well oliver,

the worst decision has to be nakasako-stan.

with only one promoter in the world who pays what the k-1 pays, it's little wonder athletes with a mere 10 year [or shorter] career will be interested in risking damage to the money tree.

in defense of the judges though, i don't think they are in favor of japanese fighters over foreign fighters. musashi himself was robbed in the fight against braga. they were using the iska 1/2 point system. at the end of the fight each of the judges had to round the 1/2 point to whole numbers. if they all rounded up or down, musashi would have won. one of the judges rounded up and the other rounded down, both against musashi. the result was a majority draw rather than a majority decision.

also, in most cases the outcome is not affected. abidi beat kusatsu both in the ring and on the scorecard. the fact that it was a split decision was shocking but the winner in the ring and on the scorecard was still the same person.

in short, i don't think the judges are out to screw fighters. they just are poor at evaluating fights. perhaps they have expectations and get lost when they aren't met. kustsu was doing well on the losing end of his fight with abidi. it threw the judge off. skelton wasn't brawling with van dams. even the commentators were saying "what's wrong with skelton?"

back to aerts-filho, if aerts is healthy and doesn't get knocked out. i expect the judges to have these two fight 5 rounds. filho has been forced into overtime a lot. i don't see any reason not to expect it this time.