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On June 25, the UFC touched down in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with UFC Fight Night 112<\/a>. In the main event, Kevin Lee and Michael Chiesa went to war in a compelling clash of lightweight contenders. Unfortunately this main event was shrouded in controversy, as Lee locked up a first-round rear-naked choke, but referee Mario Yamasaki stopped the action before Chiesa actually tapped.<\/p>\n

Since then, Yamasaki has defended his stoppage, while the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission (OSAC) has denied Chiesa’s appeal. Despite this, Chiesa still feels he was shorted, and is harboring quite a bit of resentment against Yamasaki. On Monday’s edition of the MMA Hour<\/a>, the lightweight even challenged the referee to a September 30 grappling match.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would like to test his fifth degree black belt in a friendly grappling match and let\u2019s see if he\u2019s what he says he is,\u201d Chiesa told Ariel Helwani. “And I\u2019m not saying it in a hostile way, I\u2019m saying, \u2018hey, if you\u2019re a fifth degree black belt, you should back up for the decisions you made.\u2019 As a martial artist myself, that\u2019s my open challenge to him, to headline Onnit Invitational on Sept. 30.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yamasaki has already replied to Chiesa’s callout. Rather unsurprisingly, the 53-year-old referee is not especially interested in obliging it.<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m 53 years old, I don\u2019t train anymore, how am I going to do this?\u201d Yamasaki told MMAFighting.com<\/a>. “And what\u2019s the point of him fighting me? What would that change? What does he want to prove? It\u2019s childish. Even if he catches me or if I catch him, that won\u2019t change anything that happened in his fight. What is he trying to prove?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

“If he gives me some time to train, I\u2019d grapple with him,\u201d he continued. “Tell him to come to my academy, no problem. I have 10 academies in the United States, he can come any time he wants.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“What is he trying to prove? That\u2019s what I wanna know,\u201d the referee concluded. “What would that change? He wants media [attention], and he already had media.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What do you think of Michael Chiesa’s beef with Mario Yamasaki?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/25\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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