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Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping wants MMA judges to be held accountable<\/a> for their errors.<\/p>\n

The former champ weighed in on the topic on a recent episode of his\u00a0Believe You Me<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>podcast, first criticizing the oft-used MMA adage “never leave it in the hands of judges.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate that expression because no fighter wants to leave it in the hands of the judges,\u201d Bisping said (via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cNo fighter has ever, ever thought, \u2018Oooo, you know what I\u2019m gonna do? I\u2019m gonna leave this in the hands of three random people that I\u2019ve never met. I\u2019m gonna work my ass off for several months, I\u2019m gonna put my career on the line, I\u2019m gonna put my health on the line, I\u2019m gonna fight in a fight and what I\u2019m gonna do is a strategy: I\u2019m gonna leave it in the hands of the judges because we all know they all make a lot of mistakes so that\u2019s what I\u2019m gonna do.\u2019<\/p>\n

“Nobody ever plans it,” Bisping added. “You want to get in, get out. You don\u2019t get paid for overtime. If you can get a quick knockout, great! Unfortunately, when you are fighting the best guys in the world, and you are also one of the best guys in the world, you can\u2019t always get them out of there.\u201d<\/p>\n

When MMA judges err, it doesn’t just deprive a deserving fighter of a win. Most fighters in MMA are paid show and win money, and only receive the second amount if they’re victorious. A bad decision, then, can greatly affect a fighter’s income.<\/p>\n

For that reason, Bisping wants judges to be held accountable\u2014the same way they would be in most other lines of work.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost every event there\u2019s an outlandish fight that\u2019s scored,\u201d Bisping said. \u201cEven commentating I\u2019ve been like, \u2018What the f*ck? How did that judge even come to that conclusion?\u2019 I\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll say it again, they need to be held accountable. Number one, these guys are doing a job. They\u2019re doing a job. They get paid! So you\u2019ve got to do that job well. In any other walk of life if you do a sh*t job, you get fired!<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I say held accountable, it\u2019s very simple,” Bisping continued. “If there\u2019s an outlandish score that doesn\u2019t make sense, he sits in a room with two or three other judges and you explain why you scored that round that way, and if you can\u2019t give a feasible excuse that\u2019s rational and believable, then you\u2019re either incompetent or inaccurate and either way you\u2019re not fit for the f*cking job. It\u2019s as simple as that and I don\u2019t understand why that isn\u2019t implemented.<\/p>\n

\u201c… Sometimes one judge\u2019s decision can change your life, change the amount of money you\u2019re about to earn, might make you champion of the world, might make you not champion of the world,” Bisping concluded. “This is high stakes!”<\/p>\n

What do you think of these comments from Michael Bisping? Does MMA judging need an overhaul?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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