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HOAM | Was the Grasso vs. Shevchenko 10-8 the Most Egregious Scorecard Ever?

MMA Fighting

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4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko put on one of 2023's best fights in the main event of Noche UFC this past Saturday, and while the fight was so great, the story is about Mike Bell's 10-8 scorecard for the fifth round, a score that cost Shevchenko the flyweight title. Was Bell's fifth-round score the worst in the history of the UFC? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck reacts to the incredible rematch between Grasso and Shevchenko, the egregious nature of Bell's scorecard, and whether or not the trilogy should be next. Additionally, listener topics include Israel Adesanya's silence following his UFC 293 loss to Sean Strickland, Raul Rosas Jr.'s next step after his quick win this past Saturday, Kevin Holland's performance in a split decision loss to Jack Della Maddalena, Tracy Cortez's flyweight title hopes after her win over Jasmine Jasudavicius, the top of the UFC welterweight division being completely stagnant, and much more. You can listen live to Heck of a Morning Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10 a.m. ET on the MMA Fighting Twitter Spaces. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.

0:04.8

Alright everybody, it is Tuesday September 19th, 2023 and it is indeed a heck of a

0:29.9

morning. We are live on the M.A. Fighting Twitter spaces. You can hear the show and it's

0:35.2

entitled. You're shortly thereafter on the M.A. Fighting Podcast Network. What's

0:40.0

going on everybody? I am Mike Heck. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Hope you're

0:44.6

having a great start to your week. We are coming off of a fun yet somewhat

0:54.5

controversial No.J. UFC event, the main event, the rematch, Alexa Grasso versus

1:01.4

Valentin Ischukchenko. What a friggin fight it was. Incredible battle between both

1:07.2

of these women. In the end, Alexa Grasso leaves Las Vegas. Still the women's

1:13.6

flyweight champion. I don't know what's going on here. Hang on, let's take it. Never mind.

1:30.9

Okay. I just found out I had the day off and didn't even know that. So, beauty of live

1:38.2

radio. How about that? But we're still going to do this show. I'm not going to wrap things

1:41.8

up, but incredible fight between Grasso and Ischukchenko. But all the talk, all the headlines

1:49.7

are not on the two women who competed. It is on the judge. It's on the 10-8 round 5,

1:58.8

which is just absolutely ridiculous. And look, I'm not going to go on a diet tribe about

2:05.7

everything, how the judges should be accountable, how the commission should be accountable, because

2:12.7

that's already been set. We've talked about this a million times since Saturday. Ariel

2:16.2

talked about it on the M.A.R.L.I yesterday. But what I will say is there is no fucking

2:22.4

way that that is a 10-8 round. There's no way. The only way that I will accept that

2:29.8

being a 10-8 round is if you scored round 2 and round 3, a 10-8. Other than that, there

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is no reason why. And I wouldn't do this. But I know Jed does the live blogs. He puts

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out his score cards on M.A.R.L.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.

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