Dana White Unhappy With Ref Assignment For Aldo vs. Edgar ‘Superfight’ | UFC NEWS
“I could go off for 45 minutes on officiating over [in Nevada]. Steve Mazzagatti is the ref reffing the [Aldo vs. Edgar] superfight. What more can I do (while turning his hand into a gun and pulling the trigger against his head)? Mazzagatti is reffing the superfight. What more needs to be said than that?
“I can’t do anything. As a promoter, I can’t do anything. The fighters can. The fighters can say, ‘Oh my God.’ They can say, ‘I don’t want him,’ and they gotta go in and give good cause on why they don’t want him.”
“I can tell you this, if I was a fighter, the last thing I would want to see when I got in the cage is Mazzagatti. That’s the last thing I would want to see.”
- UFC president Dana White, remains vocal about his lack of trust in certain referee’s assigned to his fights. In question is the highly controversial Steve Mazzagatti. (transcription via 5th Round)
Related:
About the Author
- BJPENN.COM MMA News Director
In an interview with the Brazilian Portuguese language radio show “Pânico” former UFC heavyweight champion…
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Our boys Kinch and Chase Raymond recently invited Bellator welterweight and…
UFC Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Marc Ratner, stated today that the UFC’s debut on…
Upstart promotion, AriseFC made its debut last Saturday from the Santa Clara Convention Center in…
Internet sensation Tommy Toe Hold joined BJPENN.COM’s Fist-Ta-Cuff Radio show this past Sunday, June 16,…
UFC heavyweight champion has something to prove at UFC 166 as he faces off against…
UFC on FOX 8 welterweights Jake Ellenberger and Rory MacDonald traded verbal jabs yesterday on…
At the Metamoris 2 event in Los Angeles, California UFC heavyweight fighter, Brendan Schaub failed…
Josh Burkman took revenge last Friday as he dispatched perennial UFC welterweight contender Jon Fitch…
UFC 161 took place last weekend from Winnipeg, Canada. In the main event Rashad Evans…
Former UFC fighter turned commentator, Kenny Florian, took to twitter recently to echo the sentiments…
CM Punk goes one-on-one with World Champion Alberto Del Rio and then gets attacked by…
I don’t think its fair to call Steve controversial. He’s just not that good.
If I was a fighter, the last referee(s) I’d like to be in the cage with would be Dan Mirgliotta, Steve Mazzagati, Yves Lavigne or that woman referee.
Yeah, Herb or Big John all the way
Mirgliotta effed up the call on pedro but he isn’t as bad as Mazzagati
Rather all those guys than Cecil Peoples… Remember the Nate Quarry vs Pete Sell fight? Or this: http://fcfighter.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/PICTURES/MISC/gc-041119-ertle-cobb.jpg
How the **** can Dana not do anything. You’re the President of the UFC!! Dumbass!!
UFC doesn’t employee or assing the refs
+1
He cant pick a ref any more than an owner of a sports team can pick a ref. Its up to the athletic commision of that state.
then how come for a long ass time big john couldnt ref ufc?
when Big John retired from reffing for that brief period, he forfeited his license. i don’t know if it’s still the case, but nevada state athletic commission wouldn’t reissue his license when he came out of retirement. given that the UFC holds more events in LV than anywhere else, it seemed that he was somehow barred from the UFC; it’s just not the case. Dana White did sound off on Big John because he left reffing to do analyst work with Affliction.
Wow. Just wow.
Athletic commissions assign referees. The UFC doesn’t own them dumbass.
The UFC has no control over the Refs, that is the commission’s role.
Dana is dragging it… let the man do his job. I’m sure he doesn’t **** up on purpose.
I have watched every single UFC event from #1 to the present minus maybe 2 or 3. In that time I have seen only one ref time and time again put fighters in serious danger and that would be Mazagatti. His eyesight must be really bad and his reaction time is horrible. This is putting figters life in danger. It’s seriously messed up
I would be more concerned about his record of early stoppages vs late stoppages
Should of been Herb… Steve makes strange decisions
Dana has a serious man crush on Steve Mazzagatti.
Think the best REF is Mario Yamasaki
I hope your joking. The yamasaki’s are the biggest jokes of refs…. guys with BJJ BB’s who stand guys up from side control and 30 seconds after hitting the mat… especially when theyre brazillians fighting in brazil
How about Josh Rosenthal? He is better than average…
ITS BS CAUSE FOR A LONG ASS TIME DANA AND BIG JOHN WERE BEEFING SO BIG JOHN COULDNT REF UFC, OF COURSE NOW HES BACK BUT SOMETHING FISHY HERE
I know this is hardly the best criteria for a ref to have, but I like Mazzagatti simply because he’s the only one that goes in there with his raspy voice yelling “BRING IT ON CMOWN!” Gets me amped up every time.
wow, you must have came all over yourself every time Big John said “Let’s get it on!”
I did a few times, haha.
Come on guy, John was retired for a while even tried commentating for another promotion, not because of beef with Dana. As far as the other refs the top ones are H.Dean, J.Rosenthal and M.Yamasaki. Mazzengoti is pretty bad but one of the comments above is right he doesn’t make bad calls on purpose only on by incompetence, he is just as bad as the judging.
The best referee in the history of our sport is Yuji Shimada.
your an absolute moron if you really think yuji shimada is the best ref. He definitely brings the violence, letting dudes get their brains soccer kicked out of the ring but then other times has total shit stoppages. way too much inconsistency. he’s not even the best japanese ref. also ruined a ****ing amazing fight with Kotetsu Boku – cant remember his opponent
hey when it comes down to literlally not only winning the belt but also think about once you become a champion in the ufc the increase in how much money you make is astronomical, if i was in their position i would totally use my right right to get steve out of there he is very bad, and thats an objective statement.
Herb has got a lot better but he used to do some dodgy stoppages early on too. Can anyone remember him fighting some years ago? Big John is the best ref working the US/European scene I think. He is usually right on point 95% of his calls IMHO. Of course, no-one is perfect but some of Steve’s calls have been bizarre. We’ve been sat there and it was like, “What the f@uck was that?!?!”