MMA coach Ray Longo is the latest to shine a light on controversial judge Douglas Crosby.<\/p>\n
The name is likely familiar to MMA fans, but for the wrong reason. Crosby has judged fights for over two decades and has become a controversial figure for it. He’s been on the wrong side of some of the worst decisions in the history of the sport and has continued to receive high-profile assignments.<\/p>\n
While judging in the sport has always been a controversial subject, Crosby has generated more headlines than expected recently. The reason is that he’s turned in arguably the worst two scorecards of the year, on back-to-back nights.<\/p>\n
In the main event of Bellator 289, the veteran judge was the sole dissenting voice for Danny Sabatello vs. Raufeon Stots. Not only that, he scored the bout 50-45<\/a> in favor of the challenger, which is mind-boggling. The following night, he flew to Las Vegas and scored Paddy Pimblett vs. Jared Gordon. ‘The Baddy’ controversially<\/a> got the win by decision.<\/p>\n Many, including names such as Ali Abdelaziz<\/a>, have blasted Douglas Crosby. Now, famed coach Ray Longo, who’s trained names such as Aljamain Sterling, has chimed in. On the Anik & Florian podcast, he ripped Crosby and pointed to prior controversies with the judge.<\/p>\n The controversies Longo mentioned are a controversial scorecard against Bellator’s AJ Agazarm in 2020, as well as appearances on Chael Sonnen’s podcast where he’s blasted several names in the sport.<\/p>\n Ray Longo just absolutely went off on Doug Crosby on the Anik & Florian podcast. What a gem Longo is pic.twitter.com\/Ngc8LkooNR<\/a><\/p>\n — Austin Luff (@AJMMA_) December 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n