5 prominent UFC personalities who've called for a complete overhaul in MMA judging process

Judging in MMA is far from flawless. For years, the UFC has faced situations where their own fighters have expressed their grievances over erroneous decisions made by MMA judges.

One need not look further back than Cory Sandhagen's frustrations over the apparent prioritization of control time in his recent split-decision loss to TJ Dillashaw to understand how contentious the issue has become.

Yet, it is not always those who lose fights who air out their displeasure with the current judging process in MMA. The reigning UFC featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski, has also called for an overhaul of how fights are judged.

Even non-fighters such as Joe Rogan and retired fighters like Din Thomas have called for the introduction of open scoring, which they believe will ultimately benefit the sport.

The debate on how to improve MMA judging rages on in the UFC, and this list examines 5 of the promotion's personalities — from fighters and non-fighters — who have made the case for significant changes to the MMA judging process.

#5. Glover Teixeira

Glover Teixeira is one of the most well-rounded fighters in the UFC light heavyweight division. He is a powerful striker in the standup department and is more than comfortable on the ground as the division's best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist.

A former champion who recently lost his title to Jiří Procházka in a truly thrilling bout at UFC 275, Teixeira is also a cornerman, famously working with the next likely middleweight title challenger, Alex 'Poatan' Pereira.

Glover Teixeira on open scoring.
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Thus, as both a fighter and cornerman, Teixeira understands how different fights would be for him in both situations were open scoring implemented. He's expressed his support for open scoring, stating how important it'd be for him and everyone to know how the fight is being scored between rounds.

The Brazilian cited a conversation he shared with Alex Pereira in the latter's previous fight against Bruno Silva. Pereira injured his foot and when Teixeira was asked whether he thought 'Poatan' should maintain his current pace, the grizzled veteran was unsure, something he feels open scoring can remedy.