Henderson vs. Cerrone Round One: By the Numbers
by Rich Wyatt on Oct 12, 2009 8:15 PM EDT
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For those that were interested, Fight Metric released the stats from the Henderson vs. Cerrone fight on Saturday night. Most observers in the MMA blogosphere seem to be in agreement that Henderson won rounds 2 and 3 with Cerrone winning rounds 4 and 5, meaning that the fight's winner should be determined by how round one was scored. So how did the numbers break down concerning round one?
Total Strikes:
Henderson- 28 landed strikes.
Cerrone- 5 landed strikes.
Takedowns:
Henderson- 1 landed of 3 attempted.
Cerrone- 0 landed of 0 attempted.
Submission Attempts:
Henderson- 0
Cerrone- 2
I realize that numbers don't always tell the whole story, and that's most certainly the case with round one of this fight. Cerrone had a nasty choke locked in that appeared to come very close to winning him the fight. Henderson was somehow able to escape and do some very good work in the remainder of this round. Rounds like this are, in my opinion, good for MMA. It opens up dialogue for fans to discuss judging criteria. The competitiveness of the fight also sets both fighters up nicely for a possible future remtach. In my opinion, both guys have a legit claim to having won that fight. I gave a narrow decision to Henderson but could definitely see an argument for Cerrone getting the nod as well. Or even a draw.
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It’s really too bad that some supposed controversy in the scoring detracts from what a fucking awesome fight this was (there were a couple of more blatant examples of bad reffing/judging on the very same card).
The submission attempt and the strikes could very well have cancelled each other out, 10-10 scores for rounds are used too seldom IMO
Bloody hell.
Yea
Judges need to be schooled on 10-10 rounds…as well as 10-8 rounds.
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I didn’t see the fight at all, so I’m really looking at this objectively.
If Henderson outlanded Cerrone by a huge margin and scored a single takedown on 3 attempts then I can definitely see why the judges gave the nod to Henderson. In addition to that, I can see why Cerrone said that Henderson won the fight.
From what I hear these submission attempts were a big deal but how much significance do you place on a submission attempt? We have already seen how much value judges place on submission attempts. Do you place the same value on takedown attempts that you do submission attempts? And how much value do you place on the escapes?
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This 10-point must system should go away. What’s wrong with judging a fight overall?
I thought Benson won the fight but man, that was close. Like some others, I could see a case made for either. It kinda reminded me of the Serra/Hughes fight….very close. Those who thought Cowboy won this one probably thought Serra won…although Smooth definitely did more damage than Hughes did when he had top position. At the same time, Cowboy had Benson in more trouble than Serra did Hughes. /rambling
Anyway, awesome fight for sure.
by The Real T-Bone on Oct 13, 2009 9:36 AM EDT reply actions
yep
judging the fight as a whole would be good.
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