Bloody Elbow, for MMA and UFC news

Today would've been sentencing day for MMA referee Josh Rosenthal, who is guilty of federal drug trafficking charges, but that date has once again been pushed back.

You won't be seeing Josh Rosenthal refereeing MMA events any time soon. In addition to his impending jail sentence on federal drug trafficking charges, Rosenthal did not renew his licenses in either California or Nevada.

Bloody Elbow's Mike Fagan collects and compiles the best of the best of the best quotes from around the MMA universe for the week of July 4th through the 10th.

The referee at UFC 116's heavyweight title fight unquestionably gave Brock Lesnar more time to recover than most fighters get, but Shane Carwin has no regrets.

Referee Josh Rosenthal also did a great job tonight not stopping the fight at UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin.

BloodyElbow.com takes a look at the questionable decisions made by referees during the weekend's MMA action.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission met today and selected Josh Rosenthal to referee the UFC 116 heavyweight title fight between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin. Representatives for Lesnar and the UFC were in attendance to request that Steve Mazzagatti be removed from consideration, although the NSAC denied this request.