How to Use split decision in a Sentence

split decision

noun

• The 15-round bout was a split decision, but Charles won the crown that summer.
  — Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati.com, 27 Dec. 2019
• Paul, the more active of the two fighters, earned the split decision win.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2021
• In the final round on a split decision, Brooks and Roseman took the win.
  — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2020
• Call it a split decision that seems destined for the Supreme Court.
  — The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• Ali rallied in the 15th round, but Spinks warded him off and won a split decision.
  — New York Times, 6 Feb. 2021
• Vaz da Costa lost in the 132-pound final last year in a split decision.
  — Rich Mayor, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Paret won the title back in a split decision later that year.
  — Elaina Patton, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2023
• After six rounds, the result came down to a split decision.
  — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• Norton won a 12-round split decision from the judges, fracturing Ali’s jaw in the process.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022
• Waterson was saved by the horn, and Casey lost by split decision.
  — Greg Moore, azcentral, 14 Apr. 2018
• Evans won the title on Showtime with a split decision over Luis Rosa.
  — Branson Wright, cleveland.com, 24 Jan. 2018
• The one time his father chose Chinese food for the treat, Gotti lost a split decision.
  — Stan Grossfeld, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
• The two fought to a split decision draw in their first meeting in December 2018.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 25 Mar. 2020
• But Paul lost his last fight, a split decision against Tommy Fury.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• In the movie, a bright, striving teenager living amid the terrors of the Jim Crow South makes a split decision that recasts the course of his life.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2024
• The split decision win is the third fight in a row he's won to open his professional career.
  — Justin Sayers, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2018
• The board's split decision on T-Mobile's ads focused on claims for the future versus claims for the present.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2020
• Of these bouts, Logan walked away with a draw and a loss following a split decision.
  — Zack Jones, Forbes, 23 May 2021
• Castro didn't go down again, but didn't land enough big shots to win despite the judges calling the fight a split decision for Nery.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2022
• Like Ben said, split decisions and the people left behind.
  — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
• Other fights on the main card: — Mackenzie Dern (12-2) used a split decision against Tecia Torres to win for the fifth time in her last six fights.
  — Mark Long, ajc, 10 Apr. 2022
• Still, when the bell rang at the end of the 12th round, many thought Hagler had pulled out the fight — only to lose a controversial split decision.
  — Tim Dahlberg, ajc, 14 Mar. 2021
• There was a split decision, however, on whether the teams would eclipse the over/under total of 53 points.
  — Ryan Ginn, ajc, 29 Sep. 2017
• Night’ anchor Shannon Bream breaks down where the justices ruled on the split decision.
  — Fox News, 14 Jan. 2022
• In a split decision, justices ruled those costs should not have been approved.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2023
• The judge’s August ruling was a split decision for Epic and Apple.
  — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2020
• That fight ended in a split decision, one of the closest bouts of Adesanya’s career thus far.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 12 June 2021
• Spence would take that belt from Porter with a split decision victory last year.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2020
• Holloway tried to regain it in 2020, but lost by split decision.
  — Danny Segura, USA TODAY, 3 July 2022
• His lone loss is a split decision to boxer Tommy Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, in 2023.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024