(Not All Ref's Are Created Equal; We Salute you, Herb Dean, you're the man)
As MMA evolves more focus is being put on referees. We all
know what happened this weekend; Kim Winslow calling the Albert/Perez fight
even though Albert did not tap, and Mazzagatti giving a rocked Kampmann an
entire round to stall and recover then calling a TKO the moment he rocked
Ellenberger with knees. During the Albert/Perez fight, Winslow had no business
stopping the arm bar. If Albert chose to let his arm break, so be it, then stop
the fight, until then it’s his decision. During Kampmann/Ellenberger Mazzagatti
needed to stand them up in round one, doing so more than likely would have
changed the outcome. It’s impossible to see a fight through the referee’s eyes,
but mistakes like these need to cease. Their number one priority should be
fighter safety but not to this extreme; in both cases the referee manipulated
the outcome of the fight, and that cannot happen.
(This is NOT OK to stop)
(This NEEDS to be stopped, the elbow does not bend that way)
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