SCORING BOUTS AND
DETERMINING
A WINNER BY DECISION

• All Event Officials can ONLY be Event Officials at an ISCF Sanctioned Event!
  • Officials CAN NOT work a corner for a fighter during a show they are an official on.
  • Officials CAN NOT work with fighters on the event they are officials on. This includes helping with hand wrapping, warming fighters up, etc. etc.
  • Officials of course CAN NOT be an official on a bout where they know or train one or both of the fighters. If you are an official and see a fighter that you know well on a bout you may be assigned to work, it is your duty and responsibility to EXCUSE yourself from the bout so that the event Representative can assign a replacement for you.
• The IS NOT an issue about our TRUST in you as an ISCF Official. Of course we have great trust in your integrity or none of you would be an official with the ISCF. This is about the PERCEPTION of what others who are watching may think they are seeing. NONE of us can afford to be or want to be a victim of misunderstood PERCEPTION.

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 ISCF Certified Judges shall determine the bout winner.

• GENERAL JUDGING
  • All matches will be judged by (3) three ISCF Certified Judges.
    • Potential Scores - Not counting any point deductions:
      • 10-10
      • 10-9
      • 10-8
  • 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
    1. Strike Knockdown
    2. High Impact Takedown or Slam
    3. 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.

• 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, scorekeeper or assistant scorekeeper will collect a SINGLE ROUND SCORECARD from each Judge and deliver them all to the ISCF Event Representative or ISCF Event Scorekeeper. At this point, the ISCF Event Representative or ISCF Event Scorekeeper will log the scores on the Master Scoresheet as shown below. After the ISCF Representative AND ISCF Event Scorekeeper confirm all the scores for accuracy, they will hand the final decision to the ring announcer.

Example Of The Use Of The Master Scorecard For Single Round Scoring

JUDGES DECISIONS THAT MAY BE RENDERED

1. UNANIMOUS DECISION: Indicates that all three judges awarded the same fighter the winner on points.
2. SPLIT DECISION: Indicates that two judges scored the fight for one fighter and the other judge scored the fight for the other fighter.
3. MAJORITY DECISION: Indicates that two judges scored the fight for one fighter and the other judge scored the bout a draw.
4. 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 whether or not to fight 1 extra draw breaking round. Draw breaking rounds shall be 3 minutes in length.