Mixed Martial Arts judging needs a bit of tweaking and revising

There’s an old adage in mixed martial arts “never leave a fight in the hands of the judges.”

Part of this is philosophical and encourages fighters to finish the fight with a knockout or a submission. The flip side to this is that a fighter may think they won the fight, but the judges see it a different way, resulting in a loss for them.

During UFC 208 last weekend, fans were a bit irked because of couple of fights that went to judges’ decisions, particularly in the co-main event where former middleweight champion Anderson Silva defeated Derrick Brunson.

Although some folks had Brunson winning...