Could Herb Dean have done anything to make Lewis & Ngannou fight

[GrantSorenson]

Can't make a horse drink but perhaps herb should have made some comments

 

[AFewDollarsMore]

yellow cards....oh wait

 

[Rvd Slmr]

herb should have made some comments

He literally did. But what can you do? You can't threaten to take points from both guys at the same time, it wouldn't change anything.

 

[gato sin techo]

ngannou deserved to get some points taken for inactivity

 

[Lovestorm]

I knew the fight would be painful, just not that kind of painful.

 

[Kingz]

No. That’s why there needs to be a bill to implement yellow cards in UFC.

Herb was merely begging them in case they didn’t notice the fans, promoters, and hype
men were pissed

 

[Which Doctor]

Performance Institute.

 

[Bob Sagat]

ngannou deserved to get some points taken for inactivity

Even if it wasn't a lot, at least Lewis was initiating. I just can't possibly understand how Ngannou, even in the THIRD ROUND, couldn't start anything. He wasn't doing anything so he had a full gas tank and he KNEW he had to get the knock out to have any business winning that fight. Puzzling.

 

[EndlessCritic]

guy active in closed guard --> ref stands them up for "inactivity"

15 minutes of circling, they should put them on the ground.

i'm not saying it's a good idea, but at least it's consistently stupid.

 

[genecop]

He could have come up behind Ngannou and gave him a swift kick in the ass..

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

BLM, both took a stance against black on black crime...

 

[genecop]

guy active in closed guard --> ref stands them up for "inactivity"

15 minutes of circling, they should put them on the ground.

i'm not saying it's a good idea, but at least it's consistently stupid.

Who’s on top?

 

[EndlessCritic]

Who’s on top?

flip a coin. who cares. i'm simply making a point that referee standups from the ground are idiotic. You will never see a ground fight that is more boring than what we saw last night.

Guys work their asses off in the clinch and I hear these idiotic refs call for activity and action. Just because guys are in a tight battle doesn't mean there isn't action.

 

[PlayswellwithLawnDarts]

He should’ve just walked out of the octagon in the second round.

You don’t need a ref for a dance off

 

[countswagula]

Maybe some kind of financial incentive

 

[Rvd Slmr]

Maybe some kind of financial incentive

Dana should have stepped in and burned copies of their UFC contracts in the middle of the octagon.

 

[Sir Punchalot]

It's not the ref's job to make someone fight. If you don't want to fight, you should not sign contracts to fight in front of lots of people who have paid good money to watch you do it. Ngannou is currently off my list of fighters I'm interested in watching. He acted like an absolute fucking clown last night.

 

[Sir Punchalot]

Maybe some kind of financial incentive

Yes, like being told you're not going to get paid unless you actually start doing the work you were hired to do.

 

[rollinguillotin]

DQ. By the 3rd there was no point for this to go on.

 

[elfeliz]

he could have joined in and start throwing punches