In a six days time, I believe I saw some of the best refereeing and worst refereeing I have ever seen in the UFC. Last Sunday, during their event on Versus, I saw great decisions, namely by Josh Rosenthal in the fight between Sakara and Irvin. He recognized that Irvin holding his eye was from a punch and not an eyepoke.
On the contrary, last night I witnessed some terrible decisions, mainly by the Dan Miragliotta, or "Smasher" as a few of you might know him as. He really let the crowd get to him while he was officiating. Anytime a fight was being contested on the ground and the crowd grew restless, and began to boo, he jumped in and stood the guys up. He also did that during a clinch with Mir and Carwin.
In that same fight, he also put Frank Mir's health in major jeopardy, for what reason I don't know why. Shane Carwin was on top of him, raining down leather, and Mir was obviously out. He let Mir take a least four or five unwarranted blows to the head before stepping in. Not just anyone landing four or five blows, maybe the heaviest hands in mixed martial arts.
I think that, due to the fact that referees are chosen by each state's commission, an rule I like, the UFC should think long and hard before going back to New Jersey.
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