White: Judges should be required to roll jiu-jitsu
Dana White was not to happy with the judges at UFC 167, especially in the main event. Keith Kizer of…
Dana White was not to happy with the judges at UFC 167, especially in the main event. Keith Kizer of the NSAC commented he believe they judged well for the fight. We tend to agree with Dana White who believes this judges should be required to learn the submission game before they can properly judge a fight:
While that sounds flippant on the surface, the fact is, mixed martial arts officials are often commission holdovers from boxing who lack formal training in the sport. That may have been acceptable a generation ago, when the sport was just getting off the ground, but with such high stakes in today’s fights, it’s time to bring judging and officiating to the next level.
So White offers a simple step forward: “First of all, boxing judges refereeing mixed martial arts fight, who know nothing about it, no former mixed martial artists, I don’t think you should be judging or reffing a fight unless you’ve actually rolled and know what a submission feels like. How about, knows what a submission is, first?”
White left no doubt about his his opinions on Saturday night after the call in the main event went St-Pierre’s way via split decision, with GSP getting two of three 48-47 judges’ scores.