BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » marc goddard

Robert Whittaker goes off about referee stand-ups in UFC 319 main event

BAD MMA News — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:07:36 +0000

Khamzat Chimaev thoroughly dominated Dricus Du Plessis in the UFC 319 main event last weekend in Chicago to capture the middleweight championship. He repeatedly put the South African on his back and controlled “Stillknocks” on the ground for nearly the entire five-round fight. In the final round, referee Marc Goddard stood the fighters up after 22 minutes of Chimaev’s grappling dominance

Continue reading here:

Robert Whittaker goes off about referee stand-ups in UFC 319 main event – MMA Weekly

Why Marc Goddard won’t referee UFC champion Leon Edwards’ fights

BAD MMA News — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:34:33 +0000

Don’t expect Marc Goddard to referee UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards ’ upcoming fight – or any of his fights for that matter. Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) defends his title in a rematch vs. Belal Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) in the UFC 304 headliner July 27 at Co-op Live in Manchester, England. The renowned referee has officiated some of the biggest fights in UFC history and has had the likes of Colby Covington disagree with him on certain stoppages .

See original here:

Why Marc Goddard won’t referee UFC champion Leon Edwards’ fights – MMA Junkie

UFC 300 video shows Marc Goddard downright in disbelief as Max Holloway knocked out Justin Gaethje

BAD MMA News — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:33:55 +0000

Marc Goddard had the same reaction we all did when Max Holloway knocked out Justin Gaethje – even while refereeing the fight. Goddard was tasked as the third man in the cage for the BMF title fight between Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) and Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC), which took place Saturday at UFC 300 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Holloway was in firm control of the fight until he decided to risk it all in the final 10 seconds when he pointed to the middle of the octagon and invited Gaethje to throw down. The pair got into some wild exchanges until Holloway knocked Gaethje out cold with just one second remaining. Everyone in the arena lost their minds, and Goddard couldn’t help himself either. He wished everyone got to see his reaction, and the UFC granted that wish.

Continued here:

UFC 300 video shows Marc Goddard downright in disbelief as Max Holloway knocked out Justin Gaethje – MMA Junkie

Merab Dvalishvili upset with stoppage of Aljamain Sterling’s UFC 292 loss: ‘Now I have Marc Goddard phobia’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 23:55:42 +0000

Merab Dvalishvili is not at all happy with referee Marc Goddard . The UFC bantamweight contender has a history with the veteran official, and it just got worse after seeing his friend and teammate Aljamain Sterling lose his 135-pound title to Sean O’Malley this past Saturday in the main event of UFC 292 in Boston. Dvalishvili (16-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) claims Goddard did a poor job in officiating the fight by stopping the bout prematurely in the second round. Dvalishvili thought Sterling, who won the first round on the judges’ scorecards, was doing well and deserved a better chance in the fight. “Aljo was doing what he was supposed to do,” Dvalishvili told MMA Junkie.

Read the original post:

Merab Dvalishvili upset with stoppage of Aljamain Sterling’s UFC 292 loss: ‘Now I have Marc Goddard phobia’ – MMA Junkie

Combat Rewind, May 23: Recognize who this famous MMA referee is?

BAD MMA News — Sat, 23 May 2020 12:07:43 +0000

There’s “Flashback Friday” and “Throwback Thursday” (and Tuesday, too, if you want). But at MMA Junkie, we figured why not expand that to every day? “Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year. It’s a look back at history, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives, featuring stellar finishes and classic moments in MMA and beyond on their anniversaries. So kick back and relive the following bits of greatness in the video above: PRIDE – Bushido 3: Takanori Gomi vs