The debate continues over who won the UFC 167 main event between welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and No. 1 contender Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks. As the official statistics provider to the UFC, FightMetric has all the numbers on who did what in last Saturdays showdown in Las Vegas. But it is not about to step into the victory debate. The judges awarded St-Pierre a split (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) decision, meaning two of the three gave him three of the five rounds while the dissenting judge awarded Hendricks three rounds. FightMetrics Effectiveness Score, used to crunch the numbers of key fights, has Hendricks holding a narrow 364-315 edge overall. The Effectiveness Score is generated by an algorithm that takes the raw data from a fight and interprets it based on what has worked in previous bouts. "Who deployed effective techniques better," FightMetric director Rami Genauer said. Points are assigned to various techniques. For example, a power strike to the head is worth more than a non-power leg kick. While stressing he is not in the fight judging business, Genauer terms the GSP-Hendricks showdown a close contest that saw Hendricks the more effective fighter. "I dont think that theres any reason to think this was enormous robbery. We can show you other fight that are not even close -- that a fighter who got the decision was nowhere near his opponent in terms of effectiveness. You wonder what the judges were looking at sometimes. But this was not one of those fights. "Even though St-Pierre has the lower score in the first round, which is the one that makes the difference, its not by so much that you couldnt make the argument for why he couldnt have won that round based on the fact that he had the only submission attempt, based on the fact that they each had a takedown. So its not something to get bent out of shape about, I think." Looking at the Effectiveness Score numbers, Hendricks was more effective in rounds one, two and four with GSP holding the edge in three and five. Round four has the largest gap between the two fighters, with Hendricks leading 74-39. Round three was the closest, using the Effectiveness Score numbers, with St-Pierre ahead 91-81. "It shows in general that the fight was closely contested," Genauer said. "When you have one fighter that blows the other one of the water, youre going to see differences of 50-60 points per round and then over the course of the fight its going to add up to hundreds. "Our website has many many examples of these. You can see what a truly decisive victory is." For example, it was 464-154 for St-Pierre over Nick Diaz at UFC 158. Genauer is quick to point out that the Effectiveness Score does not replicate the current judging system and its criteria. "So its not like you could say that the judges were either right or wrong based on the number that the Effective Score calculates," Genauer said from Washington, D.C. "Its an alternative way of looking at the fight to ask the question who is more effective based on what is statistically proven to work in the past." The judges assigned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission scored the bout by evaluating mixed martial arts techniques " such as effective striking, effective grappling, control of the ring/fighting area, effective aggressiveness and defence." The winner of each round gets 10 points, with the loser getting nine or less. Rounds usually are scored 10-9 unless they are particularly lopsided. Judges Sal DAmato and Tony Weeks scored rounds one, three and five for St-Pierre on Saturday in Las Vegas. Glenn Trowbridge scored the first, second and fourth for Hendricks. UFC president Dana White, irate at the decision for GSP, gave all but round three to Hendricks. St-Pierre held a 101-85 edge in significant strikes over the five rounds, according to FightMetric. And GSP held the edge in rounds one (19-18), three (31-15) and five (9-4) while Hendricks led in rounds two (30-28) and four (18-4). Hendricks, however, led 142-125 in total strikes, Drilling down into the FightMetric numbers also offers some insight into why St-Pierre showed far more facial damage than Hendricks. The challenger landed 32 power shots to the head (out of 89 attempts) while GSP was good on 17 of 67 such shots. "When people say that St-Pierre may have landed more but Hendricks landed better, I think thats probably what theyre referring to," Genauer said. The champion was good on three of six takedown attempts while Hendricks landed two of four. Youth Tom Brady Jersey . -- Cordell Cato scored his first goal of the season and the San Jose Earthquakes survived a full half playing a man down to beat FC Dallas 2-1 Saturday night. Sale Tom Brady Jersey . 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Zdeno Chara scored with 13 seconds left in regulation after David Krejci tied it late, lifting the Bruins to a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday night in a game that saw Orpik taken from the ice on a stretcher.SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich groused over his teams early schedule, dumbfounded that the Spurs had played only two games nearly two weeks into the season.Well, the Atlanta Hawks gave Popovich a season-full of grief in the Spurs third game.Tim Duncan had 17 points and 13 rebounds and San Antonio held off a frenetic effort by Atlanta to capture its 17th straight win at home over the Hawks, 94-92 on Wednesday night.The Spurs had a season-high 25 assists for a balanced scoring effort they needed to fend off an energetic effort by the Hawks that resulted in a furious second-half comeback.Atlanta finished with 92 shots, 23 more than San Antonio, in rallying from a 17-point deficit in the first half.The Spurs (2-1) had not played since Friday in Phoenix, but Popovich was not about to blame Wednesdays effort, or lack thereof, on the schedule.I have no idea, Popovich said, still clearly upset after the game.There was plenty to be upset about after the Spurs nearly blew an impressive start.San Antonio raced to a 13-point lead in the first quarter and took a 44-27 lead on Tony Parkers floating jumper with 4:33 left in the first half.Seven Spurs played in double figures, including 17 from Parker. Manu Ginobili added 12 points, including a pair of free throws that put San Antonio ahead with 3.8 seconds remaining.Then a double-team forced Jeff Teague to pass up an attempted 3-pointer, and Pero Antics shot from near halfcourt was blocked by Boris Diaw as time expired.They did a good job of defending it, Atlanta coach Mike Budenholzer said. There was a couple of options. Give them credit, they defended everything well and we didnt get a good look.DeMarre Carroll and Paul Millsap had 17 points each for Atlanta (1-2). Teague finished with seven assists and five points on 2-for-8 shooting.The Spurs have never lost at home to the Hawks since drafting Duncan and have won 16 of 17 overall, but they had to hold on late to extend the streak.After Carrolls 19-foot jumper tied the game, Al Horfords 15-footer gave Atlanta its first lead at 90-88 with 1:16 remaining.Ginobili followed with three free throws after being fouled by Kyle Korver with 1:01 remaining.Duncan made 1 of 2 free throws but Teague tied it at 92 with 13.6 seconds remaining on a driving bank shot before Ginobili won it with hiss free throws.ddddddddddddThis one hurts. I thought we played really well in the second half, but the reality is a lot of times games are won in the first quarter not just the fourth quarter, Korver said. But they talk about the fourth quarter and how its a different level of play, and it is, but youve got to come out ready every night. We put ourselves in a big hole and didnt quite have enough.___TIP-INSSpurs: Tiago Splitter aggravated the calf injury that forced him to miss San Antonios first two games and all of its preseason. Splitter finished with five points and four rebounds in 10 minutes. His status is questionable for Thursdays game in Houston. ... Rookie Kyle Anderson did not suit up with Leonard and Splitter returning from injury. ... San Antonio G Marco Belinelli left the game with a mild strain of his right groin after five minutes. Belinelli missed his only attempt and was 1 for 2 on free throws when he exited with one point. ... Duncan has 799 double-doubles in 1,255 career games, which averages to one every 1.6 games. He is sixth on the all-time list, trailing Utah legend Karl Malone by 15.Hawks: Atlantas last victory in San Antonio came Feb. 15, 1997, against a Spurs team minus an injured David Robinson. ... Korver scored seven points, giving him 8,003 points for his career. ... 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