A match which goes to full term without an ippon is decided by lesser scores.

Award of ippon decides the winner and ends the match.

A competitor is declared the winner upon achieving a judgment of ippon.

More traditional tournaments usually use ippon or nihon scoring however.

Gotay advantaged it and won by ippon one minute before end.

He won all five of his matches at the Olympics by ippon to capture the gold medal.

About half the matches end on an ippon, the other half on points.

Olympic matches last 10 minutes and are won by the score of an ippon (one point) which ends the match.

If no ippon is scored in the full 10 minutes, the decision is up to the referee and two judges.

In more traditional tournaments ippon scoring is used.

Some computerized scoreboards will briefly indicate that an ippon has been scored.

"You have to respect the self-control and courage of the judoka as they achieve ippon."

The style of kumite competition rules is shobu ippon (one point match).

In the blue and under 81 kg class, Mair won all his matches by throw (ippon).

Galstyan defeated Hiraoka with an ippon after 41 seconds.

Koga is regarded as having perhaps the greatest Ippon seoi nage ever.

Korean judoka punished it and won by ippon.

The match had a good tempo and ended quickly with Ortiz making an ippon (an okuri-eri-jime).

Waza-ari is scored by a throw not quite good enough for ippon or by a 25-second hold-down.

Round 3 - Hector Rodriguez ( lost by ippon)

Round 2 - Daniel Kelly ( won by ippon)

Round 2 - Stephen Gawthorpe ( lost by ippon, did not advance)

It was used as the drama Aijō Ippon!

Pertelson, the world vice-champion, was quickly dispatched by the Frenchman on an ippon in less one minute.

However, world number four Mogushkov was just too strong, defeating the Briton on an ippon score.