UFC president Dana White expressed his displeasure with referee Mario Yamasaki immediately after UFC Fight Night 125 co-main between Valentina Shevchenko and newcomer Priscila Cachoeira.

“I am hoping after this scary, incompetent showing he hopefully will never set foot in that Octagon again,” wrote White.

Yamasaki responded to the criticism, arguing, The way I see it, I allowed ‘Pedrita’ to be a warrior and keep fighting.” Referee and retired fighter Frank Trigg also defended Yamasaki’s officiating.

Now during an appearance on “UFC Tonight” White set his phaser to kill.

She didn’t tap, and that’s the thing,” said White to fighter/hosts Michael Bisping and Kenny Florian, as transcribed by Simon Samano for MMAjunkie. “The reality is, when you’re a fighter – and it’s one of the reasons this sport is as big as it is, because most of you guys don’t tap. Most of you guys stay in there, and she did fight like a warrior. For that idiot to say he gave her the opportunity to be a warrior – no. No, you moron. You’re in there to protect her from herself.

He makes me sick. That guy has no business reffing fights. And I promise you, you’re never going to see him again.

After the fight, UFC Senior Vice President David Shaw said the league would work with Brazil’s regulatory body, CABMMA, to make sure a similar situation does not happen again. CABMMA said the fight should have been stopped earlier, and closed with a degree of ambiguity.

“We will discuss the next steps together and decide what is certainly best for all parts involved in the process,” wrote Cristiano Sampaio, CABMA’s highly-respected executive director.

Someone needs to chew out the UFC fiercely, too, for booking a fight between one of the best fighters in the UFC and someone who won a split decision last year over a 6-10 fighter. It should take more than a compelling backstory and a perfect 8-0 record vs. a group that contained only three fighters with a winning record, but it didn’t.