That was an awful decision - until the sport gets more competent refereeing and more accountable judges we are always going to have these problems.
I know that no referee is perfect - however some of the mistakes made by Steve Mazzagati, Dan Miragliotta and Yves Lavigne are genuinely putting fighters lives at risk.
Fitch vs Burkman where Burkman chokes him completely uncoscious, you see Fitch go limp, Burkman roles him over, lets go of the choke, stands up and raises his hands before the referee even moves.
Brown vs Sell - Brown starts strong, drops Sell inside of 20 seconds. Referee dives in, pulls Brown off... then waves the fight back on. Pete Sell, the tough guy that he is spends the next 90 seconds holding onto or staggering away from Matt Brown without throwing a single strike back. The fight is finally stopped when Brown gos for a clinch and Sell drops because he simply can't hold himself up.
Joe Warren vs Pat Curran in Bellator - Joe Warren spends 40 seconds eating clean shot after clean shot, only being propped up by the fence.
Mir vs Carwin - You've got the notoriously glass chinned Frank Mir against the terrible power of Carwin - if you're the referee in this situation and you see Mir go limp what do you do? The correct answer is let Carwin continue to beat on Mir until he just a stain on the canvas.
I am as vocal as anybody that I don't want fights to end early - I campaigned that I thought Fedor vs Hendo was an early stoppage, but until these dire referees are held accountable for their absolutely shocking decision making we cant even begin to tackle the obvious problem with judging. A bad decision could ruin a fighters career, a late stoppage could ruin a fighters life - we've been damn lucky so far.
