How a fight is actually scored
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Three judges, five rounds, one decision. Everything else about it is different from boxing, and the differences are what make a visitor think the…
The rules
Five rounds, ten points, one winner — and almost none of it works the way boxing does.
Scoring
Safety
The doctor, and the cut
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The ringside doctor inspects cuts between rounds and can end a fight over one.
Conduct
What is not allowed
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Headbutts, biting, eye attacks and strikes to a downed opponent are out everywhere. The interesting exception is the groin.
What a fighter is paid
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Purse figures, and the cuts taken out of them before the fighter sees anything.
Five rounds of three minutes
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Five rounds of three minutes, two minutes of rest between each. A professional card runs eight to ten of these in an evening.
Betting
The gambling floor
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Legal betting inside the licensed stadiums, conducted by hand signal, in play, at odds that move between rounds.