Israel Adesanya has thrown his support behind the introduction of open scoring in the UFC after his UFC 259 loss to Jan Blachowicz.
The middleweight champion moved up a division to take on the light heavyweight king but came up short, dropping a unanimous decision (49-45 x2, 49-46) to the Pole.
In a technical and at times cagey affair, Blachowicz was able to secure two crucial takedowns in rounds four and five to help defend his crown.
After the fight, Adesanya was full of praise for the man who handed him his first MMA loss.
"If I was going to lose to anyone, what better guy to lose to than a guy like Jan?" he told reporters.
"A classy champion, a cool dude, a very nice guy. A guy who has a great story himself. If I was going to lose to anyone, I'm glad I lost to him."
Adesanya was however a little unsure about the scorecards, questioning the Nevada State Atheltic Commission judges' credentials.
"They at least need to train. There needs to be some kind of criteria before you start judging MMA and not just get some guys from boxing," he said.
The Kiwi was then asked whether open scoring, in which corners would be informed of the scores at the end of each round, should be adopted in the UFC as in other organisations.
"That's smart. Let's do that then, f**k it," he said.
"Why don't we do that? That seems really smart. I think that's a really smart idea. So yeah, get it done.
"That way, if my corner wants to tell me 'yo, we need this round'."
UFC president Dana White wasn't asked about the possibility of open scoring but had plenty to say about the cards from the Adesanya fight.
Two judges awarded Blachowicz a 10-8 for the fifth round after the 38-year-old secured a takedown and spent the final two and a half minutes in top position.
White however disagreed, saying the round wasn't definitive enough to call a 10-8.
"The scoring is insane. These guys are giving out 10-8 rounds like f**kin- there were two rounds in that fight that they gave a 10-8," White said.
"When I came up in the fight business, a 10-8 was an asswhooping. You didn't do shit in that round and got beat down if it was a 10-8.
"This 10-8 sh*t's out of control right now. They're gonna screw up a lot of fights giving out 10-8s like that. There was no 10-8 in that fight."
