UFC 86: Preview and Predictions...By Jay Graziani

[Frank]

Originally Posted by Oddessa

Adalaide Byrd who scored it 48-46, gave 4 and 5 to Jackson and Griffin 1, 2 and 3 with 2 as 10-8

Nelson Hamilton had it 48-46 with 1 and 4 for Jackson, and Griffin getting 2 10-8

Roy Silbert had it 49-46 with only round 4 for Jackson

My scorecard was exactly the same as Nelson Hamilton

[JCNovak]

I had rd 1, 10-9 Rampage, the fact that 2 judges scored that round for Griffin should qualify them to never judge again. Rd 2, I had at 10-8 Griffin but thats pretty generous since Griffin did very little damage. Rounds 3-4 I had at 10-9 Rampage based on landing the more effective strikes. Round 5 was basically a tossup IMO but I gave a slight edge to Griffin 10-9. In a title fight that close I think it has to be either a draw or decision goes to champ. This fight had a Bisping/Hamill feel to it IMO. I think the UFC will get what they were hoping for, a Liddel/Forrest fight in the near future.

[littleogre]

Originally Posted by drunkguy

unfortunately it is scored on a round-by-round system so you have to look at each round independently

did forrest win 3 out of 5? I think so.

In any case, I don;t really think you can find any way to justify a decision to Rampage...if you wanna call it a draw, fine, but I definitely don;t think Rampage earned the win

Well i just think that in a close round that is as they say to close call the champ should always get the nod. I also think only a biased person would give round 1 to griffin. I already gave griffin his props but lets face it he slapped his way to victory well except he mainly used his legs but you get my point. With the exception of a couple really good leg kicks griffin never really hurt rampage.