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Well, strangely enough it isn't Kevin Iole we get to call out first as a misinformed sensationalist, but Mike Chiappetta instead, thanks to his recent post on the "controversial" Couture vs. Vera fight at UFC 105. Steve Coefield would get called out the same way too thanks to his post at Cagewriter, but his post seems to be more a lack of understanding about how fights are scored, rather than Chiappetta's more strongly worded/MMA-impaired post about the so-called controversy.
But before we get started; was this a close fight? Absolutely. Was it challenging to score? Absolutely. That's why they have judges and criteria for judging MMA fights. We'll get deeper into this in later posts, but hit on a few things that even I can understand, which highlights exactly why those two posts above are sensational and misinformed about the results of the fight.
Was it controversial? No way. Close fight, but not controversial. If you want a controversial fight, how about Chase Beebe vs. Mike Easton at UWC 7? Couture vs Vera? No comparison. Here's why:
