Dana White: Steve Mazzagatti Is the Worst Ref in History
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7/14/2009 3:01 PM ET By Michael David Smith
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UFC President Dana White had some harsh, and profane, words for referee Steve Mazzagatti in an appearance on the Opie & Anthony Show.
First, the background: In the run-up to UFC 100, Brock Lesnar sold his fight in part by turning it into a grudge match not just against his opponent, Frank Mir, but against Mazzagatti, the referee who worked the first Mir-Lesnar bout. Lesnar ripped Mazzagatti for standing up the fight after he hit Mir in the back of the head, and for failing to stop the fight quickly when he tapped out.White said Lesnar was right to be upset.
"Mazzagatti, as a referee?" White said. "This f**king guy shouldn't even be watching MMA on TV, let alone refereeing it. I think he's the worst ref in the history of any fight business, ever. He's horrible. We don't pick the refs. The athletic commission does. Those guys are picked by the government. It's not that I don't like him, he's a nice guy. He's an absolute nice guy, he has no business whatsoever being anywhere near mixed martial arts."
White also said:
--He expects the winner of the UFC 104 bout between Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez to fight Lesnar next.
--He wants to sign Fedor Emelianenko but "it takes two people to make a deal."
--He didn't like Dan Henderson's comments about hitting Michael Bisping to shut him up.
--EA Sports, which now wants to make an MMA video game, wouldn't even take a meeting with the UFC a few years ago.
--Georges St. Pierre "wears tight shorts and a cup that's really big."
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I was in the crowd and might of missed it
But I think Mazagatti never asked a doctor to check Mac Danzig's cut. I was surprised and so where other people sitting next to me.
Maybe we missed it
Someone needs to shove a dirty tampon in dana whites mouth and shut him up! Bring it on dana.....you sniveling little bitch!!!
i think mazzagatti would be lucky to ref High School wrestling given his abilities. the guy's a complete wanker, and he's been a bad ref far more than not. the guy muct be conected to get a job.
well, gotta hand it to you, you called it the brock fight and opened my eyes to steve (wyatt earp) mazzagatti.
i've been defending brock's post fight lunacy as hyped up adrenaline emotion. he really didn't talk much trash prior, actually it was mir doing most of the trash talking. the only post fight talk i didn't like was his herring lasso bit.
i think he'll learn, though.
and basically, i was just saying if you're going to rip brock than hendo actually deserves it more for that last shot he gave to bisping whom he knew was completely knocked out before he gave him that last shot. if anyone needs to apologize, i'm sorry to say that it's hendo.
although you're gonna want to throw up on this one: i actually agree with retro....belcher was also imo, robbed.
Ehhh, I only really saw Belcher "take control" of the fight near the end of the second round and throughout the third. He won the third, nobody's disputing that, but lost the first two. Albeit he lost the second one by a slim margin. It was a good decision by the judges, in my eyes.
you cant really blame hendo. when you're in the thick of it, your mind really doesnt process information in the same way as if you're watching it. in other words - you don't have the same judgement, your mind just says opportunity - go for it. its real caveman like.
i dont blame brock. he was robbed the first time and had to listen to mir dis him for 6 months. he was a little in the face- but so what. if he had mir and hahn's mindset he would have delivered some more punishment when the ref called it instead of just shouting at him. he should have wrung hahns skinny little neck right after doing mir. all in all brock was a better sport than mir.
obviously, i agree with you on the brock thing.
however, hendo knew better watch it on replay. he even hesitated and kinda looked at bisping and even said as much post fight.
i've seen other times where i would agree the extra shots were in the heat of it and the fighter doing the hitting was on kind of an autopilot. hendo knew better, that's what my eyes tell me and my eyes usually don't lie. don't get me wrong, i like hendo and was rooting for him. but i'm not going to lie to myself and say that was okay just because bisping came across like a dickhead pre fight.
oh well. so did you think belcher was robbed also?
i'm not going to fault hendo, the ref hadnt stopped the fight, and hey - maybe he did want to lay another one on. that said i have a lot of respect, as fighters and as men, for the guy that walks away and tells the ref the guys out.
i really didnt think belcher was robbed. i though akiyama did the most to win the fight. i do think belcher looked a lot bigger than akiyama and really wasn't able to use that to his advantage. overall i thought it was a pretty good night of fights
Eh, i think Steves allowing Sobral to anaconda Heath well after the KO was the last straw for me, not Brocks whining, although he had a legit case. Standing them up is one thing, its the point deducted that struck me as odd more.
Right or Wrong I enjoyed the extra punch to Big Mouthed Bisping. I wanted it! I cheered for it! and I enjoyed it ! and it made me a bigger Henderson Fan. and I Hope Bisping is too embarased to run His mouth like that again!
Bisping deserved it, Brock is for real, Danzig's body must contain 2-3 times the usual amount of blood.
Techincaly you can't fault Hendo as the fight was not stopped.
Mazzagatti does suck, Dana did take it a little too far though (per usual).
Why do we need to know about GSP's cup size and Skiddy's combo??? :-/
Dana white knows nothing about martial arts period..he is a money monger and will turn this sport into the next wwe..he is a idiot with a big mouth..
i can't believe any of you true mma fans justify hendo's last hit. if you can't see that that crossed the line then we just have a difference of opinion on that one and that does more harm sanctioning wise than trash talking.
and again, hendo's been doing this too long, he knew he could have stopped himself.
sure it was legal, but sure as hell not sportsmanlike.
i've been a fan since day 1 ufc 1 and nobody's ever been seriously hurt, but a shot like that really could've done some serious damage. really who knows what type of future damage that punch did.
that's what make this sport better than boxing.
so i'm sorry to beat the drum so loud on this one
it was just so apparent. i like hendo but his actions don't get a pass on this one. possibly if it was a rookie but not seasoned fighter like hendo.
watch the fight again and if you think that was an ethical shot. then all i can say to you is it seems like you would'nt give a rats ass if someone got killed all in the name of sport.
i like to watch skilled competition filled with drama, heart, courage, speed, power and yes decisive knockouts. however, i am not a bloodlust fan.
i do try to see both sides.
Most of you bozos have NEVER competed on the World stage in International sports. Danny,Randy and myself have been on the World team for Greco and we DO NOT stop until we HEAR a whistle being blown.
Those Europeans would take advantage of that split second hestitation and throw you for a 5 point gain. DO NOT STOP until the ref jumps on you. Hell if I was Danny, I would have kept on hitting him because he needed his MOUTH SHUT.
Anyone who curses like Dana and/or bising TO MOST educated people are just that, not very intelligent.
british have always been losers hendo rules