MMA Fight Rating System
Engagement on different levels
You can’t just only stand or only grapple. Great matches have both.
Near finishes
Whether submissions attempts or knockdowns, escapes and recoveries make fights more exciting.
Entertainment
Whether the drama building to the fight or the story being told in the fight, special fights have a special aura around the fight. Consider this the x-factor.
***** Fight of the year candidate
**** Great fight
*** Good fight
** Watchable fight
* Tame
LAME Just go take a big shit
