Round 4, Condit landed 7 times the amount of strikes Lawler did in that round. Lawler only landed 6 strikes compared to Condit's 42.
Like I said, hard to call. Truly, I couldn't have seen Robbie taking it by points based off of effective strikes landed, but lets remember that when it comes to judging these fights, they look at other things.
Judges shall evaluate mixed martial arts techniques, such as effective striking, effective grappling,
control of the ring/fighting area, effective aggressiveness and defense.
Evaluations shall be made in the order in which the techniques appear in (c) above, giving the most weight in scoring to effective striking, effective grappling,
control of the fighting area and effective aggressiveness and defense.
Effective striking is judged by determining the total number of legal strikes landed by a contestant.
Effective grappling is judged by considering the amount of successful executions of a legal takedown and reversals. Examples of factors to consider are take downs from standing position to mount position, passing the guard to mount position, and bottom position fighters using an active threatening guard.
Fighting area control is judged by determining who is dictating the pace, location and position of the bout. Examples of factors to consider are countering a grappler's attempt at takedown by remaining standing and legally striking, taking down an opponent to force a ground fight, creating threatening submission attempts, passing the guard to achieve mount, and creating striking opportunities.
Effective aggressiveness means moving forward and landing a legal strike.
Effective defense means avoiding being struck, taken down or reversed while countering with offensive attacks.
Maybe they weighed certain aspects heavier than others. I remember faintly that Lawler seemed to control where the fight was going.
Again, I'd love to see what the judges' scorecards look like.
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