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History Of MMA Trailer By Bobby Razak
Bobby Razak, the director behind TapouT's famous "Future of MMA" ad is apparently working on a feature film about the history of MMA. He uploaded the trailer to YouTube and Vimeo today. It features UFC champs Bas Rutten, Frank Shamrock, and Mark Coleman as well as Referee John McCarthy, reporter...
Referee who stopped Kim Couture fight late failed COMMAND judge course
E. Spencer Kyte of Canada.com's Keyboard Kimura blog has written an excellent post about how the Calgary Combative Sports Commission isn't disciplining referee Len Koivisto. Koivisto was the referee for the Kim Couture vs Sheila Bird fight a few weeks ago where Couture went limp in a head scissors...
Big John McCarthy Weighs in on the Judging Problem in MMA
MMA, or more specifically the UFC, has been growing by leaps and bounds since The Ultimate Fighter debuted on Spike and drew in a significant audience with the Monday Night RAW lead in it enjoyed. Then the Finale happened with the epic Forrest Griffin vs Stephan Bonnar fight and the sport really...
McCarthy scheduled to officiate bouts at UFC on Versus 2
Famed referee "Big" John McCarthy will make his return to the UFC cage to officiate bouts for the first time since 2007 on Sunday when he is scheduled to referee at "UFC on Versus 2" at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, Calif., his wife Elaine confirmed to MMAFighting.com. McCarthy's wife...
NJSACB's Nick Lembo Talks Ideas on Improving Judging in MMA
In an interview over at Bleacher Report, E. Spencer Kyte sat down with the legal counsel of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board (NJSACB) in Nick Lembo. Most fans have heard of Lembo as he's involved heavily with the mixed martial arts scene on the east coast, and he has been in the news...
UFC Referees and the Power Law
Without using Google or Wikipedia, name five American MMA referees. If you're like 98% of the global population (ed. note: figure cannot be verified), you probably listed some combination of John McCarthy, Herb Dean, Steve Mazzagatti, Mario Yamasaki, Yves Lavigne, and Dan MIragliotta. Why is...
A Cursory Look at Referee Statistics and Another Call for Volunteers
If you remember this post, I called for volunteers to help me with a project involving referees and judges. I've put the judge project on hold for now, but we're still going strong on the ref side. Here's some preliminary work I've done, and hope to expand on with more data: Sorry for the...
The Week in Quotes: February 14th-20th
YOU CAN'T SUSPEND ME, BRO. DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM? "I've got to come back (in March), and if they take my money and [heavily] fine me, I won't make it until the end of the year. It's that bad for me with income. If they won't level with me, it's going to be pretty hard for me." - Karo...
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