Fightmetric, which has often differed from judge’s decisions, would have scored the WEC 49 bout between Jamie Varner and Kamal Shalorus in favor of Varner by a score of 29-27. The fight, ruled a draw, was marred by a serious of low blows, one of which deducted a point from Shalorus.
Cecil Peoples, who seems to be often at the root of these scoring issues, had originally given two rounds to Shalorus, which seems to continue to push the idea that judges need to be well versed in MMA, not boxing. In any case the fight was quite exciting and a rematch will be forthcoming.
