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Both scoring systems still use all 8 weapons. Don't be so dramatic/fanatical by implying that it's radically changed such as footballers using their hands.
I agree that the fight probably shouldn't be advertised as 'Full Thai Rules' if it isn't scored in the same manner as it would be in Thailand. Perhaps some other name (i.e. Western Rules) or something should be stated up front so that the different scoring system is acknowledged.
JWP vs Jordan would be a great fight. Yes, Jordan fought Buakaw recently and did well, and congrats to him for that, but his resume isn't anywhere near as impressive as JWPs. JWP cuts hard to make 72.5kg, so he's a big boy at that weight. Pro Boxing record attests to his hand quality and we all know his Thailand trained lineage. UK to Aus airfares though will hurt the pocket of any Aussie or UK promoter :(, so I don't know if we'll ever see this happen.
JWP said after the fight that 'Yod probably would have won if the fight took place in Thailand.' Surely that will suffice for an acknowledgement of the decision, as well as being a testament to how much of a humble gentleman JWP is.
Considering in the first two fights JWP got dropped and convincingly lost, I don't think you can say he went into this fight with the exact same gameplan, given the result.