dopesmoker

kicks meant nothing to the judges, if corey were to have fell or lose composure from the leg kicks and emerson took advantage, one of two things wouldve happened, emmerson couldve ended the fight or he couldve got judges decision

emmerson had the nerve to say corey's punches didnt phase him, which is bullshit cause emmerson looked like he didnt want to get hit anymore.

corey was a sloppy fighter, got tired early and just had bad composure, against any fighter who can kick or clinch would own corey soooooo bad, I kept thinking, clinch the guy, throw some knees, take him to the ground and ground and pound, if you know what your doing the taller the fighter the more leverage you get to take them down

tecnotut

It doesn't matter whether both fighters were not impressive, what matters is who did more damage, and it is clear that Emerson did more damage to Hill than Hill to Emerson.

Corey is all bite and no bark. He's also a liar. He was 2-0 before the fhight, not 4-0. He even admitted lying to soemone that he was 8-0.

I don't know how D. White can coherently say Emerson won but the Judges were right. He talked two sides out of his mouth.

kds13

Anybody think this shows some problems in the UFC Scoring System?

I mean, octagon control, aggression?

How do you score that? You can easily score takedowns, reversals, sub attempts, good punches, kicks, and other strikes. But how can you tell who's being aggressive more of the fight? It always fluctuates throughout the round. I just don't really like the way judges have to "interpret" the fights.

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Demigorgon

I would give it to Emerson by a small margin, cause I think he won the 3rd round. I was really unimpressed with Corey after round 1, he really didn't show much aggression what so ever. It's too bad to, I really wanted him to be a killing machine. I just kept yelling "Do something!"

Alex_DeLarge

What the **** is this I keep hearing about "first round was a tie", there are no ****ing ties people, rarely do judges score "ties". If Penn didn't call it it a tie we wouldn't even be hearing about this and Corey would decisively win Round 1, which he did. Just as Emerson decisively won Round 2, and Corey edged out a decision in round 3. Simple as that, Emerson ****ing sucks.

Emerson is the Ross Pointon of Season 5.

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Chrisl972

As I was watching the fight I thought that Emerson could have taken it easily. The only thing was, he didn't. At the end of round three, I knew it was going to Hill. He went out there to win the fight. Sure he's sloppy and has no skill. But he went out there and pressed the pace and wanted to win. Emerson was trying to not lose. He did land the better strikes with the leg kicks, but to me it was more of a "if you come close to me, I'll kick you" kind of thing. That's not going to win you a fight. And it shouldn't win you a fight. He had every chance to get in and strike. He could have taken Corey down and controlled him. HE HAS NO GROUND SKILLS. The guy has not trained at all expect for what he's learned on the show.

Emerson had a lot of potential and he's shown that he doesn't have the heart.

We now know that the only reason his first fight was good was because Nate made it that way.

Pre Corey Hill fight...Emerson=
After Corey Hill fight...Emerson=

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ESPADA9

Emerson sucks because the way he approaches fights NOT because of his lack of skill (like Ross).
All Emerson would have to do is be more aggressive and have some confidence and he would have easily won.

Uchi

i didn't read any posts before this page so i'm gonna go ahead and say Corey is gonna get killed next fight, cuz someone is gonna take advantage of the leg kicks.

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Josh3239

Again, keep in mind guys. The judges also score the fight on octagon control and aggression.

Emerson needs to be more aggressive. Corey isn't going much further; he doesn't use his wrestling that he apparently has and he throws crappy arm punches.

Josh3239

Ehhh, your never gonna have a judge's decision that is always right on and your never gonna make a perfect system but there are definetly holes in the UFC scoring system.

You can only see octagon control and aggression in really dominating fights (like Lauzon vs Geraghty), but other that it is all discretion.