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John McCarthy weighs in on Manuel Torres vs. Drew Dober stoppage at UFC on ESPN 64

BAD MMA News — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:21:55 +0000

John McCarthy thinks Manuel Torres vs. Drew Dober at UFC on ESPN 64 was stopped too late. Torres (16-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) dropped Dober (27-15 MMA, 13-11 UFC) with a straight right, followed by a series of unanswered hammerfists to score the Round 1 TKO in Saturday’s co-main event at Arena CDMX in Mexico City. Many, including Torres, took issue with how long it took referee Mike Beltran to wave the fight off after Dober wasn’t intelligently defending himself. Veteran referee McCarthy acknowledges that it’s tough to gauge sometimes, but thinks Beltran let Dober take too much unnecessary damage

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John McCarthy weighs in on Manuel Torres vs. Drew Dober stoppage at UFC on ESPN 64

BAD MMA News — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:21:55 +0000

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John McCarthy weighs in on Manuel Torres vs. Drew Dober stoppage at UFC on ESPN 64

BAD MMA News — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:21:55 +0000

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John McCarthy explains why Chris Curtis’ UFC Fight Night 249 stoppage loss was a mistake

BAD MMA News — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:41:43 +0000

John McCarthy believes Chris Curtis has a right to be upset about his loss at UFC Fight Night 249. Curtis (31-12 MMA, 5-4 UFC) was outraged by referee Mark Smith’s stoppage of his fight against Roman Kopylov (13-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) on Saturday at the UFC Apex, where he was dropped with one second left in the fight. After landing a head kick that floored Curtis, Kopylov walked way, prompting Smith to waive the fight off .

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Why John McCarthy thinks odd judge out is often right when scoring bouts

BAD MMA News — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 02:04:57 +0000

John McCarthy thinks that one judge having a drastically different scorecard for an MMA fight compared to his colleagues isn’t always a bad thing. The original UFC referee and MMA pioneer sees the scenario often, in which two judges agree on one scorecard, but the third counts it as something completely different. That third judge is often chastised, but McCarthy argues that unorthodox fighters make it difficult to score fights. He used a UFC legend as an example to explain his case. “No judge wants to be the odd person out, but sometimes I’m going to tell you the odd person out is the one that’s right,” McCarthy told MMA Junkie Radio

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Pioneering referee wants to see an MMA rule change: ‘It opens the fight up’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 14:58:06 +0000

Veteran referee “Big” John McCarthy helped established the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts in the early 2000s, but there’s one rule that he would change given the change. “I would love to see it knees to the head someday, but I don’t think it’s going to happen, but I would like to see it,” McCarthy told MMA Junkie Radio . “I think it would be a good thing for the sport.” Knees to a grounded opponent are illegal but whether they should be allowed has long been debated. They are permitted in Asian promotions Rizin FF and ONE Championship. “I’m going to be honest, as a fan of the sport and even as an official, I look and say knees to the head to someone that’s on the ground, not soccer kicks, it’s different, but knees to the head of somebody on the ground could be effective in the fight,” McCarthy said

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Veteran official John McCarthy reveals rule he’d like to see legalized in MMA

BAD MMA News — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:41:08 +0000

Veteran official John McCarthy likes where MMA is currently at in terms of its ruleset and officiating. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t things he would change. McCarthy, a retired MMA referee who helped create the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts rule set in the early 2000s, wants to see the sport adopt knees to a grounded opponent – which are currently illegal. “I would love to see it knees to the head someday, but I don’t think it’s going to happen, but I would like to see it,” McCarthy told MMA Junkie Radio. “I think it would be a good thing for the sport.” Knees to a grounded opponent have long been a divisive and controversial topic in MMA.

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John McCarthy: UFC needs rules analyst for broadcasts, offers his services

BAD MMA News — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:43:35 +0000

John McCarthy believes the UFC could benefit from adding an on-air rules analyst like other professional sports such as the NBA and NFL. It’s a role McCarthy is currently executing under the PFL banner, but his future with the promotion is uncertain following the completion of his current contract. McCarthy enjoys it, and the convenience of being able to work from home.

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John McCarthy isn’t so sure about Colby Covington’s callout of Gilbert Burns

BAD MMA News — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 20:31:34 +0000

John McCarthy advises Colby Covington against fighting Gilbert Burns . Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) lost his second consecutive fight when he suffered a third-round doctor stoppage TKO to Joaquin Buckley in the UFC on ESPN 63 headliner earlier this month at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. McCarthy shuts down the narrative that Covington was rallying before the doctor intervened to stop the fight due to the nasty gash on his eyelid.

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John McCarthy: Michael Chandler ‘on the same path as Tony Ferguson’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:02:46 +0000

John McCarthy does not see things boding well for Michael Chandler moving forward. Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) rallied late, but was dominated for the most part in his rematch with Charles Oliveira less than two weeks ago at UFC 309. Chandler has now lost four of his past five, with the lone win in that stretch coming in a knockout over the skidding Tony Ferguson at UFC 274. In fact, McCarthy thinks Chandler’s career will likely start resembling the one of Ferguson (25-11 MMA, 15-9 UFC), who after winning 12-straight fights, has now lost eight in a row. “Michael Chandler has hit Tony Ferguson status – just being honest … absolutely,” McCarthy said on his “Weighing-In” podcast.

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