Colorado has adopted open scoring for boxing and MMA bouts that will allow everyone, including the fighters, coaches and fans, to know how the judges are assessing the fight in real time.
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The Kansas Athletic Commission, under the umbrella of the Kansas Department of Commerce, has been one of the more progressive and involved regulators when it comes to making novel changes in combat sports.
One of the steps the Commission has taken was introducing open scoring to Mixed Martial Arts. Open Scoring simply reveals the score to the fighters and the audience after each round. Instead of being kept a secret to the end each fighter knows exactly where they stand on the scorecards should the bout go the distance. A criticism some raise of Open Scoring is it could lead to boring fights with the scorecard leader simply looking to play it safe in the final rounds knowing they are up on points.