Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-33532122-20180525160710/@comment-68.40.152.247-20180529171432

Nyanimations wrote: Hattati wrote: Spoiler Alert!!!

Wtf! That Till guy beat another fighter i ilke, first cowBOY now wonderBOY he doesn't like boys for sure.. I'm happy for Magny though. Hahaha..! Lol! Didn't notice that one. I might need to rewatch but that 49-46 is bullshit. Even the ultra close TJ-Cruz was a narrow split decision and TJ could have gotten the nod too (despite me being Cruz fan). I got 48-47 Wonderboy from both times I watched this fight. After you mentioned the crowd cheering, even when Till missed the majority of his shots, and I think that has a bigger effect on judging than we would like to believe. I have a theory on why Wonderboy doesn't ever get the close decision when a fight is basically a draw. 1). Wonderboy is used to point fighting, where only clean strikes are rewarded points. In reality, Till only landed 1 clean strike, which dropped him, and leads me to my next point.  2). WB doesn't have a strong chin. He is so good at making his opponent miss, that even when it looks like a shot connects, he still avoids thee brunt of the force. The only way to tell if WB took a good shot is if he goes down. It was the same with the T Wood fight. His opponents throw more strikes, but they rarely land clean. 3) He is too patient.  Some fighters will take a shot to land a shot.  That doesn't work in point fighting.  He makes his opponent miss before he moves in, so against a coward like Woodley, he looks like he is backing up, or afraid to engage.  These judges don't have enough solid criteria to judge a striking match like this.  In an MMA fight where neither fighter clearly outshines the other, Thompson will always be disadvantaged as far as scoring.  I can't see any area in the fight where Till was more dominant.  He's always an underdog as far as decisions.  Till had the home advantage, and Woodley was the champ.  Those are the only 2 factors that cost him his 3 losses.  I agree he was too careful, and should have been more aggressive, but the same could be said for Till.  I honestly like Till, and would love to see him in the right division.  I just feel like this is the 3rd time WB was robbed of a W, and it's sad to see that happen to a good, honest, and humble dude like Thompson. His recent record doesn't tell the whole story, and he still hasn't lost a decisive fight.