Was Frankie Edgar got robbed?

Last Saturday, August 11, Benson "Smooth" Henderson defeated Frankie "The Answer" Edgar via split decision to retain his lightweight title. The 3 judges scored the fight 46-49, 48-47 and 48-47 for Henderson.

The first *hit that I heard when the judges' scores were read off was, "That was the worse I've seen since Apollo beat Rocky" Those were the words spoken by a dude at the table next to me as he got up to leave. As it turned out, he wasn't alone. When I got home, I checked several MMA websites and Twitter. From the comments I read, it seemed that many people believed Edgar had won. I tend to disagree.

 I scored the rematch 49-47 in favor of Edgar. I gave the 1st round to Henderson and rounds 2, 4, and 5 to Edgar. I couldn't bring myself to give either fighter the third round and scored it 10-10. However, the real problem here is that the final three rounds were questionable. Judging is so subjective that there were probably multiple results that could have been given for this fight. It was simply too close for anyone to say that it was robbery.

The key round in the entire debate is the third round. I thought it was even, and I'd like to know what the three people sitting at the judges' table saw for two of them to give the round to Henderson. Neither fighter did much to earn the round. I know that the overall strikes were in Henderson's favor, but the difference wasn't noticeable. I've watched that round multiple times now, and I keep coming up with an even 10-10. Other people might disagree, but I simply don't see it.

 source: Yahoo sports