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Majority draw

Outcome in sports

A majority draw is an outcome in several full-contact combat sports, including boxing, mixed martial arts (MMA), and other sports involving striking. In a majority draw, two of the three judges agree that neither fighter won (i.e. tied scorecards), while the third judge indicates one fighter being the winner on his/her scorecard. Thus, the majority of judges see the outcome as even and the result is announced as such, although one judge gave a victory on his/her card to one fighter.

This outcome is one of the rarest judged decisions in professional boxing and MMA, apart from a unanimous draw (where all three judges score the fight as a tie), or a split draw (where one judge scores one fighter the winner, a second judge scores the other fighter the winner, and the third judge scores the fight a draw).

01Notable examples

Date Fight Scorecards Source(s)
September 10, 1993 Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio César Chávez 115-113 Whitaker 115-115 115-115
September 12, 2013 Badou Jack vs. Marco Antonio Peribán 96-94 Peribán 95-95 95-95
November 12, 2016 Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson 48-47 Woodley 47-47 47-47
January 14, 2017 Badou Jack vs. James DeGale 114-112 DeGale 113-113 113-113
May 19, 2018 Adonis Stevenson vs. Badou Jack 115-113 Jack 114-114 114-114
August 25, 2018 KSI vs Logan Paul 58-57 KSI 57-57 57-57
December 12, 2020 Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno 48-46 Figueiredo 47-47 47-47
August 3, 2024 Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Jarrell Miller 116-112 Miller 114-114 114-114
July 19, 2025 Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios 115-113 Barrios 114-114 114-114
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