How to Properly Judge Fights in MMA
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From casual fans to hardcore MMA psychopaths, there is still a widespread misunderstanding of how fights are actually meant to be scored and judged. Even after the official Unified Rules of MMA were updated in 2017 to make the language even more clear, we run into this problem - even on the professional level by judges, commentators, and the fighters themselves. Ed Gallo and Sriram Muralidaran are here to explain and contextualize the official rules of MMA and correct common misconceptions.