"""Back on old topic re judging Thai way will not make it popular with the public.. this is do do, whenever I have explained it the public appreciate it. It's an old argument used by people who can't accept Muay thai is Muay Thai and therefor should be scored as it is in Thailand. Any other way and it's NOT the same """

I think it's a cop out you stating ""It's an old argument used by people who can't accept Muay thai is Muay Thai""

I can accept Muay Thai the way it is and I love it for the way it is. But to say that that the thai way of judging is not too confusing for the general public and will not hold back the sports growth in terms of attracting new fans and enjoying the same sort of growth as MMA has is akin to burying your head in the sand.

I've tried explaining it to my freinds; quite a few of whom actually did it with me when we 16 for a few years and they struggled to understand the reasoning behind the judging (especially not scoring the first round) and got bored pretty quick with my attempts at explaning why. There lies the problem; the VAST majority of people will not want to educate themselves on the finer points of MT scoring when all most of them want to see is a good scrap from which they can tell who is the winner at the end.

On the rare occasions I get them to watch it when they come round they can't believe that "they do sweet fu*k all for the first three minutes".

Dazza either your friends are very bright (which I hate to remind you can not be said of Joe Public) or you're sh*t hot at explaining stuff.