Judging controversy in ‘fight of the decade’ Garcia vs Jung
In what Joe Rogan called “the fight of the decade’ Chan Sung Jung defeated Leonard Garcia via split decision –…
In what Joe Rogan called “the fight of the decade’ Chan Sung Jung defeated Leonard Garcia via split decision – 29-28, 28-29,29-28
Here’s how some of the top MMA media members scored the bout:
Josh Gross scored it 29-28 Jung
Ray Hui scored it 29-28 Jung
Brent Brookhouse scored it 29-28 Garcia
Sherdog scored it unanimously 30-27 Jung
MMA Junkie scored it 29-28 Jung
MMA Weekly scored it 28-28 draw
Let’s take a look at the FightMetric Effectiveness Scores and their extrapolated ten-point must decision:
Garcia Jung TPM
Round 1 53 198 10-9 J
Round 2 160 158 10-10
Round 3 110 145 10-9 J
Total 323 515 30-28 J
For the fight as a whole, Jung outlanded Garcia in every category with the exception of leg kicks, including total strikes (106-71) and HiPer strikes (78-52).
Rounds two and three that make the fight difficult to score. Jung outlanded Garcia 32-25 in the second frame, but landed a virtually equal number of HiPer strikes. Garcia outlanded Jung in round three, though Jung landed the more effective power shots to the head (13-8).