{"id":271885,"date":"2018-03-06T06:38:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=271885"},"modified":"2018-03-06T06:38:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:38:18","slug":"veteran-referee-john-mccarthy-weighs-in-on-hector-lombard-dq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/hector-lombard\/veteran-referee-john-mccarthy-weighs-in-on-hector-lombard-dq\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran referee John McCarthy weighs in on Hector Lombard DQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, on the undercard of UFC 222, former Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard made his latest return to the UFC&#8217;s Octagon, this time opposite TUF veteran CB Dollaway.<\/p>\n<p>Regrettably, this fight ended in controversy, as Lombard put Dollaway down with a volley of punches that occurred split seconds after the first round ended. He was disqualified for this perceived foul, which in turn meant a bizarre and surely undesirable <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-222\/ufc-222-results-hector-lombard-vs-c-b-dollaway\/\">DQ win for Dollaway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just a tad after the bell by Hector Lombard&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC222?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC222<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xfJT0FlgTo\">pic.twitter.com\/xfJT0FlgTo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCONFOX\/status\/970104834291466241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of this unfortunate twist, Lombard protested his DQ loss, arguing that the punches he threw were simply a reflexive response to a kick thrown by Dollaway, and that it was on referee Mark Smith to separate them when the round ended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was in action,\u201d Lombard told\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/03\/hector-lombard-disputes-ufc-222-disqualification-vs-cb-dollaway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie\u00a0<\/a>backstage at UFC 222. \u201cYou know, we\u2019re exchanging. He threw a kick, and I\u2019m coming back. You\u2019re in the fight. If the referee doesn\u2019t get in and say [stop], but if you\u2019re in action and you throw a kick, I follow through with one-two. \u2026 The referee didn\u2019t step in and say anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the opinion of veteran referee &#8220;Big&#8221; John McCarthy, who is one of the most respected voices when it comes to officiating, there might actually be some merit to Lombard&#8217;s argument. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/3\/5\/17079994\/should-hector-lombard-have-been-dqd-at-ufc-222-john-mccarthy-weighs-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>, McCarthy explained that, in practice, the referee should use an outstretched arm to separate two fighters at the end of a round. Yelling &#8220;time,&#8221; alone was not enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[My arm] shoots in between both fighters and I say, \u2018Time!\u2019\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cBecause I know as my arm goes straight, as soon as it is straight everything that passes it is late. So, I don\u2019t have to guess. I don\u2019t have to go back to an instant replay. I don\u2019t have to do any of that. It\u2019s clear that if my arm comes in between them and something passes it, that\u2019s late. If my arm is bent as it\u2019s coming and it goes past it, it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of Hector Lombard&#8217;s DQ loss to CB Dollaway?<\/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 3\/6\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, on the undercard of UFC 222, former Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard made his latest return to the UFC&#8217;s Octagon, this time opposite TUF veteran CB Dollaway. Regrettably, this fight ended in controversy, as Lombard put Dollaway down with a volley of punches that occurred split seconds after the first round ended. 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