Mike Easton vs. Chase Beebe UWC 7 Fight Changed to ‘No Decision’ Pending Review
The result of an October 3 matchup between UWC bantamweight champion Mike Easton and challenger Chase Beebe, originally a split decision win for Easton, has been changed to a “no decision,” according to Sherdog.
The bout, which headlined UWC 7 this past Saturday at the Partiot Center in Fairfax, Virginia, ended in controversy when Easton was declared the winner despite Beebe clearly winning at least three of the fight’s five round according to most observers.
According to the report, the result will remain a “no decision” until the state completes a review of the fight, at which time it is expected to be changed to a “no contest”:
“I know the decision will not be reversed; the best we can hope for is a no contest, in order to be fair to both individuals,” [Virginia Professional Boxing and Wrestling Program Executive Director Dave] Holland said. “This didn’t start with anyone writing a letter or complaint to the department regarding the outcome of that fight. This was started by myself at 7 a.m. on Monday morning. The first thing I did that morning when I walked into that office is ask to take the steps to do the fair thing.”
Backlash has been palpable after commission-appointed judges Brian Costello and Brian Cunningham turned in score cards giving Easton the fight, one by a 48-46 score and one by a 49-46 score. Beebe clearly controlled the fight in the last three rounds by hitting takedowns and holding back mount, with Easton offering very little offense.
Holland said he is arranging to have veteran MMA official “Big” John McCarthy come to Virginia to meet with his judges and review the sport’s scoring criteria. “There will be other additional training to find out why certain things happened and how we would expect a change in those procedures,” he said.
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Beebe will have his come-up-ence!
Just change the scoring system already man…f**k. Fighters records are getting tarnished due to all this …
The scoring system wasn’t at fault, the judges were.
Well clearly the judges are the ones operating the scoring system. I know what you mean, that regardless of the scoring system, a judge can still fook up on the scoring…. but you can’t deny that the scoring system needs an upgrade. Something more inclined with MMA rather than boxing….i’ve seen too many controversial decisions. Something needs to be done regardless.
I would rather teach the judges how to render a proper decision within the confines of the system they already know, then start worrying about whether or not we change the system. If we change the system, then even the judges that do a decent job now will make mistakes as they adjust. And the judges that are incompetent now and render the wrong decision within the current system because they don’t know how to properly score the sport, will continue to do so because they don’t know how to judge the sport.
Do we need a different system? Possibly. Do we need more educated judges, regardless of the system? Absolutely. Deal with what’s certain first, before you start playing around with the uncertain.
This is going to get ugly…
no joke… not just for just this fight but future ones as well.
It’s like when DNA evidence was first being used in criminal cases…
Its funny he is going to have Big John come in to train the judges. I doubt this was a problem of them not knowing how to score fight and more of a problem of corruption or someone getting a kick back.
You know, that is the worst accusation someone can make in professional fighting, and throwing that out there disrespects this site. Especially when you clearly are just throwing something out there to see if it sticks on the wall. Congratulations. You got me pissed off.
No personal attacks. -Justin
Wow.
Kickback?!
Bro, thats some serious sh!t right there to be posting here…
It’s good that this situation is being remedied. Hopefully they will go beyond just this one fight, however. Contrary to Fightrend’s accusations this was a case of incompetence, and was not the only instance of it at the event.
I don’t like this. Have decisions reversed when something illegal happens, not when someone disagrees with the decision. Why have judges in the first place if they can be overturned? Why not just have judging done by compu-refs from an undisclosed bunker offshore where international laws do not apply?
If the judges were so completely incompetent that you have fighters saying they will never fight in your state again because your commission is inept, and you have MMA Websites that have been pushing for the spread of MMA hoping that you never hold another event in your state unless you make changes, then I think it’s appropriate to overturn the decision.
I think you all know by now that whats good for the sport is always first and foremost my top concern.
This thing in Virginia is getting out of hand, is casting our sport in a poor public light, and the decision was apparently criminally off-point, so yeah, I support bringing in Big John McCarthy to find out whats the what, and how judges can award a 5 round decsion to a man who lost 3 of the 5 rounds…