{"id":246613,"date":"2017-08-13T06:02:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T13:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=246613"},"modified":"2017-08-13T06:02:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T13:02:06","slug":"video-worst-mma-referee-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/referee\/video-worst-mma-referee-time\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Is this the worst MMA referee of all time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wild R2 between Marcio Lyoto and Fabio Aguiar. Ref completely ignores illegal strikes, then follows up w\/ non-stoppage at the end of the rd. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CEVrhoeuYb\">pic.twitter.com\/CEVrhoeuYb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/896562548954279937\">August 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the most common and dangerous problems in mixed martial arts is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-gallery\/video-biggest-referee-mistakes-in-mma\/\">poor officiating<\/a>. For every good referee \u2013 such <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/john-mccarthy\/referee-big-john-mccarthy-responds-daniel-cormier-post-fight-statement\/\">Big John McCarthy<\/a> and Herb Dean \u2013 there seem to be a dozen absolutely braindead officiators whose ineptitude puts fighter healthy and safety in extreme peril.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, we&#8217;ve seen some pretty terrible refereeing in MMA. The bumbling moron who lumbered into the cage to officiate a fight at Aspera Fighting Championship 55 in Brazil last night, however, might just take the cake for worst MMA referee of all time.<\/p>\n<p>This ref was on duty for a welterweight scrap between Marcio &#8220;Lyoto&#8221; Alexandre Jr. and Fabio Aguiar. In the second round, Aguiar landed a series of blatantly illegal strikes: first, a volley of questionable kicks, then a meteor shower of punches that could not possibly have landed on the back of the head more clearly. For some reason, the referee let all of this fly, while Lyoto was pummelled into a barely-conscious heap. To make matters worse, the ref then ignored an obvious opportunity to stop the fight as the second round wore down, allowing a dazed Lyoto to absorb dozens of unnecessary and brain-rattling strikes.<\/p>\n<p>See this referee&#8217;s bafflingly poor work the top of the post.<\/p>\n<p>No word yet on Lyoto&#8217;s condition post-fight, but hopefully he made a full recovery. Hopefully this ref never steps into the cage again.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think this is the worst reffing ever in MMA? Join the conversation in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/13\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild R2 between Marcio Lyoto and Fabio Aguiar. Ref completely ignores illegal strikes, then follows up w\/ non-stoppage at the end of the rd. pic.twitter.com\/CEVrhoeuYb \u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 13, 2017 One of the most common and dangerous problems in mixed martial arts is poor officiating. For every good referee \u2013 such Big John McCarthy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":246614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10248],"tags":[],"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>VIDEO | Is this the worst MMA referee of all time? | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This referee, who was on duty at Espera Fighting Championship 55 in Brazil, might be the worst in the history of mixed martial arts.\" \/>\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\/mma-news\/referee\/video-worst-mma-referee-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO | Is this the worst MMA referee of all time? 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