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“If you do see something like that, we’ve got to say that, we’ve got to step up, we’ve got to put our necks on the line for the welfare of the fighters. Because these guys are out there f*cking punishing themselves on a daily basis, risking a lot of things for the fan’s enjoyment.
“Yes, of course, for their success as well, but for the f*cking judge to be so disrespectful—to not even be watching fight… I mean, let alone, the fact that that’s what he’s getting paid to do on that evening. His job that night is to watch the fight and judge them and get paid for it. Number one, it’s failing at that. Secondly, it’s disrespecting the sport and [thirdly], he’s disrespecting the fighters in there and all the sacrifices that they made.
“The only thing I would say is judges need to be held accountable. At the end of the [Jones-Reyes] fight, we had [Joe] Rogan, [Dominick] Cruz and [Jon] Anik talking about judging it and what we can do.
“I always say the same thing. Here’s what needs to happen. You sit that judge down in a room with some other judges, three or four other judges. You watch the fight with him, and at the end of it, he explains to the other judges how he scored it. If he can’t give a rational, convincing argument as to why the other guy won the round, then guess what? You’re gone!”
https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc...testing-judges-following-ufc-247-controversy/
“Yes, of course, for their success as well, but for the f*cking judge to be so disrespectful—to not even be watching fight… I mean, let alone, the fact that that’s what he’s getting paid to do on that evening. His job that night is to watch the fight and judge them and get paid for it. Number one, it’s failing at that. Secondly, it’s disrespecting the sport and [thirdly], he’s disrespecting the fighters in there and all the sacrifices that they made.
“The only thing I would say is judges need to be held accountable. At the end of the [Jones-Reyes] fight, we had [Joe] Rogan, [Dominick] Cruz and [Jon] Anik talking about judging it and what we can do.
“I always say the same thing. Here’s what needs to happen. You sit that judge down in a room with some other judges, three or four other judges. You watch the fight with him, and at the end of it, he explains to the other judges how he scored it. If he can’t give a rational, convincing argument as to why the other guy won the round, then guess what? You’re gone!”
https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc...testing-judges-following-ufc-247-controversy/