At the end of 5 rounds, Islam Makhachev won against Alexander Volkanovski by calculating the consensus. Russian boxers defeated the opponent with the final score of 48-47, 49-46 and 48-47. All 3 assessments recognized the victory for Islam Makhachev even though the score was not too different.
Of the three scoring assessments, the only one who marked Makhachev won with the big difference was Derek Cleary. He said Makhachev won the Volkanovski in the first 4 rounds. The fifth half is the only half Volkanovski has the advantage, when he even fell down Makhachev and retired the initiative.
2 Ben Cartlidge and David Lethaby inspections have a little different perspective. Unlike Cleary, they think that Makhachev won only in 3 rounds of 1, 2 and 4. The 3rd and 5th half is the time when Volkanovski dominates more. However, that is not enough for the Australian boxer to turn the flag.
In fact, in their authority, Ben Cartlidge and David Lethaby can completely turn the results of the UFC 284 focal match into a draw. If the two judges mentioned above the Volkanovski wins 10-8 (winning with the big difference) in the 5th half, the final result of the match was different.
However, there are two issues that make Ben Cartlidge and David Lethaby only dot Volkanovski winning 10-9 last half. Firstly, Australian boxers dominated but not enough to comment that it was Hiep Thang. Secondly, considering the overview of the match, Makhachev is still the one who deserves to win because he has controlled most of the game.
The three Makhachev Dot Volkanovski judges has caused more or less controversial among the MMA fan community. However, UFC's grading mechanism is to win in the half. The assessment that Makhachev won also showed that the Russian boxer played better in this match.