GDT: UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw

[CDJ]

I look forward to Big John’s analysis, pretty sure he himself says moving forward doesn’t count for much and he invented the rules…

 

[Canes]

If Sandhagen was Cruz they might have gave it to him.

 

[CDJ]

John McCarthy on Thompson-Till scoring: ‘Controlling the Octagon does not give you the round’

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Chaels Arms]

Scorecards all over the place but they unanimously gave TJ rounds 1 and 3.

Bottom line is I give a ton of credit to TJ and Sandhagen made a lot of bad decisions. TJ fought with no right eye and a suspect leg for the majority of the fight.

 

[m9]

Octagon control and aggressiveness are essentially tiebreakers if striking/grappling are even.

That's it.

 

[CDJ]

Scorecards all over the place but they unanimously gave TJ rounds 1 and 3.

Bottom line is I give a ton of credit to TJ and Sandhagen made a lot of bad decisions. TJ fought with no right eye and a suspect leg for the majority of the fight.

he definitely won those 2 rounds

I agree that sandhagen made tons of bad decisions and TJ showed a ton of heart. I just dont think TJ won 3 rounds

 

[Deen]

They will run it back. T.J. 100% gets the next title shot though.

 

[Avs_19]

I don't see how you can give TJ the last round.

 

[Chaels Arms]

So the judges were actually all in agreement on rounds 1-3. Round 1 - TJ, round 2 - Sandhagen, round 3- TJ.

Cleary and D'Amato gave Corey round 4.

Kamijo and Cleary gave Corey round 5.

 

[Chaels Arms]

Shelby told Sandhagen he's still one fight away from the title.

Sandhagen should be cheering for TJ to get the belt after Yan vs. Aljo 2 because it would be very easy to remake this fight for the belt if Sandhagen beats literally anyone in the interim.

 

[16Skippy]

I think it's telling that all the judges had different scores. I had it for TJ but if they had given it to Sandhagan I wouldn't have been shocked or upset. The 'correct score' isn't as clear cut for this one, unlike Maverick-Barber where two judges clearly got it wrong.

 

[CDJ]

I don't see how you can give TJ the last round.

unjustifiable IMO

the score itself is fine but there’s no way he won round 5

 

[darko]

Dillashaw won 1 and 3 IMO. If you are going to give him another round it has to be round 4, not round 5.

 

[bov]

I'd have to watch again but I thought 4 was more in favor of Cory than round 5 was. Both very competitive. I wouldn't even argue Sandhagen winning both 4 and 5, but I thought 5 was a better round for TJ than 4. Such a close fight I'd have to re-watch though.

 

[CDJ]

Phillips- Paiva got FOTN

Yanez and Elkins got POTN

 

[m9]

Phillips- Paiva got FOTN

Yanez and Elkins got POTN

Surprised main event didn't take FOTN

 

[jcs0218]

I wonder if T.J. stayed away from the PEDs this time.

 

[Taytro]

I don't see how you can give TJ the last round.

I thought Cory clearly won round 4, and if the 3rd judge agreed with the 1st 2, then Cory wins the fight.

Regardless, I outside the first round I really don't think TJ did any head damage. A lot of leg kicks and a lot of back hugging. Kind of reminds me of the Holloway/Volkanovski fights.

I know this isn't how it works but.... 3/3 thought Cory won round 2, 2/3 judges thought Cory won round 4 and 2/3 Judges thought Cory won round 5... in my mind, by majority scoring, the Judges agree that Cory won 3 rounds... obviously scoring doesn't work like that but it would be interesting if it did.

 

[chicagoskycam]

I think TJ made up some ground with the leg kicks and aggressiveness. TJ was missing his headshots although he did get a few quick take downs, it’s never a good look to have a guy on your back against the cage.

really close fight

 

[YNWA14]

I actually thought Maycee won the 2nd and 3rd rounds against Maverick. Aside from getting her back briefly at the very end of the round I thought Barber was well ahead. I was very surprised when they said that Maverick landed more strikes that round.

TJ vs Sandhagen was a very close fight and I thought Sandhagen was going to get it. I dunno if anyone in this group beats Yan though.

 

[CDJ]

It really wasn’t defensible but the judging was off all night IMO. It was good to have so many finishes

 

[m9]

It really wasn’t defensible but the judging was off all night IMO. It was good to have so many finishes

Rounds 1/2/3/5 were all very clear to me. Round 4 I am fine either way, though I went TJ.

 

[CDJ]

Rounds 1/2/3/5 were all very clear to me. Round 4 I am fine either way, though I went TJ.

that’s pretty much exactly where I’m at, and I had 4 going to sandhagen

It certainly isn’t a robbery, but Idk how anybody could watch that 5th round and give it to dillashaw just because he’s moving forward

 

[m9]

that’s pretty much exactly where I’m at, and I had 4 going to sandhagen

It certainly isn’t a robbery, but Idk how anybody could watch that 5th round and give it to dillashaw just because he’s moving forward

People don't understand the scoring system...but that doesn't excuse the judges.

 

[YNWA14]

I agree with the stance that there's no way to give TJ the 5th round, IMO. Thought the fight was close regardless but that's a bizarre card. Not at all surprising that it was Sal D'Amato's.