They are tough but still not as bad as this.
Overall the UFC has a really good quality of refeering, most of the bouts are handled pretty well - minus with ref Mario Yamasaki. I complain about Dean but he stands out in a crowd of excellent referees for a few mistakes, that's how good they all are, including him.

But I litterally watched Fight Night Moscow not 2 weeks ago, and now the match with Conor, I didn't have time to forget between those two.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17029 Posts

October 08 2018 18:10 GMT

#1922

its possible Dean knows which side his bread is buttered on. McG is the UFC's cash cow. So McG probably gets away with a bunch of BS no one else does. Pulling shorts , hooking gloves... McG fought really dirty i thought. It also looks like McG threw the 1st punch in the post match melee.

The various post match videos will get dissected frame by frame like they are the zapruder film as each side tries to blame the other.

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

October 09 2018 06:07 GMT

#1923

the thing about point deduction is, correct me if Im wrong, but the ref has to stop the fight before he deducts points, right? And every time mcgregor cheated, it was while khabib had a superior position. Can the ref deduct points between rounds? Because after like the 5th rulebreak, I think it'd be perfectly reasonable to deduct a point. Just to show Connor that rules aren't a joke.

Excludos

Norway8196 Posts

October 09 2018 07:08 GMT

#1924

On October 09 2018 15:07 Scip wrote:
the thing about point deduction is, correct me if Im wrong, but the ref has to stop the fight before he deducts points, right? And every time mcgregor cheated, it was while khabib had a superior position. Can the ref deduct points between rounds? Because after like the 5th rulebreak, I think it'd be perfectly reasonable to deduct a point. Just to show Connor that rules aren't a joke.

Official rules states when there's a foul the referee must stop the fight. He can't just deduct points in between the rounds. Dean was of course right not to do that, but a few more warnings to Conor would definitively have been in order.

Lysteria

France2280 Posts

October 09 2018 12:17 GMT

#1925

Yeah, usually the referee gives warnings without stopping the fight, then stops it for a more pronounced warning if needed - usually to warn the guy there will be a point deducted if it continues. The fight needs to be stopped for a point to be deducted, but it doesn't have to last more than 10-15 seconds.

Aerisky

United States12129 Posts

October 09 2018 20:15 GMT

#1926

My impression of the post-match punch Conor threw was that he saw the dude coming at him after Khabib already jumped the fence, dude looked pretty aggro, I thought the other guy started his swing at him first, and Conor hit him with a punch before the other guy's fist could reach him. Might just be me though :p

Definitely a bad look for the UFC, yet also great for the drama lolol. They prob have to b careful since McGregor makes them so much money, and if he comes back into another L, it's probably donezo for him.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

October 09 2018 21:25 GMT

#1927

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JimmyJRaynor

Canada17029 Posts

October 09 2018 21:48 GMT

#1928

Derrick Lewis can't fight.. his testicles are still over-heated from his previous fight.

On October 10 2018 05:15 Aerisky wrote:
My impression of the post-match punch Conor threw was that he saw the dude coming at him after Khabib already jumped the fence, dude looked pretty aggro, I thought the other guy started his swing at him first, and Conor hit him with a punch before the other guy's fist could reach him. Might just be me though :p

that very well could be...
the night it happened one of the analysts said we're going to get a zapruder-esque frame-by-frame analysis of this thing filmed by various amateurs recording the fight to prove whose fault it is. if that happens .. no matter whose fault it ends up being... it becomes rather banal at that point.

Lysteria

France2280 Posts

October 10 2018 02:09 GMT

#1929

Sucks for Lewis, to be given only one month to prepare, even less than that. But I guess it's the only possibility for Cormier to allow him to prepare properly for a Brock Lesnar fight at the end of his suspension. Not the greatest card either.

CorsairHero

Canada9491 Posts

October 10 2018 04:41 GMT

#1930

brock lesnar failed a drug test and then the ufc announced they changed how they make test failures public

:conspiracy:

Lysteria

France2280 Posts

October 10 2018 11:49 GMT

#1931

He failed another one? Because he was just finishing his old one. Turns out, when you leave the UFC, your suspension is being frozen, that's why he still has to wait a few more months. I'd say the change was made for Jon Jones next ban.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

October 10 2018 12:57 GMT

#1932

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JimmyJRaynor

Canada17029 Posts

October 11 2018 15:20 GMT

#1933

This feels like a 90s pro wrestling angle. Khabib just needs to shave his head and call himself "Stone Cold". This is amazing build up for the rematch.
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