SALT LAKE CITY – On an evening on which judging left many viewers scratching their heads, Dana White was proper there with them.
Following UFC 307 on Saturday in Salt Lake Metropolis, White admitted he was not a fan of a number of the scorecards turned in.
“The judging tonight was atrocious,” White instructed MMA Junkie and different reporters after the occasion at Delta Middle. “I felt like I used to be at a boxing match in Eire tonight.”
The judging wasn’t the one regulatory matter that entered the general public discourse throughout Saturday’s fights. Whereas White stated he missed the highly-criticized officiating by native referee Dave Seljestad, he added that UFC senior vp of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner indicated his displeasure at actions taken in the course of the combat between Cesar Almeida and Ihor Potieria.
The principle card bout between Mario Bautista and Jose Aldo additionally grew to become a scorching matter. Aldo was repeatedly smothered by Bautista in opposition to the fence, which brought on his former rival Conor McGregor to turn into irate on social media.
McGregor took exception with the thought of stalling and proposed {that a} clock be put in to restrict the quantity of inactivity that might happen earlier than a separation.
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White agreed that protocols ought to be adjusted to advertise extra motion, although doesn’t suppose a clock is critical.
“I all the time suppose that the referees ought to be extra lively on that, 100%, particularly when someone retains doing it to stall. You guys aren’t going to f*cking let up on this, are you? I assume we’ll get into it. For those who’re judging a man on management or this or that, should you’re not making an attempt to combat, how do you win the combat? For those who’re tried takedowns, then what about stuffing the takedowns. Simply insanity.”
“… When you’ll be able to inform that the man positively doesn’t wish to stand and strike and simply desires to stall in opposition to the fence, sure, the refs, that’s their job. After they see it regularly taking place and that the man just isn’t making an attempt to win the combat, then you definately hold breaking them up.”
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