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.
Speaking to Sherdog's Loretta Hunt after last night's Strikeforce event at the Playboy Mansion, Joe Riggs had some harsh words for referee Josh Rosenthal, who many seem to feel waved off Riggs'...
