19 CRR-NY 212.8NY-CRR
19 CRR-NY 212.8
19 CRR-NY 212.8
212.8 Method of judging and scoring.
(a) The method of judging professional mixed martial contests or exhibitions must comply with the 10-point-must system of scoring professional matches.
(b) Under the 10-point-must scoring system, 10 points must be awarded to the winner of the round and 9 points or less must be awarded to the loser, except for a rare even round, which is scored 10-10.
(c) Judges shall evaluate mixed martial arts techniques, such as effective striking/effective grappling, effective aggressiveness, and control of the ring/fighting area.
(d) Evaluations shall be made in the order in which the four techniques appear in subdivision (c) of this section, and as directed by subdivision (k) of this section, giving the most weight in scoring to effective striking/ effective grappling, effective aggressiveness, and control of the fighting area.
(e) Effective striking is judged by determining the total number of legal strikes landed by a contestant and the impact of the strikes.
(f) Effective grappling is judged by considering the amount of successful executions of a legal takedown and reversals, and their impact.
(g) Fighting area control is judged by determining who is dictating the pace, location and position of the bout. Examples of factors to consider are countering a grappler’s attempt at takedown by remaining standing and legally striking, taking down an opponent to force a ground fight, creating threatening submission attempts, passing the guard to achieve mount, and creating striking opportunities.
(h) Effective aggressiveness means moving forward and landing a legal strike.
(i) Effective defense means avoiding being struck, taken down or reversed while countering with offensive attacks.
(j) The following objective scoring criteria shall be utilized by the judges when scoring a round, and is provided as a general non-exclusive guideline for purposes of illustration:
(1) a round is to be scored as a 10-10 round when both contestants appear to be fighting evenly and neither contestant shows clear dominance in a round;
(2) a round is to be scored as a 10-9 round when one contestant wins by a close margin, landing the greater number of effective legal strikes, grappling and other maneuvers;
(3) a round is to be scored as a 10-8 round when one contestant overwhelmingly dominates (wins by a large margin) by striking or grappling in a round;
(4) a round is to be scored as a 10-7 round when one contestant totally dominates by striking or grappling in a round.
(k) Judges shall use a sliding scale and recognize the length of time the fighters are either standing or on the ground, as follows:
(1) if the mixed martial artists spent a majority of a round on the canvas, then:
(i) effective grappling is weighed first; and
(ii) effective striking is then weighed;
(2) if the mixed martial artists spent a majority of a round standing, then:
(i) effective striking is weighed first; and
(ii) effective grappling is then weighed; and
(3) if a round ends with a relatively even amount of standing and canvas fighting, striking and grappling are weighed equally.
(l) Incomplete rounds should be scored utilizing the same criteria as the scoring of other rounds up to the point said incomplete round is stopped.
19 CRR-NY 212.8
Current through October 15, 2021
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