Famed MMA referee Mario Yamasaki claims he's been threatened by UFC fighters

[joeaust]

I know he's caught flak over the years for certain things, but he's right under up there with Big John as far as the best imo.

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[Jsvetz]

Mario Yamasaki is far from the best-

Erick Silva vs Prater

Terrible call

 

[Deleted member 245586]

Mario's one of the better refs. It's a tough job.

If I were Mario, I would tell em if you don't want me to stop the fight, don't let it get to the point where it looks like your getting your ass kicked.

I mean the guy doesn't have an agenda, he's tryin' to save their ass!

 

[That209]

Mario Yamasaki is far from the best-

Erick Silva vs Foder

Terrible call

You mean Prater?

 

[AndyGoaty**]

Don't blame them Yama sucks

 

[slavomir]

Really shitty if true. I would like to know the names if right. Mario gets too much heat. He is one of the best in bizz defo in my top 6-7 of reffs.

 

[BayStyles]

Mario Yamasaki is far from the best-

Erick Silva vs Foder

Terrible call

You mean Prater?

 

[Dalglish]

Hardly a surprise, no?

 

[fandangler101]

Mario Yamasaki is far from the best-

Erick Silva vs Foder

Terrible call

How many times have you fucked up at work? Answer is more than once.

 

[Jsvetz]

You mean Prater?

I always get them confused..

 

[slavomir]

Don't blame them Yama sucks

Fernando yes, Mario is decent reff.

 

[kmasonbx]

4th degree BJJ blackbelt? Had no idea, seems those fighters could have been in for a surprise.

 

[AndyGoaty**]

Fernando yes, Mario is decent reff.

Both do, pretty bad.

 

[Lucifer Alpha]

I know he's caught flak over the years for certain things, but he's right under up there with Big John as far as the best imo.

Mario Yamasaki is one of the worst referees in MMA.

 

[beefcake180]

Mario and Fernando Yamasucky.

 

[trane]

How many times have you fucked up at work? Answer is more than once.

You can't afford to fuck up in his line of work though.

 

[IrritatedTomcat]

How many times have you fucked up at work? Answer is more than once.

I have not because people would drown lol

 

[slavomir]

Both do, pretty bad.

They are in different leagues in terms of reffing. If you dont see the enormous gap between them you dont have a clue.

 

[crazyjames1233]

How many times have you fucked up at work? Answer is more than once.

seriously. Mario is one of the best refs imo, but people act like he is the worst. seriously that is the ONLY controversial call he has ever made. Herb Dean stood up Cro Cop-Gonzaga and Barnett-Nastula early, stopped Shamrock-Ortiz early, yet he is one of the best refs in the business apparently. Only real criticism I would launch at Yamasaki is he tends to let fights go on too long. the only reason people bash him is because they see other people on Sherdog do it. no one said anything about Mario before the Silva fight but as soon as it was over he was the worst referee ever. remember the Sakuraba-Silveira fight? i guess Big John is an awful ref as well.
on a semi-related note, can anyone actually explain why Cecil Peoples is an awful ref? People talk shit about him all the time as well because its trendy and who knows he may be awful but I have NEVER in 5 years of posting here seen a single person make a good case as to why other than that gif of him reffing and doing the short kung-fu kata before a fight. all ever see is someone claim he may have scored X fight for X fighter. please tell me exactly what fights he scored so horribly and use multiple examples so I can also bash him without feeling like another one of the internet sheep.

 

[Cake4Breakfast]

How many times have you fucked up at work? Answer is more than once.

Seriously, critical people are irrational and lack insight into themselves. human error is a part of life. Look at what doctors and nurses do by mistake, and they are serious people doing serious things doing their best to help people.