UFC: Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale - Live Results

The first round saw Johnson land several hard shots that badly hurt Brookins and looked to have him on the way out. However, Brookins survived and continued to press forward and the pressure did get to Johnson. Much as through the reality show, Johnson showed cardio problems when he couldn’t finish early. In the second, Brookins took advantage of Johnson fading and took him down several times and even landed some very hard blows that were bothering Johnson badly. The third round was more of the same as Brookins got takedowns and controlled the action.

Two judges saw the bout 29-28 Brookins with the other also seeing it for Jonathan but with a score of 29-27.

Maia used slightly improved boxing to not get dominated in the stand-up and time Grove’s punches to duck under and get takedowns. On the ground Grove managed to defend submission attempts by Maia but could not handle the positioning and the ground and pound attack of Demian.

SBN scored the bout 30-27 for Maia and all three judges saw the fight 29-28 for Maia. With the win Demian should remain in contention for the UFC middleweight title.

Most fans had a feeling that Garcia would win the judges decision though and that is exactly what happened. While SBNation saw the fight 30-26 for Phan, giving him round 2 10-8. Two judges saw the fight 29-28 for Garcia with the third seeing it 30-27 for Phan. It is nothing new for Garcia who rightfully could be 0-7 in his last seven bouts but instead is 3-3-1 winning three split decisions with a split draw thrown in for good measure.

Judging in MMA is something that has to change and no system is going to work with judges who do not understand that walking forward throwing arm punches that don’t land does not beat out the other guy actually landing short, crisp punches.