Majority draw
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A majority draw (MD) is an outcome in several full-contact combat sports, including boxing, mixed martial arts, and others 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 clear winner on his/her scorecard [1]. Thus, the majority of judges see the outcome as even and the result is announced as such, although one judge gave a clear victory on his/her card to one fighter.
The outcome is the rarest of professional boxing judged decisions. The most recent majority draw in a higher-profile contest was the March 2006 fight between then WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman and James Toney. The contest produced a highly disputed outcome which judge John Stewart had scored the bout 117-111 for Rahman, but judges Tom Kaczmarak and Nobuaki Uratani saw it 114-114 even.
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