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Referees & officials

Scoring, check-in and the referee app.

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Scoring

Referees & officialsScoring
Ten-point must: how KBN judges score a round

10–9, 10–8, 10–7 and the rare 10–10. What each score means, how knockdowns and fouls are recorded, and how the app sends it to the...

23 Sept 2026 · 2 min👁40.9k ♥1.4k ↗722
Referees & officialsScoring
How to score a 10-8 round (and when 10-7 or 10-10 is right)

A 10-8 round is scored when one athlete clearly dominates, typically with a knockdown plus control of the rest of the round or ove...

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Becoming an official

Referees & officialsBecoming an official
How to become a combat sports judge: learning to score rounds consistently

Becoming a combat sports judge means learning the scoring criteria of your discipline, practising scoring full bouts against exper...

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Technology

Referees & officialsTechnology
The KBN referee app: check-in, scoring and working offline

The KBN referee app shows an official's assigned bouts, checks fighters in by scanning their licence QR, records weigh-ins, scores...

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