Comments on: WEC Lightweight Champion Jamie Varner responds to mouthpiece-gate

By: GetitDun

GetitDun — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:45:51 +0000

Jamie lost his mouth piece and took a hard punch like a champ. When he got caught i thought that was it. But Razor wasn’t being aggressive after they got up and he wasn’t pressuring Jamie. If Varner wouldn’t have made the Time Out motion and just pointed to his mouth piece and Mazagati stopped it would you people still think it was a problem. Razor got worked for 2 and a half rounds and then he got TKO’d. WEC better get some better 155 pound talent or Varners gonna have that Belt for awhile.

By: skatanicus

skatanicus — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:23:15 +0000

So… isn’t the ref the one who’s supposed to stop the action? If fighters aren’t allowed to call timeouts something like that should be considered a forfeit. The ref has to initiate the stoppage for it to be at all legitimate.

By: kitsunex

kitsunex — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:48:37 +0000

[quote comment=”324234″][quote comment=”322589″]Just further proof that Mazagatti needs to go back to ref school and read up on the rules he is -supposed- to be be enforcing.[/quote]

OK U NO ALL THE RULES HOW ABOUT U TELL ME THEM. i don’t like the ref either but he did the right thing here. u people can complain all u want but its in the past. make a time machine and go back and change it if u r that pissed off by it. while your at it be sure 2 stop all the other things that have made u mad. but it would b alot easier just 2 let it go. u sound like u might b ROB himself.[/quote]

instead of trying to get in fights on the internet, stay in school and for god’s sake pick up an english book and learn how to spell and use proper grammer. its like i’m talking to a 6 year old on AOL.

By: The 518 Playa

The 518 Playa — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:33:45 +0000

I can’t understand why some people are so hung up on this mouthpiece thing? It wasn’t the 1st time and all.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:16:27 +0000

[quote comment=”323288″][quote comment=”322987″][quote comment=”322667″]I think varner statement is a crock of S#@T. When the guy called for the time out he was hurt.[/quote]

It doesn’t matter whether he was hurt or not, the Athletic Commissions require guys to fight with mouthguards in. As soon as there’s a break in the action, the ref has to get it back in the guy’s mouth. The ref also has to give a fighter a timeout when they get kicked in the crotch or punched in the back of the head - whether the fighter was rocked or not isn’t a factor.

I’ve seen mouthguard timeouts before (McFedries vs. Sakara comes to mind immediately) and it was never controversial - I guess because no other fighter has given the classic basketball “timeout” sign. What difference does it make whether the fighter makes a “T” with his hands or simply points to his mouth? The fight has to be stopped once they get back to a neutral position.[/quote]

Exactly.[/quote]

WOW u r one of the smart people on here. and i don’t mean that in a bad way. its nice 2 now someone else knows the rules other then me on here.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:13:54 +0000

[quote comment=”324087″]mazagati is horrible. there are no timeouts in fights.[/quote]

for a mouth piece there is 2! how long have u been watching MMA. sounds like not very long. they have 2 do that 4 the safety of the fighters. man go back and watch that rule has been around for awhile now. some of u! i’ll stop there b4 i write something they won’t let me post.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:09:34 +0000

[quote comment=”322589″]Just further proof that Mazagatti needs to go back to ref school and read up on the rules he is -supposed- to be be enforcing.[/quote]

By: The 518 Playa

The 518 Playa — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:35:46 +0000

[quote comment=”324087″]mazagati is horrible. there are no timeouts in fights.[/quote]
What’s done is done dude. Mazagati isn’t too bad. If you feel like bashing a ref, it should be Herb Dean.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:30:24 +0000

Varner’s illegal time-out is not “much ado about nothing”. Time-outs are warranted for groin shots, eye-pokes–that sort of thing. The refs shouldn’t let people have time-outs because they lose their mouthpieces; or because they get blood in their eyes (Gonzaga); or because they get tired. It’s ridiculous.

There’s no doubt that Varner was winning the fight throughout; but the ref’s bad judgment tainted the fight nonetheless. Rob definitely deserves a rematch.

By: dtrain

dtrain — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:27:55 +0000

mazagati is horrible. there are no timeouts in fights.