No matter how long you have been following martial arts, at every event you can see something you have never seen before.

On Saturday night in Perth, Australia, Howie Booth, a referee at UFC 305, was relieved of his duties mid-competition after submitting a questionable scorecard for the Tai Tuivasa vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik fight.

Rozenstruik won the fight by a split decision as the other judges scored it in his favor (Charlie Keech 28 – 29, Howie Booth 30 – 27, David Lethaby 27 – 30)but Booth’s score and the consequences took on a life of their own.

How bad was Booth’s scorecard?

I have been following martial arts for over 40 years, including 15 as a reporter, and I have never seen a judge give a worse scorecard than Booth’s.

Rozenstruik controlled the fight with more precise strikes. Statistically, in a fight in which neither man attempted takedowns, Rozenstruik outscored Tuivasa 91-37 over the three rounds.

Rozenstruik also had a +10 or more stroke advantage in every round. There is no logical reason for Tuivasa to have won a single round, let alone all three.

Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one who found the scorecard absurd, because the fight officials decided almost immediately to relieve Booth of his refereeing duties for the rest of the evening.

According to longtime combat sports journalist Kevin Iole, Booth was scheduled to judge the co-main event between Kai Kara-France and Steve Erceg, but was pulled from the more important fight after being found unfit.

As it turned out, Kara-France didn’t need any judges. Thanks to the decisive power of his left hand, he scored a first-round TKO victory over Erceg.

If we examine the cards of all three judges even more closely, I am not sure Charlie Keech should escape criticism for his submitted scorecard.

I watched every second of the fight and have no idea how he was able to lose the first round to Tuivasa, even though Tuivasa landed ten more hits and was unable to score a takedown.

Thankfully, no one on the card was robbed of a win, but there were a few odd scorecards turned in. Here’s a look at all the results from UFC 305:

• Dricus du Plessis defeated Israel Adesanya by submission after 3:38 in round 4
• Kai Kara-France defeats Steve Erceg by TKO at 4:04 in round 1
• Dan Hooker defeats Mateusz Gamrot by split decision (29-28×2, 28-29)
• Jairzinho Rozenstruik defeats Tai Tuivasa by split decision (30-27, 29-28 and 27-30)
• Carlos Prates defeats Li Jingliang by KO after 4:02 in round 2
• Valter Walker defeats Junior Tafa by technical submission (knuckle hold) at 4:56 in round 1
• Ricardo Ramos defeats Josh Culibao by split decision (29-28×2, 28-29)
• Casey O’Neill defeats Luana Santos by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
• Jack Jenkins defeats Herbert Burns by TKO (punches) at 0:48 in round 3
• Tom Nolan defeats Alex Reyes by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Song Kenan defeats Ricky Glenn by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28)
• Jesus Aguilar defeats Stewart Nicoll by submission (guillotine choke) after 2:39 in round 1