How do you score submission attempts?

Last night was WEC 43 Cerrone v. B. Henderson 1. It was a great fight and while I thought it was a close fight, I felt that Cerrone won. Of course Henderson won a decision and today the MMA boards are buzzing with debate about who won and why. In the fight Henderson was caught in an assortment of very deep submission attempts. In the last round it seemed like his shoulder was dislocated , but he popped up obviously uninjured.

In arguing the decision many fans point out that the attempts were just that- attempts and as such should count for nothing since they were not successful. The argument is that they should score like like missed strikes, nothing.

I disagree. Sub attempts are different than strikes and sub attempts should be scored differently. A sub attempt basically puts one fighter on the defensive. While they fight off the sub attempt they are not being offensive, they are merely trying to survive. Because of this the sub attempt should count for something, the sub artist is controlling position and trying to finish the fight. Because of these factors sub attempts should count for something when judging a fight.

Afterall when going for sub you are controlling the fight and aggresively tribg to end it. This should not be ignored by judges who reward lay and pray tactics.