Props: Mr. Sunshine

Quoteworthy:

“Just before the main event, some wacko at Bell Centre decided to jump the barrier go after the 6-5, 270-pound (?) Miragliotta. In a split second, the jackass was on the ground and Miragliotta had his back. He cinched in a rear naked choke!!!!! Had the Bell Centre security not stepped in, I think Miragliotta would’ve put the kid to sleep or better yet, broken his neck. I couldn’t get the choke in a photo but I got the aftermath with a very fired up Miragliotta getting up off the floor.”

For those who missed UFC 83: “Serra vs. St. Pierre 2,” referee Dan Miragliotta is an absolutely massive human being. The person who accosted him has to be an absolute fool. At least he paid for it.

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Comment by djn720
2008-04-21 08:00:39

I would like to see the refs fight in some exhibition fights. Herb Dean fights, or used to, he is on youtube knocking some fool out

 
Comment by Stagger-Lee
2008-04-21 08:06:48

that is some fuuny shit..
Mania’ I know Herb Dean compete’s in MMa..Are there any other offical’s that fight?? and also, do you know if Dan Miragliotta trains JJ? or was it just how they landed, and he grabbed a hold of the dumbass?

 
Comment by El dirte
2008-04-21 08:07:59

pwned

 
Comment by mattchupichu
2008-04-21 08:11:45

I wonder what that guy was thinking right before he decided to attack a 6ft5in, probable martial artist?”This is the smartest idea I’ve ever had or ever will have!”

Comment by Jon
2008-04-25 15:08:26

“I”M gonna kick this guy’s butt so bad…(choke!!)”

 
 
Comment by MC
2008-04-21 08:13:31

Now that’s funny. I remember seeing a security guard getting manhandled at one point, then Big Dan was by the fighter’s side the next time.

 
Comment by hector
2008-04-21 08:15:35

the idiot was probably pissed at the result of the fight the ref was a part of, not sure cant remember which fight this huge dude was calling

 
Comment by Kahaluu caz
2008-04-21 08:19:45

Awsome! those Canadians are wild and crazy. LOL!!!!!

 
Comment by Kahaluu caz
2008-04-21 08:25:09

Or should i say those Canadians are wild and crazy ay. LOL;B

Comment by RobWhiskey
2008-04-21 09:57:23

it’s not Ay….it’s Eh

 
 
Comment by Jason
2008-04-21 08:29:11

That was such a fluke. Random Canadian fan will get him next time just like GSP got Serra.

Comment by CBfighter
2008-04-21 08:34:57

hahahahahaha!!!! dude that was funny!!!!

put big john and big dan in the octagon!! make it happen dana!!

Comment by Kristen
2008-05-28 20:19:17

he cant fight when he was 15 he broke his neck its bad enough he gets so fucked up when he reffs but other then that we dont like to watch him get to bad
his my uncle btw <33

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Comment by Stagger-Lee
2008-04-21 09:03:47

Lol..No Way dude!!No fluke the Canadian is weak-hearted, and is scared to get KO’d..Dan Miragliotta shocked the world..He is the champ, and the fan is just interim status..You think the rematch would be different?…..
Your crazy…LOL..j/k
funny stuff Jason..

 
Comment by Brandon
2008-04-21 17:18:08

Random Canadian fan has such good takedown defense though, I hear he wrestles with the Canadian national wrestling team

 
 
Comment by Mike Giordano
2008-04-21 08:32:54

Hey guys, Steve Mazzagatti spent about 8 years studying Hung Gar, Choy Lay Fut and Wing Chun, Gung fu. He did a little boxing and Muay Thai along the way too as a practitioner and trainer. Mikey G

 
Comment by Tim
2008-04-21 08:36:32

Miragliotta is a martial artist. A couple of years ago, he visisted Sweden and taught flying heel hooks in the Pancrase gym in Stockholm. That’s all I know, though.

Comment by Kristen
2008-05-28 20:18:05

no he never went to sweden hes my fucking uncle for christ sakes he does have a martial arts studio well he did but yea hes my uncle my moms brother

 
 
Comment by Getrawbc
2008-04-21 08:41:22

6 foot 5 270 pound flying heel hook instructor??

 
Comment by alexguy
2008-04-21 08:48:41

guys with tribal tattoos are either dbags or fighters. Either way they have bad taste and make bad decisions(like getting tribal tattoos).

Comment by Chadx23
2008-04-21 13:22:03

haha I find this true more often than not…except in some cases they are “dbags & fighters” good stuff

 
Comment by Crank Johnson
2008-04-22 16:21:22

Or getting punched in the face for a living. Either way… bad idea for an opponent.

 
 
Comment by Gregg
2008-04-21 08:52:38

there were supposedly a lot of fights in the stands during the event and on the streets after it was over.

Comment by PW
2008-04-21 09:06:04

Crazy Canadians. They should be nice and peaceful like Kaleb Starnes.

Comment by UKmmaBOY
2008-04-21 09:09:16

Ha ha, Quarry looked like the Terminator & Starnes was the Running Man.

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Comment by ViolentMike
2008-04-21 09:08:31

I did notice Big Dan Miragliotta walking out behind GSP during the main event. INTERESTING. In the past, they usuall have a handful of 70 year old men work as security guards walking next to the fighters as they make their way to the octagon. It would always make me laugh. Like Mr. Wrinkly Face Grandpa can do a better job protecting Chuck Liddell than Chuck can defending himself?

LOL, now maybe we will see every security guard in the UFC be under 70 years old and over 5′6″.

 
Comment by dpb
2008-04-21 09:24:42

definitely looks like a guy you want to mess with!

 
Comment by Flash
2008-04-21 09:35:51

Miragliotta looks just like a white Houston Alexander.

 
Comment by Bill
2008-04-21 09:40:04

Dan would stop Big John!

 
Comment by sdow
2008-04-21 10:07:57

Wait, you’re kidding me! Anderson Silva got choked out?

 
Comment by SeeRed
2008-04-21 10:16:51

Dude must have been on serious drugs. Dan is freakin’ huge.

Comment by Kristen
2008-05-28 20:20:31

hes never been on a single sterioid i swear to god hes my uncle he never even experimented

 
 
Comment by c-war
2008-04-21 10:51:16

Big Dan?

 
Comment by DJ
2008-04-21 16:23:41

I can just imagine the guy trying to mutter “Tap Tap Tap” in French…

 
Comment by GSP still sucks
2008-04-21 17:15:57

crazy Canadians

 
Comment by Anthony
2008-04-21 19:05:25

lmao, that is awesome! I wish there was a video of this. I swear, if I were a BJJ black belt I’d just go to bars and if some knucklehead was acting a fool I’d take his back like THAT and tap that fool out! it’d be sweet.

I’ve always thought it’d be cool to see Chuck in a bar fight just knocking kids out left and right as they come at him..

 
Comment by george
2008-05-06 17:29:25

Dan trained martial arts since teenager and bjj since first ufc.

 
Comment by Einherjar
2009-06-18 11:14:35

He’s such a nice bloke, we were drinking with him until 6am in a bar in Cologne after UFC 99.

 
Comment by Joe
2009-06-18 13:34:16

Dan trained me back in the early-mid 90’s when MMA was just exploding on the scene. He is a very big, strong man, who would be a terror even if he hadn’t been studying MA for most of his life.

He is also one one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet, so the guy who went after him must have been realy crazy.

Comment by JohnELinden
2009-07-24 00:51:11

yes he is a very nice guy i trained with him for years in new jersey

 
 
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