UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier is fed up with the present judging standards after watching Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen at UFC 320.
UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili efficiently defended his title with one other dominant efficiency at UFC 320 earlier this month in opposition to Cory Sandhagen. Dvalishvili landed an astonishing 20 takedowns in his unanimous determination victory and almost knocked out Sandhagen halfway by means of the struggle.
UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier was impressed by Dvalishvili’s efficiency within the Octagon. Dvalishvili’s relentless wrestling-heavy type is much like Cormier’s, albeit with totally different parts.
MMA judging/scoring continues to be a scorching subject as the game continues to develop. A number of controversial moments within the UFC this yr have been centered round questionable scoring, and Cormier believes Dvalishvili’s efficiency factors to a big situation with how takedowns are valued.
Daniel Cormier goes off on takedown scoring after watching Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 320
In a latest episode of Good Man/Unhealthy Man, Cormier railed in opposition to how takedowns are thought-about in MMA’s present scoring system after watching UFC 320.
“I’ve lengthy had an issue with how they rating Combined Martial Arts takedowns,” Cormier stated.
“The MMA takedown is an issue, the way in which that they rating MMA takedowns is the issue. A takedown ought to be while you go to the mat, a takedown shouldn’t be while you get again up and the man picks you up and places you again down.
“They need to get us in a room, allow us to inform them what a takedown is after which these numbers gained’t appear so massive. Merab didn’t get 20 takedowns, Merab most likely obtained 5 or 6 takedowns and he obtained 14 mat returns.” (h/t Bloody Elbow)
Cormier referenced a number of grappling ‘resets’ throughout Dvalishvili’s struggle with Sandhagen. In Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington’s welterweight title rematch, Cormier went off on Covington’s mid-fight takedown try not being ‘scored’ within the official stats.
