BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Mark Smith https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Chris Curtis’ head coach explains issue with ‘egomaniac’ referee Mark Smith: ‘We’re now fighting two people’ https://www.badmma.com/chris-curtis-head-coach-explains-issue-with-egomaniac-referee-mark-smith-were-now-fighting-two-people.html https://www.badmma.com/chris-curtis-head-coach-explains-issue-with-egomaniac-referee-mark-smith-were-now-fighting-two-people.html#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:28:50 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/chris-curtis-head-coach-explains-issue-with-egomaniac-referee-mark-smith-were-now-fighting-two-people.html Eric Nicksick went off on referee Mark Smith for his handling of Chris Curtis ’ loss at UFC Fight Night 249. Curtis (31-12 MMA, 5-4 UFC) was dropped by a Roman Kopylov (13-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) head kick with just one second left in their middleweight fight this past Saturday at the UFC Apex, prompting Smith to waive the fight off . Curtis immediately protested the stoppage, but his head coach Nicksick is irked by other things that happened during the fight – which he warned Smith about prior. “First and foremost, we need to take accountability on our end,” Nicksick said on his “Versus Us” podcast. “We should have never been in that position.

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Chris Curtis’ head coach explains issue with ‘egomaniac’ referee Mark Smith: ‘We’re now fighting two people’ – MMA Junkie

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