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By Mauricio Sulaimán President of the WBC – Son of José Sulaimán 2024 began with the greatness with which 2023 closed; with great boxing activity around

By Mauricio Sulaimán Son of José Sulaimán – WBC President With great joy and enthusiasm I see that, finally, a long awaited and much needed necessary

By Mauricio Sulaimán Son of José Sulaimán / WBC President This past Saturday I attended a boxing card, which was held in the bullring of the traditional

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the Rampage time slot for Friday, Dynamite recap plus the

Colorado has adopted open scoring for boxing and MMA bouts that will allow everyone, including the fighters, coaches and fans, to know how the judges are assessing the fight in real time.

The Kansas Athletic Commission, under the umbrella of the Kansas Department of Commerce, has been one of the more progressive and involved regulators when it comes to making novel changes in combat sports. One of the steps the Commission has taken was introducing open scoring to Mixed Martial Arts. Open Scoring simply reveals the score to the fighters and the audience after each round. Instead of being kept a secret to the end each fighter knows exactly where they stand on the scorecards should...

Dana White opposes open scoring: It leads to ‘bad third rounds’ and ruins ‘anticipation’ Share this story Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC While there’s been trial runs and increased calls for open scoring in mixed martial arts, one of the most powerful people in the sport is completely against it. UFC President Dana White brought up one of the old arguments against it, saying it could lead to boring rounds, with fighters trying to coast. “If a guy knows that he’s up two rounds and...