grice)
8%
27%
18%
Bell, Beltran
Vierra
Pierson def. Robertson (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4288/Sean-Pierson-vs-Kenny-Robertson)
33%
14%
23%
Rodgers, Signorino
D'Amato
Jabouin def. Pague (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4285/Yves-Jabouin-vs-Dustin-Pague)
17%
31%
24%
Rodgers, Signorino
Jackson
Barboza def. Castillo (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4773/Edson-Barboza-vs-Danny-Castillo)
15%
34%
25%
Bell, Vierra
Cleary
Magalhães vs. Ring (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4732/Caio-Magalh%C3%A3es-vs-Nick-Ring)
36%
18%
27%
Hickmont, Kleynjans, Papaioannou
-
Cote def. Voelker (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4092/Patrick-Cote-vs-Bobby-Voelker)
18%
38%
28%
Bertrand, D'Amato, Therien
-
Assunção vs. Dillashaw (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4558/Raphael-Assun%C3%A7%C3%A3o-vs-T.J.-Dillashaw)
23%
34%
29%
Bertrand, Puccillo
D'Amato
Eye def. Kaufman (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4589/Jessica-Eye-vs-Sarah-Kaufman)
33%
26%
30%
Najera, Schorle
Garcia
Richman def. Bezerra (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4065/Mike-Richman-vs-Alexandre-Bezerra)
33%
27%
30%
Beltran, Denkin
Griffin
Pyle def. Story (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4249/Mike-Pyle-vs-Rick-Story)
27%
36%
32%
Hagen, Kamijo
Lee
Only decisions in which at least 60% of the tracked media scores disagreed with the actual winner AND decisions in which at least 60% of the submitted fan scorecards disagreed with the actual winner were included.
A fight must have a minimum of 6 media scores.
A fight must have a minimum of 10 fan scorecards.
Draws were excluded.
Only fights from Bellator, Cage Warriors, World Series of Fighting and the UFC were considered.
There were eight fights in the list in which none of the tracked media scores had the actual victor winning. Most famously, none of the 16 tracked media scorers of St-Pierre/Hendricks (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4707/Georges-St-Pierre-vs-Johny-Hendricks) would have had the champion retaining his belt.
Controversial fights seemed to follow Sal D'Amato (http://mmadecisions.com/judge/94/Sal-DAmato) around in 2013, as he was a judge in seven of the 23 fights on this list. In five of those contests, his scorecard sided with the winner of the fight. D'Amato was clearly the year's busiest judge in high-profile events; he rendered decisions in 54 UFC fights, more than double all but one judge.
Perhaps the judge that did the best job at avoiding controversy in 2013 was Chris Lee (http://mmadecisions.com/judge/53/Chris-Lee). Next to D'Amato, he rendered the most UFC decisions (30), yet didn't score any of the noted controversial fights for the winner.
To sort the entire list, media scoring totals and fan scoring totals were weighted evenly, and averaged. Using that method, the year's most disputed decision was the March fight between Diego Sanchez and Takanori Gomi (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4057/Diego-Sanchez-vs-Takanori-Gomi). None of the 12 tracked media members had Sanchez winning and only 19 out of 192 submitted fan scorecards favoured the New Mexican.
2013's Most Disputed Decisions
Winner Agreement
Fight
Media
Fans
Avg.
Winner's Judges
Other Judge
Sanchez def. Gomi (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4057/Diego-Sanchez-vs-Takanori-Gomi)
0%
10%
5%
Foley, Watts
Cartlidge
dos Anjos vs. Dunham (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4240/Rafael-dos-Anjos-vs-Evan-Dunham)
0%
14%
7%
Crosby, Hughes, Urso
-
Pepey def. Vieira (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/3938/Godofredo-Pepey-vs-Milton-Vieira)
0%
14%
7%
Collett, D'Amato
Hughes
Davis def. Machida (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4380/Phil-Davis-vs-Lyoto-Machida)
0%
15%
8%
D'Amato, Watts, Winter
-
Couture def. Noons (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/3915/Ryan-Couture-vs-K.J.-Noons)
13%
4%
8%
Atwood, Lambert
Higdon
Boetsch def. Dollaway (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4591/Tim-Boetsch-vs-C.B.-Dollaway)
8%
10%
9%
Najera, Schorle
Garcia
Abedi def. Yousef (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4154/Papy-Abedi-vs-Besam-Yousef)
0%
20%
10%
Bergman, Hughes
Ramsby
Bermudez def. Holloway (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4248/Dennis-Bermudez-vs-Max-Holloway)
0%
22%
11%
Griffin, Smith
Weeks
St-Pierre def. Hendricks (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4707/Georges-St-Pierre-vs-Johny-Hendricks)
0%
25%
12%
D'Amato, Weeks
Trowbridge
Maldonado vs. Beltran (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4560/Fabio-Maldonado-vs-Joey-Beltran)
8%
17%
13%
Bravo, D'Amato
Bertrand
Carmont def. Larkin (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4191/Francis-Carmont-vs-Lorenz-Larkin)
18%
10%
14%
Bell. Cleary, Collantes
-
Caceres def. Kang (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4050/Alex-Caceres-vs-Kyung-Ho-Kang)
8%
21%
15%
Kamijo, Keech
Watts
Marshall def. Aliev (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4067/Doug-Marshall-vs-Sultan-Aliev)
17%
18%
17%
Beltran, Denkin
Griffin
Bermudez def. Grice (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4031/Dennis-Bermudez-vs-Matt-Grice)
8%
27%
18%
Bell, Beltran
Vierra
Pierson def. Robertson (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4288/Sean-Pierson-vs-Kenny-Robertson)
33%
14%
23%
Rodgers, Signorino
D'Amato
Jabouin def. Pague (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4285/Yves-Jabouin-vs-Dustin-Pague)
17%
31%
24%
Rodgers, Signorino
Jackson
Barboza def. Castillo (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4773/Edson-Barboza-vs-Danny-Castillo)
15%
34%
25%
Bell, Vierra
Cleary
Magalhães vs. Ring (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4732/Caio-Magalh%C3%A3es-vs-Nick-Ring)
36%
18%
27%
Hickmont, Kleynjans, Papaioannou
-
Cote def. Voelker (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4092/Patrick-Cote-vs-Bobby-Voelker)
18%
38%
28%
Bertrand, D'Amato, Therien
-
Assunção vs. Dillashaw (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4558/Raphael-Assun%C3%A7%C3%A3o-vs-T.J.-Dillashaw)
23%
34%
29%
Bertrand, Puccillo
D'Amato
Eye def. Kaufman (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4589/Jessica-Eye-vs-Sarah-Kaufman)
33%
26%
30%
Najera, Schorle
Garcia
Richman def. Bezerra (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4065/Mike-Richman-vs-Alexandre-Bezerra)
33%
27%
30%
Beltran, Denkin
Griffin
Pyle def. Story (http://mmadecisions.com/decision/4249/Mike-Pyle-vs-Rick-Story)
27%
36%
32%
Hagen, Kamijo
Lee