SCORING
BOUTS AND
DETERMINING
A WINNER BY
DECISION
It is the official ring referee's duty to determine and
announce all submissions and knockouts or other bout stoppages.
However, if there is no submission, knockout, or stop of the bout by a
referee, cornerman, fighter, etc., by the end of the bout time limit, then the
(3) three required ringside judges shall determine the bout winner.
- GENERAL JUDGING
- All matches will be judged by (3) three qualified ISCF
MMA ringside judges.
- Potential Scores - Not counting any point deductions:
- The ISCF Judges guidelines for good
decisions are:
- Standup Striking
- Clinch Fighting Takedowns
- Positioning Submissions
- Ground Striking
- Overall Control
- MMA striking nor grappling has any more importance than any other part of a
fight as far as efficacy.
- As the "Knockdown" is in Kickboxing/Boxing, there are actually "3"
dominate Scoring techniques in MMA. They are
- Strike Knockdown
- High Impact Takedown or Slam
- Near Attempted Submission
- SCORING THE ROUNDS
- If the round is EVEN, Both fighters will be scored a 10 for the round.
- The fighter who controls a round will be given a score of 10 for the round
while the other fighter will be given a score of 9 for the round.
- If a round is "Dominated" by 1 fighter and he/she scores 1 or
several Strike Knockdowns, High Impact Takedowns/Slams or Near Submissions the "Dominating"
Fighter shall be scored a 10 while his/her opponent shall be scored an 8.
- One move cannot take an entire round away when the other fighter is
winning.
ISCF
AMATEUR JUDGE'S SCORECARD FOR A
THREE ROUND
FIGHT
|
ISCF AMATEUR MMA BOUT SCORECARD |
|
WEIGHTCLASS
________________________ |
BOUT
____
|
TITLE - IF ONE
________________________ |
|
CITY: ___________________________
EVENT DATE: ____/____/____
STATE/PROV: _____________________ COUNTRY:
_________________
|
|
________________________
______________CORNER
|
VS |
________________________
______________CORNER
|
|
ROUND TOTAL |
REFEREE POINT DEDUCT |
ROUND SCORE |
ROUND
|
ROUND SCORE |
REFEREE POINT DEDUCT |
ROUND TOTAL |
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
-1-
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
-2-
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
-3-
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
|
____ |
LIST TOTAL REFEREE POINT
DEDUCTIONS HERE |
____ |
|
|
____ |
LIST TOTAL BOUT SCORES HERE -
CIRCLE WINNER - |
____ |
|
PLEASE EXPLAIN REFEREE POINT DEDUCTIONS
BELOW
RED:
__________________________________________________________
BLUE:
_________________________________________________________
JUDGE PRINT
NAME:_____________________________________
JUDGE SIGN CARD:
________________________________________ |
ISCF
AMATEUR JUDGE'S SCORECARD FOR A
FOUR ROUND
FIGHT
|
ISCF AMATEUR MMA BOUT SCORECARD |
|
WEIGHTCLASS
________________________ |
BOUT
____
|
TITLE - IF ONE
________________________ |
|
CITY: ___________________________
EVENT DATE: ____/____/____
STATE/PROV: _____________________ COUNTRY:
_________________
|
|
________________________
______________CORNER
|
VS |
________________________
______________CORNER
|
|
ROUND TOTAL |
REFEREE POINT DEDUCT |
ROUND SCORE |
ROUND
|
ROUND SCORE |
REFEREE POINT DEDUCT |
ROUND TOTAL |
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
-1-
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
-2-
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
-3-
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
-4-
|
____ |
____ |
____ |
|
____ |
LIST TOTAL REFEREE POINT
DEDUCTIONS HERE |
____ |
|
|
____ |
LIST TOTAL BOUT SCORES HERE -
CIRCLE WINNER - |
____ |
|
PLEASE EXPLAIN REFEREE POINT DEDUCTIONS
BELOW
RED:
__________________________________________________________
BLUE:
_________________________________________________________
JUDGE PRINT
NAME:_____________________________________
JUDGE SIGN CARD:
________________________________________ |
ISCF
MMA JUDGE'S SCORECARD FOR
INDIVIDUALLY
SCORED ROUNDS
Recommended For "ALL" Bouts
MANDATORY
For ALL TITLE BOUTS - Pro AND Amateur
|
ISCF MMA BOUT SCORECARD _____AMATEUR
- _____PRO |
|
WEIGHTCLASS
________________________ |
BOUT
____
|
TITLE - IF ONE
________________________ |
|
CITY: ___________________________
EVENT DATE: ____/____/____
STATE/PROV: _____________________ COUNTRY:
_________________
|
|
________________________ FIGHTERS
NAME
______________ CORNER COLOR
|
VS |
________________________ FIGHTERS
NAME
______________ CORNER COLOR
|
|
ROUND SCORE |
ROUND
|
ROUND SCORE |
|
____
|
________
|
____
|
|
JUDGE PRINT
NAME:_______________________________________
JUDGE SIGN CARD:
________________________________________
|
- At the conclusion of the bout's three (3) rounds, each judge's scorecards
will be counted.
- FULL BOUT SCORECARDS
- If using a FULL BOUT Scorecards, Any point deductions will be made by the
judges on his/her scorecard, and checked by the ISCF
Event Representative. The ISCF Event
Representative will check all the judges scorecards for accuracy before handing
the final decision to the ring announcer.
- SINGLE ROUND SCORE CARDS
- If using SINGLE ROUND SCORECARDS, Any point deductions will be made by the
judges on his/her scorecard, and checked by the ISCF
Event Representative. After each round, the referee will collect a SINGLE ROUND
SCORECARD from each Judge and deliver them all to the ISCF
Event Representative. At this point, the ISCF
Event Representative will log the scores on the Master Scoresheet as shown
below. After the ISCF Representative
confirms all the scores for accuracy, he/she will hand the final decision to the
ring announcer.
Example Of The Use Of The Master
Scorecard For Single Round Scoring
|
JUDGE - ROUND |
ROUND ONE TOTAL SCORE |
ROUND TWO TOTAL SCORE |
ROUND THREE TOTAL SCORE |
|
RED |
BLUE |
RED |
BLUE |
RED |
BLUE |
|
JOHN DOE |
10 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
|
BOB DOE |
10 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
|
JEFF DOE |
9 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
|
TOTAL |
29 |
28 |
29 |
28 |
29 |
28 |
|
Winner: RED CORNER by: unanimous
decision |
JUDGES DECISIONS THAT MAY BE RENDERED
If there is no submission, knockout, or stop of the bout by a
referee, cornerman, fighter, etc., by the end of the bout time limit, the (3)
three required ringside judges shall determine the bout winner. This shall be
determined after the judge's scorecards have been counted to determine the
winner of the bout.
The types of judges' decisions that can be rendered are
set forth below.
- UNANIMOUS DECISION: Indicates that all three judges awarded the
same fighter the winner on points.
- SPLIT DECISION: Indicates that two judges scored the fight for one
fighter and the other judge scored the fight for the other fighter.
- MAJORITY DECISION: Indicates that two judges scored the fight for
one fighter and the other judge scored the bout a draw.
- DRAW: Indicates that one judge had the fight for one fighter, one
judge had the fight for the other fighter, and the third judge had the fight
even. It could also mean that all three judges scored the fight a draw or that
two of the three judges scored it a draw.
- IN THE EVENT OF A DRAW
- If there is a draw, the Matchmaker will resort back to the agreement
he/she made during the event matchmaking whenter or not to fight 1 extra draw
breaking round. Draw breaking rounds shall be 3 minutyes in length.