James - cornwall without wanting to cause offence though, it only seems to be you, and phillipe who are confused!!

You only have my word on this, but in all honesty I'm completely impartial, I couldn't have cared less who won/lost the fight, I don't know either of the 2 guys.I agree with you, from a spectators point of view and considering it was a world title fight, I thought it was scrappy and not great to watch (and no I couldnt do better!)

As it goes, my understanding of Muay Thai scoring has come from what I figured out and been told myself, not in anyway by Tony Myers, although I greatly admire his work. Still I found Jackson the winner based on my understanding of the scoring, and in no way was I confused or in doubt about it.Jamal was ahead in first 3 rounds but his agressive punching style was having very little real effect vis a vis slowing Jackson down or knocking him out.In the last 2 important rounds Jackson successfully weathered the storm and mainly scored left body kicks with relative ease.

Im glad your pushing this though mate because there definately needs to be a greater understanding of the rules of MT in the UK especially as you point out with the lower level of most fighters here, making it sometimes more difficult to score