Hi Olddog, I did speak to you in the ring after the decision, after the fight and at the aftershow party, but David Mc is right, you should really post on the POS4 thread if you want to discuss it in public. My side of things is still the same until I get the footage, I didn't see the majority of the fight, but thought Ocana was not fouling and scoring from the limited parts I saw, but moreover, everyone I spoke to, thought it was a fair decision except your group. The majority of those thought Dzmitry was going to win easily though. As for the fact Dzmitry was throwing a large variety of technique, that doesn't really matter and is far down the list in terms of priority when judging, compared with kicking the body, straight knee's, unbalancing the opponent and ideally following up with another good score etc. I understand you were dissappointed, as was Dzmitiry, but he soon got over it and seemed to have had a good time all in when I spoke to him at the aftershow party.

This new change in the rules, was made after my event and is only in Lumpini, I guess they will experiment with it there and if it proves successful then there would probably be widespread use of the rules in Thailand and we'd follow suit. Tony suggested that under these rules, perhaps, it would have been a different result and Dzmitiry would have won, but like it or not, the type of throws Ocana was scoring with is a part of the modern sport and until this is changed throughout then there is no real argument. But if you want to discuss it, please post on the POS4 thread.


Thanks for the explanation Rob! Really glad they are trying to keep and encourage god technical clinch, as I feel its an important part of the sport IMO. This does sound like a positive move, I'm looking forward to seeing how it pans out when I get over in August.