McGregor cheated at least 19 times against Khabib; Herb Dean should be fired.
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None of those elbows were 12-6 (which is a stupid rule anyway), they look like "Travis Browne elbows". And none of those shots are blatantly back of the head either. They are borderline/side.
With that said, Conor still cheated a lot. I hadn't seen that Twitter video by Herb. Him saying it's not worth it to intervene after Conor blatantly kneed Khabib in the face ilegally is some funny shit
With that said, Conor still cheated a lot. I hadn't seen that Twitter video by Herb. Him saying it's not worth it to intervene after Conor blatantly kneed Khabib in the face ilegally is some funny shit
Conor, and other fighters, will do whatever it takes to win. Conor specifically has had experience doing crazy things in the UFC and not getting in any trouble. So it's far more worth it for him to risk all this and get a win, and deal with a controversial win...than to play the "right" way and lose even worse than he did. In other words, it is way better in his case to ask for forgiveness. As long as you get the win, who cares....that's the idea.
So many things like this in lots of fights, but for a huge name like Conor to do it is not a good look for the UFC, if they care. Yoel and the tim kennedy thing was probably the worst I've seen.
So many things like this in lots of fights, but for a huge name like Conor to do it is not a good look for the UFC, if they care. Yoel and the tim kennedy thing was probably the worst I've seen.
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Herb Dean is the best in the business even Dana White said so.
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Round 1
(1) Grabbing shorts with his left hand.
(2) Strikes to the back of the head, (3) 12-6 elbows, and (4) grabbing shorts with his left hand.
(5) Grabbing shorts with his left hand.
(6) Strikes to the back of the head and (7) 12-6 elbow.
(8) Grabbing shorts with his left hand.
Round 2
(9) Kneeing a downed opponent.
This couldn't have been anymore flagrant; it's not like they were in a position in which it was difficult for McGregor to assess whether or not Nurmagomedov was a downed opponent.
(10) Grabbing the cage with his toes.
(11) Grabbing the cage with his toes.
And this foul was done right after Dean had already removed McGregor's toes from the cage.
Round 3
(12) Groin strike.
(13) Grabbing shorts with his left hand.
(14) Hooking fingers into opponent's glove.
(15) Hooking fingers into opponent's glove and (16) strike to the back of the head.
This might be one the most obvious signs of Herb Dean's incompetence/corruption: McGregor had hooked his fingers into Nurmagomedov's glove for 24 seconds in plain view of Dean, and not only was a warning not given nor a point deducted from McGregor, Dean actually gave Nurmagomedov a warning for inactivity.
Round 4
(17) Grabbing the cage with his right hand.
(18) Grabbing the cage with his toes.
(19) Grabbing the cage with his toes.
Herb Dean recently explained his rationale for not deducting a single point for any of these fouls, but all he's achieved is make himself look worse:
What exactly does excitement have to do with a referees job? His job is to protect the fighters and ensure that the rules are being followed. Nurmagomedov wasn't protected from McGregor's fouls nor were the rules being enforced.
And yet how much did the above 18 fouls affect the outcome?
One of Dean's many flawed explanations for why he didn't take a point was because he didn't want to reward McGregor with a stand up by calling a pause in the action to deduct a point.
However, I copied this directly from the Unified Rules of MMA:
What's hilarious is that Dean has deducted points, without pausing the action, in past fights: he deducted a point from Gabriel Gonzaga in the Randy Couture fight for grabbing the fence in the second round, and did not pause the action (because Couture was in an advantageous position).
Another example was when John McCarthy deducted a point from Tito Ortiz for grabbing the fence against Rashad Evans at UFC 73; McCarthy didn't pause the action at all and Evans maintained top position.
Oh and McGregor has already admitted to cheating on Twitter:
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likes are broken. yours says 7.
also likes were only introduced like 2-3 years ago.
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" it's only business, mr. Khabib". That actually happened- lol - in a title fight no less where he ultimately tapped before crank was even sunk. I'd give Conor 2 losses for price of one.
He actually called himself GOAT. That actually happened, too.
He actually called himself GOAT. That actually happened, too.
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Only 14? you must be a Conor fanboy trying to do damage control.
Yet a well timed eye poke would be more effective than these. There are levels to this shit
Perhaps Herb Dean is not a nitpicker.
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Everyone's likes on Sherdog got purged for server issues.
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Yeah I mean even that's true, the discussion is Herb stopping the fight. Stopping a fight where hes getting the correct response from a fighter. Robbie wasnt out any longer than Ben was earlier in the round.
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Its a title fight. Theres some leeway. Herb is the worst ref in the business.
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Round 1
(1) Grabbing shorts with his left hand.
(2) Strikes to the back of the head, (3) 12-6 elbows, and (4) grabbing shorts with his left hand.
(5) Grabbing shorts with his left hand.
(6) Strikes to the back of the head and (7) 12-6 elbow.
(8) Grabbing shorts with his left hand.
Round 2
(9) Kneeing a downed opponent.
This couldn't have been anymore flagrant; it's not like they were in a position in which it was difficult for McGregor to assess whether or not Nurmagomedov was a downed opponent.
(10) Grabbing the cage with his toes.
(11) Grabbing the cage with his toes.
And this foul was done right after Dean had already removed McGregor's toes from the cage.
Round 3
(12) Groin strike.
(13) Grabbing shorts with his left hand.
(14) Hooking fingers into opponent's glove.
(15) Hooking fingers into opponent's glove and (16) strike to the back of the head.
This might be one the most obvious signs of Herb Dean's incompetence/corruption: McGregor had hooked his fingers into Nurmagomedov's glove for 24 seconds in plain view of Dean, and not only was a warning not given nor a point deducted from McGregor, Dean actually gave Nurmagomedov a warning for inactivity.
Round 4
(17) Grabbing the cage with his right hand.
(18) Grabbing the cage with his toes.
(19) Grabbing the cage with his toes.
Herb Dean recently explained his rationale for not deducting a single point for any of these fouls, but all he's achieved is make himself look worse:
What exactly does excitement have to do with a referees job? His job is to protect the fighters and ensure that the rules are being followed. Nurmagomedov wasn't protected from McGregor's fouls nor were the rules being enforced.
And yet how much did the above 19 fouls affect the outcome?
One of Dean's many flawed explanations for why he didn't take a point was because he didn't want to reward McGregor with a stand up by calling a pause in the action to deduct a point.
However, I copied this directly from the Unified Rules of MMA:
What's hilarious is that Dean has deducted points, without pausing the action, in past fights: he deducted a point from Gabriel Gonzaga in the Randy Couture fight for grabbing the fence in the second round, and did not pause the action (because Couture was in an advantageous position).
Another example was when John McCarthy deducted a point from Tito Ortiz for grabbing the fence against Rashad Evans at UFC 73; McCarthy didn't pause the action at all and Evans maintained top position.
Oh and McGregor has already admitted to cheating on Twitter:
I never liked conor from the beginning as i felt he was protected and got opportunities he didnt deserve cuz of his mouth and he was overall bad for the sport...
But after this fight....and these fouls...
The man is a coward and P.O.S cheater who should never compete for a title again..the guy never defended his belt took 2 years to try and learn jujitsu with Dildo...then when it wasnt enough his true colour showed and he acted dishonorable and cheated .
Also the Ref failed here. But also the UFC who obviously allowed it and most likely told herb beforehand to do whats best for the UFC viewership and not his actual job
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If it's not called it's not a foul just like khabib missing weight
