LAST EDITED ON 04-26-05 AT 11:34 AM (EST)Cappy, you're right, and the ring announcer DID say that it was a split decision. Burnett chose to edit that out of the show.
I posted this in another thread, but I don't want to link to that thread:
On the Web clip, the ring announcer says "the winner by split decision ... Sergio Mora." We don't know whether the announcer said anything else that was edited out, but we clearly hear that. However, in episode 9, we merely hear the ring announcer say, "the winner ... Sergio Mora." In episode 10, we hear the ring announcer say, "the winner by decision ... Sergio Mora."
Thus, Burnett edited out AT LEAST "by split decision" in episode 9 and "split" in episode 10 -- and yet the edits were not detectable without having seen the Web clip. Ah, the wonders of tape editing ... which is why I don't think anyone in his or her right mind could form an opinion about who won the Sergio-Ishe fight based on the edited clips that Burnett shows. NOT ONE of the judges scored the fight as close -- and yet they formed two very different interpretations about the victor.