Photo of the Day: Apparently in Poland MMA Judging is Much Different Than it is Here
We got the following snapshot of one of the judge’s scorecards from Saturday night’s KSW 17 show from a reader today and we’re still trying to decipher what the hell it means.
We’re thinking the stick figures on the left indicate knockdowns or takedowns, and that the author is a big Conan O’Brien fan, but why he actually gave props to his homies at Copacabana Fight Team, unless he knew the cards would be published, is beyond our comprehension. Then again, he did score the main event in favor of Pudzianowski, so it’s not likely he even knows what the hell he was doing.
FYI, the Pudz-Thompson bout has since been ruled a “no contest.”
KSW and Polish MMA
KSW, Poland’s biggest MMA promotion, was already drawing big crowds when this scorecard surfaced from KSW 17 in 2011, and it went on to become one of the largest promotions outside the United States. In 2017, KSW 39: Colosseum at the National Stadium in Warsaw drew more than 57,000 fans, one of the biggest live MMA attendances ever.
KSW also produced major stars such as Mamed Khalidov and Mariusz Pudzianowski, and helped turn Poland into one of the sport’s most passionate markets. Its judging, thankfully, has become a little easier to read since.