Why did Michael Bisping beat Matt Hamil?

That was the most bullshit judging I have ever seen. Matt Hamil dominated in grappling, agressivesness, and ring control for all three rounds easy. And dominated in striking in the first and second rounds and argueably the third round aswell. I thought it was going to be a 30-27 unanimous decision by all the judges. Load of crap. England needs to clean up its athletic commision. But if anybody can even offer me some arguement of why Bisping should have won I'd be happy.

Why did Michael Bisping beat Matt Hamil?
I think that the decision should have gone to Hamill, but not as a 30-27 decision. I can even see why the split decision went to Bisping (even if I don't agree with it)





Without a doubt Hamill owned the first round. However, after that he started to steadily go down hill.





I think Matt lost points because of his lack of grappling. He was able to take down Bisping at will, but failed to follow it up with anything outside of putting him in headlock and throwing punches a few times. Heck there were a couple times he took Bisping down and just stood there and let him get back up--not exactly being aggressive for a world class wrestler. Also, what little attempts Hamill made at grappling (headlock and punch technique and a few transitions), Bisping was able to counter and escape, surely awarding him some points in the judges book.





Also Hamill's striking went downhill as the fight progressed. By the third round he was throwing the same 1-2 combination on nearly all attacks with his hands down unless he was blocking his head. And yes he was kept going forward, but the near number of punches he threw did not come near the number Bisping threw, many of which were in a 3 or 4 combination. Aggression is questionable in this case as well.





Like I said, I can see why it went to Bisping, but I don't agree with it.
Reply:Bisping obviously won, otherwise the UFC would have to figure out another way to market the UFC in the UK. Paying the judges off was a much cheaper solution.
Reply:yea i totally agree with you theres noway Bisping won that fight....sounds almost like Cecil Peoples was paid off bc Bisping was fightng in his homeland...another fight Cecil f#*ks up.....WAR HAMILL.......also to add everone keeps saying that cecil people was the only judge that score for Hamill.....but thats not true even ufc.com is wrong saying that he scored all 3 rounds to Hamill rewatch the fight and at the end cecil scored the bout 29-28 Bisping
Reply:One judge got it right, one ******* judge. I don't know if its the ufc or the Brits but they lost a lot of respect to night and it will be next to impossible to get it back
Reply:This is a slap in the face to ufc fans, that should have never happened way to go Danna.
Reply:I just sent an email to Randy White, complaining of the judging of this fight. In my view the judging was a disgrace. I am not American so frankly I did not care who won the fight, but I just wanted to see fair judging. Either the politics, judges or point system must change, or I will stop watching this league.
Reply:Very Simply, he won b/c Dana White has decided that growing the UFC in new markets is more important than maintaining the integrity of the sport. Welcome to the new UFC, where brand building rules.


Congratulations Dana, you have sold out the fans that left boxing b/c of the corruption that valued ticket sales over real decisions -- I hope you and Don King have a good time together.


The only recourse available - don't order the next UFC pay per view. And please DO NOT ask for a rematch - that only uncourages this garbage.
Reply:UFC is crap - they cheat or rig regularly now: Bisping's decision and they restrict Bisping's opponents - which is why he is dropping weigh class - not cause he has a shot at winning a belt, but they can have him fight all the mediocre fighters in that class too for a while to keep draw UK interest- (I guess the UFC think the British will like watching a hometown fighter more than a great fighter). They restricted Tito Ortiz opponents to just guys just named Ken Shamrock for a while, to make it seem as if he was still (or ever a contender- Tito was the UFC first Marketing Champion as opposed to the real great fighting champion Frank Shamrock). Also cheated with the Mirko Crocop standup against Gonzaga.
Reply:Only on the judges scorecard.
Reply:Nobody can defend the judging that took place last night. I am waiting to hear the judges defense. I guarantee there will be no substance to it. I feel bad for Hamill. He'll be back though, he's a great fighter