{"id":106598,"date":"2014-07-28T08:44:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T15:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=106598"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:30:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:30:12","slug":"john-mccarthy-defends-matt-browns-controversial-nut-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/john-mccarthy-defends-matt-browns-controversial-nut-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"John McCarthy Defends Matt Brown&#8217;s Controversial Nut Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/referee-john-mccarthy-has-choice-words-for-nsac-director-keith-kizer\/big-john-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69930\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/big-john.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"big john\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/big-john.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/big-john-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/big-john-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Veteran MMA referee Big John McCarthy justified his reasons for momentarily stopping the fight at what could have been a pivotal moment for Robbie Lawler.  For those who missed it, Robbie Lawler threw a liver kick at Matt Brown, the kick landed clean, however Brown grabbed at his cup to signal the kick landed low, and John McCarthy stopped the fight for a moment to let Brown recover from the low blow.  The kick replayed during Brown&#8217;s timeout and it showed that the kick landed clean.  <\/p>\n<p>Big John McCarthy took to Twitter after the bout to justify his actions in momentarily stopping the fight.  Check it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>For information, the kick thrown by Robbie was legal, his shin moved Matt Browns cup, you could hear it, that&#39;s why Matt was given a moment<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthyMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMcCarthyMMA\/statuses\/493238299117355009\">July 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran MMA referee Big John McCarthy justified his reasons for momentarily stopping the fight at what could have been a pivotal moment for Robbie Lawler. For those who missed it, Robbie Lawler threw a liver kick at Matt Brown, the kick landed clean, however Brown grabbed at his cup to signal the kick landed low, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":69930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[9,4058,584,11,8932,777,15,8189],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>John McCarthy Defends Matt Brown&#039;s Controversial Nut Shot | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/john-mccarthy-defends-matt-browns-controversial-nut-shot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John McCarthy Defends Matt Brown&#039;s Controversial Nut Shot | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Veteran MMA referee Big John McCarthy justified his reasons for momentarily stopping the fight at what could have been a pivotal moment for Robbie Lawler. 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