How to fix scoring in mixed martial arts has been a topic of public debate for almost as long as the sport has existed. Early UFC events had no judges at all, and briefly toyed with some celebrity/informal judging systems, before ultimately moving to our current 10-point must format—copied largely from boxing and kickboxing.
In Japan, PRIDE brought their own ideas to the table. Awarding fighters less for their potential point-fighting prowess and general, positional, grappling or striking success, and more for their delivery of potentially fight ending offense. Scores were awarded for the entire fight as a single event, rather than the cumulative sum of round after round.