The middleweights are on Scott and Dan’s minds ahead of UFC 253, when Israel Adesanya puts his belt up for grabs against Paulo Costa. With that in mind, CSJ revisits the fight that earned Borrachinha his title shot: a close decision victory over Yoel Romero in 2019.

Colby Covington, for the first time in awhile, didn’t need the judges to pick a winner against Tyron Woodley. But, with two split decisions and a majority draw in 14 bouts, Scott and Dan will break down if those went the right way.

Chris Rini sees mixed martial arts through a different lens than most, so he lent his perspective and his art to “The Fine Art of Violence: Vol. 1.” Scott and Dan chat with the Bloody Elbow contributor about his illustrations and his unique path to fighting fandom.

Three major fight cards over two days kept Scott and Dan busy over the weekend, but The Couchside Judges live for this. The guys dive into Michelle Waterson’s split decision win over Angela Hill to talk out why all three judges’ varied scorecards are understandable.

UFC and Bellator will produce three events between the two of them this weekend, so Scott and Dan selected close fights between headliners for each promotion to dissect. That includes Bellator headliner Lyoto Machida’s controversial 2009 win over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. With feedback from an actual judge about how the fight would have been scored by today’s standards, the Couchside Judges break down the divisive decision.

An unusually brief UFC Fight Night didn’t give Scott and Dan many rounds to break down. Just a little bit on Alistair Overeem’s fifth-round TKO of Augusto Sakai, plus a look back at the heavily scrutinized 2013 fight between Lyoto Machida and Phil Davis.

Jon Anik, owner of one of the most recognizable voices in mixed martial arts, took some time out of preparation for Saturday’s latest event from UFC Apex to chat with Scott and Dan about his career, as well as offer his unique perspective on judging in the sport.

With near universal agreement from the judges assigned to the latest event at UFC Apex, Scott and Dan had enough time to revisit the closely contested Jon Jones win over Dominick Reyes from earlier in 2020 and re-score it.

Few better resources exist for The Couchside Judges than MMADecisions.com, so Scott and Dan welcomed the site’s creator to talk about how it came to be and what could be coming in the future.

Frankie Edgar’s triumphant debut at bantamweight was a closely contested split decision, one which Scott and Dan thought could reasonably have gone Pedro Munhoz’s way. The Couchside Judges break down several close rounds from the headliner.