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Gracie, the world-renowned jiu jitsu ace, spent over 90 seconds of the first frame with back control, in a round where Kennedy was unable to land a single recorded strike to Gracie's head. Those two judges were Adalaide Byrd and Glenn Trowbridge. Though there was no argument that Tim Kennedy won this fight, many onlookers were shocked to hear that two of the three judges awarded Kennedy the first round. And only 2 out of 59 fan scorecards submitted to agreed that Guillard won the fight, and those were only by 29-28 totals. In fact, two of the judges thought Varner swept all three rounds.īyrd agreed that there was a shutout, but instead for Guillard, 30-27.Īll ten tracked media scorers saw the fight for Varner. To most observers, the only question after three rounds of action was whether or not Varner won two or three rounds of the fight. And so did all cageside judges not named Adalaide Byrd. Villefort threatened to finish the fight with a rear-naked choke and ended the round in the dominant position, seemingly securing the round.Ĭommentators Stephen Quadros and Pat Miletich declared that Villefort won the round, as did all three tracked media scorers. Finally, Villefort was able to take James to the mat with a judo toss, move to mount and then to James' back. From there, the fight moved to the clinch, with Villefort largely pinning James against the cage, but with few significant strikes from either fighter. The first half of the round was spent at striking range, with neither fighter getting a distinct advantage. The contention in this scorecard is the first round, a round that could be divided into three segments. None of the tracked media scorers or fan scorecards submitted to had Rocha winning either one of the final two rounds. Not only did Adalaide Byrd's scorecard have Rocha winning, it had him winning all three rounds. This was one of those cases.Īfter Rocha won the first round in most viewer's eyes, Ellenberger went only to control and win the next two rounds according to two of the three judges. It's not often the fighter on the losing end of a three-round decision manages to win 30-27 on the dissenting judge's scorecard. All five tracked media scorers disagreed, as did 39 of 41 fan scorecards. But Garcia's windmill-style punches became decreasingly effective as the fight wore on, with Phan consistently outlanding his opponent.īut both Byrd and Weeks saw the third round for Garcia, giving him the fight. The first round was debateable, as evidenced by the striking stats. This was one of Byrd's earliest brushes with MMA infamy, but one she shared with fellow Nevadan judge Tony Weeks, as they both scored this slugfest for Leonard Garcia. But it was Byrd who dissented, managing to find two of three rounds to give to Aurelio. In fact, all three tracked media outlets and two of the three judges thought Guida earned a 3-0 sweep in rounds.

Those two rounds alone should have been enough to earn Guida a comfortable decision. In round two, Guida landed three times as many strikes as Aurelio, according to. In round one, Guida seemingly secured the frame when he scored a clean knockdown of Aurelio. With Clay Guida prone to being in split decisions, and Byrd's propensity for controversy, it may not be surprising that this result was disputed.

Any judge with a significant number of fights on his or her ledger will undoubtedly have several debatable decisions to their name. Note: this list is not necessarily meant to be an indictment of Byrd's ability to judge an MMA fight. In light of Adalaide Byrd's controversial 118-110 scorecard in favour of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in his titanic fight against Gennady Golovkin last weekend, we take a look at eight of Byrd's most questionable judging moments in MMA.