FightMetric Report for UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II
Bloody Elbow — ... As usual, FightMetric released their report for the UFC 106 main event.  FightMetric isn't a be-all, end-all on its own, but it does provide a solid resource for discussion.  Under the ten-point must system, FightMetric scores the bout 29-27.  For the entire fight, the FightMetric Effective Score gave Griffin the advantage 294-137. ...

Was the Third Round of Ortiz vs. Griffin a 10-8 Round?
Watch Kalib Run — One of the pseudo-controversies of the Ortiz-Griffin fight was whether or not the third round was a 10-8 round in favor of Griffin. WKR certainly thought it was but the judges didn't agree. As is always the case with close fights WKR looks towards statistical analysis to get a better sense of what happened. Fight Metric provides some very one sided data for the third round. Holy crap, Ortiz's performance rating for the third round was crap. Just seven punches thrown by Ortiz in the third round, yikes. ...

Breaking down the Tito / Forrest decision
Fightlinker.com — ... gave the round to Griffin, a closer look into their striking and grappling numbers for that round show Tito with more strikes and more grappling. ...

My Subjective Decision is Better: Looking at Controversial Decisions from a Different Angle
MMA Ratings — [image] By E. Spencer Kyte ( espencerkyte@mmaratings.net ) Quickly: Who is getting the better of this exchange? The fact of the matter is that there is no definitive answer, and getting three people to agree certainly wouldn't be the easiest task of the day. In all honesty, coming up with a definitive answer to the first question depends on how you respond to a series of related questions first: Which strike landed first? Who initiated the action? Where are you sitting? Does Machida's punch connect? Did Rua's kick land? If a consensus can't be reached looking at a photograph, why are so many people up in arms when the same ...

My Subjective Decision is Better: Looking at Controversial Decisions from a Different Angle
MMA Ratings — [image] By E. Spencer Kyte ( espencerkyte@mmaratings.net ) Quickly: Who is getting the better of this exchange? The fact of the matter is that there is no definitive answer , and getting three people to agree certainly wouldn't be the easiest task of the day. In all honesty, coming up with a definitive answer to the first question depends on how you respond to a series of related questions first: Which strike landed first? Who initiated the action? Where are you sitting? Does Machida's punch connect? Did Rua's kick land? If a consensus can't be reached looking at a photograph, why are so many people up in arms when the ...