UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier is fed up with current judging criteria after watching Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen at UFC 320.
UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili successfully defended his title with another dominant performance at UFC 320 earlier this month against Cory Sandhagen. Dvalishvili racked up an astonishing 20 takedowns in his unanimous decision victory, nearly knocking out Sandhagen halfway through the fight.
UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier was impressed with Dvalishvili’s performance in the Octagon. Dvalishvili’s ruthless wrestling style is similar to Cormier’s, albeit with different elements.
MMA judging/scoring remains a hot topic as the sport continues to grow. Several controversial moments in the UFC this year have revolved around questionable scoring, and Cormier believes Dvalishvili’s performance points to a major problem with the way takedowns are scored.
Daniel Cormier starts takedown scoring after facing Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 320
In a recent episode of Good guy/bad guyCormier criticized the way takedowns are considered in MMA’s current scoring system after watching UFC 320.
“I’ve long had a problem with the way they score Mixed Martial Arts takedowns,” Cormier said.
“The MMA takedown is a problem, the way they score MMA takedowns is the problem. A takedown should be when you go to the mat, a takedown shouldn’t be when you get back up and the guy picks you up and puts you down again.
“They should get us in a room, let’s tell them what a takedown is and then those numbers won’t seem so big. Merab didn’t get 20 takedowns, Merab probably got five or six takedowns and he got 14 checkmate returns.” (h/t Bloody elbow)
Cormier referenced several wrestling “resets” during Dvalishvili’s fight with Sandhagen. In Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington’s welterweight title rematch, Cormier got away with Covington’s takedown attempt midway through the fight, which was not ‘scored’ in the official stats.
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