According to MMAweekly.com the Nevada State Athletic Commission has passed two new rules in regards to MMA: 1.) Nevada will now allow officials the use of instant replays to determine if a foul contributed to an injury which resulted in the end of a fight. The final wording as passed: “A referee at the conclusion of […]
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The Issues of Referee and Judge Certification
‘Showdown’ Joe Ferraro has an excellent piece up at Rogers Sportsnet that details his experience with ‘Big’ John McCarthy’s referee certification seminar, C.O.M.M.A.N.D. (Certification of Officials for Mixed Martial Arts National Development). The course is broken down into three areas and participants require a passing grade of 90 percent (at minimum in all three) to be certified. […]
St. Pierre Trainers File Response with NSAC
This afternoon George St. Pierre’s camp filed a response with the NSAC regarding BJ Penn’s allegations stemming from his fight with St. Pierre at UFC 94. The complete response including detailed statements from Greg Jackson, Phil Nurse, Steven L. Friend, and John Danaher can be found here. In a joint statement Jackson and Nurse issued […]
Punitive Decision Making in MMA: How To Handle The Grease
This is a subject I’ve wanted to write about for sometime now and as it happens, UFC 94 provided the proper timing and context for me to do so. The following is an article I wrote for maximumfighting.com earlier this week: The fight between Georges St-Pierre and BJ Penn this past weekend was many things […]