UFC 142 Ref Mario Yamasaki Would Love Instant Replay
by Nate Wilcox on Feb 2, 2012 6:00 PM EST
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Referee Mario Yamasaki disqualified welterweight Erick Silva for hitting Carlo Prater on the back of the head at UFC 142. He was a guest on Portal do Vale Tudo's podcast yesterday and addressed the subject of instant replay, which was not available to the referees at UFC 142 in Brazil.
"To err is human and it is no shame to admit that you made a mistake and change your opinion." he stated. "I think it is great for the referees (the new rule) and give us an opportunity the take a better look in what happened and finally make our decision. The athletes work so hard to fight at the UFC that they deserve it.
"(Erick Silva) showed class and maturity. He could have made it a circus with the interview after the fight, but understood the situation and behaved like a real gentleman. He is a great kid."
"(Joe Rogan) was doing his job and it was my mistake of staying there in the middle. I should had left before that."
Yamasaki also said that he and former UFC heavyweight and longtime referee in the Brazilian MMA scene, Carlos Barreto, are meeting weekly to prepare the foundation of the first Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission, with all the support of the UFC.
"The UFC is the one that wants and needs the most an Athletic Commission in Brazil. They want and they need Brazilian referees, judges and cutmen to help develop the sport in the country and to cut the expenses of bringing an entire staff from USA and Europe. Carlão and I are putting together all the legal issues and will be organizing many seminars, courses and training for referees, judges and cutmen. We'll start in March and will bring many professionals from the US to help us prepare and specialize people to do the work in Brazil" said Yamasaki.
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I think some refs are too soft on back of the head strikes
You hear them calling ‘watch the back of the head, watch the back of the head’ repeatedly. Perhaps a reaction like one given to a groin strike, with time to recover, could also lead to time for a replay and a decision over a point deuction or not.
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by Jaspawokki on Feb 2, 2012 6:05 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I would like to see formalized behavior
in this regard. If you are told twice then the third warning comes with a point deduction, 4 is DQ or something.
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I'd like something more standardized as well....
at the very least, a fighter should be stopped, stood up, and have a point deducted before simply getting DQ’d in the heat of the finish.
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the dq occurs
when their opponent can’t continue
I like the way Herb Dean handled it this last weekend, stopping the action to make the fighter understand what he was telling him
Of course those shots were pretty blatant
Sometimes it can be very hard for guys to avoid hitting the back of the head. For instance if a guy is flattened out on his back and basically puts his hands at his ears and just lies there, the fight will never be stopped because the guy on top will just be hitting the gloves. In the Roller Johnson fight, Johnson had basically given up and got off the hook because Roller hit the back of the head a couple of times. If guys are hitting the sides of the had, even the gloves, it should be stopped in my eyes, it’s basically impossible for the guy on top to do anything despite his opponent having given up pretty much
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Agreed, in those instances IMO it sould be considered that the fighter isn’t intelligently defending himself, putting himself in danger and the fight should be stopped.
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by Sweet Scientist on Feb 2, 2012 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
I disagree
a few elbows to the back or knees to the side will make them respond or make he ref stop it
Yeah, bye the way
Well said Mario. That is not easy and I am glad you showed others how to roperly apologize AND take responsibility! It’s classy, and makes me respect him MORE. Because everyone makes mistakes, it’s how you handle it that determines integrity and character. Damn, he hit every angle with that one, owned it all.
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by DankNabbot on Feb 2, 2012 6:18 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Respect for Yamasaki
It’s nice to see him admit to an error, and I’m stoked he’s working for a more standardized MMA scene in Brazil, as well. Seems like a good guy and a fantastic asset to the UFC.
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They have video-replay in
all state-regulated MMA matches in Australia. It’s been a licencing condition since 2004 for all non-amateur fight-sports including boxing and kickboxing.
Why didn’t the UFC bring in instant replay for the Brazil card?
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by Obviously5Believers on Feb 2, 2012 6:52 PM EST reply actions
Refs can look @ instant replays and change the call... it's in ABC ruleset somewhere
and since it’s Brazil they could have done whatever they wanted
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by ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on Feb 2, 2012 9:38 PM EST reply actions
I guarantee the UFC does not want more commissions in places where they don’t already exist. Why would they want to create more red tape if they don’t have to, especially when at the most they would hold two events there a year? I don’t think Yamasaki knows what he’s talking about in that regard, and clearly doesn’t understand the UFC’s interests.
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