Terrible Ref Job*

[1bad65]

It wasn't in the rules to let the corner throw in the towel I believe. The guy came back and put the other guy down so it wasn't that bad. A lot of punishment went on there though, it just depends on the individual referee how much they think is too much. It's a very tough job I imagine.

I know in Texas in MMA fights you are told during the rules meeting to NOT throw in the towel. You are told you can jump up on the apron area or hit the cage and get the refs attention and he will stop it.

[brently1979]

Yeah I watched this and whilst only the Ref can stop the fight, the corner are there to represent the fighter when he's not in much of a position to make the decision himself.

And from watchin the whole fight, Vann was horrendously biased towards Earl, giving him precious seconds after knockdowns to recover, cautoning Katsidis for non-existant low blows - I mean this guy is a go to guy for Warren, as a scorer and a ref.

I really liked Katsidis though, he's got some nice aggression and power, good stamina - question marks over his chin though.

This is what I'm talking about. A bad ref job all over.

[squealpiggy]

BUT HOPEFULLY ON A DOCTOR'S ADVICE AS WELL.

Yes, a ref can consult with the doctor before stopping the fight and the doctor can ask the ref to stop the fight but it's the referee's decision.

[infestacide]

its pretty typical to have these type of calls in the UK, kinda like when kostya dropped hatton with a body shot. And before you say "ur biased" i am from the UK. The british are very passionate about their sports and thats fine i am by no way having a go at them.

[The Monk]

Earl took one hell of a beating in that fight but at the time of the stoppage he was actually doing quite well and landing good shots on katsidis. I know the rule over here is the towel is not an automatic fight stopper but i believe it should be. If the corner want him out then the ref should not disregard their wish.

[Red_Menace]

Refs dont stop fights if "the towel" is thrown in. This is incase a member of the audience decides it would be fun to throw a towel of their own in the ring. If a corner wants the fight stopped, they get in the ring and tell the ref that they are stopping the fight.

I never really thought about that, but it's pretty obvious.

[brently1979]

its pretty typical to have these type of calls in the UK, kinda like when kostya dropped hatton with a body shot. And before you say "ur biased" i am from the UK. The british are very passionate about their sports and thats fine i am by no way having a go at them.

It's hard to get a win in the UK sometimes. I think Mickey Van wanted to start throwing punches for Earl, but knew that would be taking it a bit too far.

[squealpiggy]

its pretty typical to have these type of calls in the UK, kinda like when kostya dropped hatton with a body shot.

That was clearly a low blow, not a body shot.

[infestacide]

haha i can't help myself in winding up the brits, as i said i was originally from the UK and now live in australia, so it kinda comes second nature, the difference between brits and alot of other countries though is the fact they can take a wind up and laugh at themselves. But... dude... it was a body shot

[squealpiggy]

It wasn't a body shot and nor were the ones that followed it. Deary me.