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Farah Hannoun and MMA Junkie Radio

Why John McCarthy thinks odd judge out is often right when scoring bouts

John McCarthy thinks that one judge having a drastically different scorecard for an MMA fight compared to his colleagues isn’t always a bad thing.

The original UFC referee and MMA pioneer sees the scenario often, in which two judges agree on one scorecard, but the third counts it as something completely different.

That third judge is often chastised, but McCarthy argues that unorthodox fighters make it difficult to score fights. He used a UFC legend as an example to explain his case.

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