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UFC 142 Ref Mario Yamasaki Would Love Instant Replay

Nate Wilcox Feb 2 2012, 6:00p

Referee Mario Yamasaki would like to have instant replay after he DQ'd Erick Silva at UFC 142.

UFC 142 Results: Clarifying The Rule On Strikes To The Back Of The Head

Dallas Winston Jan 15 2012, 5:00p

UFC 142 Results: Clarifying The Rule On Strikes To The Back Of The Head

UFC 142 Results: Wallid Ismail Reacts To Erick Silva DQ

Matthew Roth Jan 15 2012, 3:00p

Wallid Ismail had some choice words for Mario Yamasaki following Erick Silva's DQ. Find out what the MMA legend had to say.

UFC on Versus 6: In Defense of the Anthony Johnson vs. Charlie Brenneman Stoppage

Brent Brookhouse Oct 3 2011, 9:39a

Brent Brookhouse of Bloody Elbow quickly looks at the stoppage in the Anthony Johnson vs. Charlie Brenneman fight and sees no fault on the part of referee Mario Yamasaki.

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Mario Yamasaki Surprised with Anderson’s KO over Belfort

posted by Keren, Feb 07, 2011

Link tatame.com

How did it feel to watch so closely one of the most expected fights in all history? To me it was wonderful, great, not only because of the repercussion the fight had in Brazil, but around the world. The whole world was expecting this fight. Vitor was one of the last hopes to defeat Anderson, and you saw what happened... Were you surprised with a knockout on the first round? Did you think it’d last longer? Of course. Until that moment Vitor was winning the fight, he had attacked and taken Anderson down. I thought it’d be an interesting fight, but the kick Anderson did caught everybody by surprise, including Vitor. UFC’s coming to Rio in August. Do you hope to be invited to judge some bout? I’m cheering for them to call me for UFC Rio, and I think they will. It’d be stupid if they didn’t (laughs). The whole world is waiting for this event to happen.

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Washington Combat: Battle of the Legends Results

posted by pdl, May 20, 2010

Link sherdog.com

Pedro Rizzo def. Gary Goodridge via TKO (Retirement) at 5:00 of round 2 Jordan Smith def. Gustavo Machado via Decision (Unanimous) Marcos Galvao def. David Derby via TKO (Punches) at 1:37 of round 1 Ovince St. Preux def. Claudio Godoi via TKO (Arm Injury) at 5:00 of round 1 Gabriel Miglioli def. John George via TKO (Punches) at 0:56 of round 3 Matt Van Buren def. Manny Okorie via Decision (Majority) Chris Buckner def. Jahmal McLennan via TKO (Punches) at 2:02 of round 3 Peter Simone def. Francisco Salgueiro via Decision (Unanimous)

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Referee Mario Yamasaki tells Tatame that the event he's organizing in Washington, D.C., on May 15th...

posted by Chris Nelson, Mar 19, 2010

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Referee Mario Yamasaki tells Tatame that the event he's organizing in Washington, D.C., on May 15th will be headlined by a bout between veteran heavyweights Pedro Rizzo (17-9) and Gary Goodridge (23-20-1). Photo of Rizzo via Sherdog.

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What do you think needs to change for Brazilian MMA to become like it is nowadays in the US? I did...

posted by Chris Nelson, Sep 08, 2009

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What do you think needs to change for Brazilian MMA to become like it is nowadays in the US? I did five events in Brazil and the tough [part] about Brazil is the fans. The fans buy the tickets too close to the event and the promoters don’t have incentive to do events. The problem is that they have to buy tickets... We do one event there, we don’t get any money and we won’t do another. We have a lot of fighters, and UFC didn’t come to Brazil yet because of that. The first time we went there, a lot of people tried to enter [for free] because [they said they were the] friend of someone... On the other hand, the country is wonderful, the people are beautiful, everybody loves to go to Brazil, and we have the best fighters. We need the fans to contribute with the MMA. -- Mario Yamasaki. Photo by Forrest Hickman.

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