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If you want to be a referee in MMA, Mario Yamasaki has the tips you need. Refereeing in MMA is arguably the second toughest job in the sport, outside of being a fighter yourself. As Yamasaki could attest to, it is also a brutally unforgiving job, as th…
If you want to be a referee in MMA, Mario Yamasaki has the tips you need. Refereeing in MMA is arguably the second toughest job in the sport, outside of being a fighter yourself. As Yamasaki could attest to, it is also a brutally unforgiving job, as the repercussions that come from making a mistake…
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Years after being banned from the UFC, referee Mario Yamasaki is clarifying his most iconic comments. Yamasaki spent the better part of two decades serving as the third man in the Octagon for some of the biggest fights in UFC history. Known for always …
Years after being banned from the UFC, referee Mario Yamasaki is clarifying his most iconic comments. Yamasaki spent the better part of two decades serving as the third man in the Octagon for some of the biggest fights in UFC history. Known for always throwing up a heart with his hands before fights, he played…
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Former UFC referee Mario Yamasaki believes he was treated harshly by UFC president Dana White. For a period of time, Mario Yamasaki was a regular figure in the majority of the UFC’s US-based events, as well as a number of international cards. However, during this time, Yamasaki began to garner a reputation as one of the […]
Former UFC referee Mario Yamasaki believes he was treated harshly by UFC president Dana White.
For a period of time, Mario Yamasaki was a regular figure in the majority of the UFC’s US-based events, as well as a number of international cards. However, during this time, Yamasaki began to garner a reputation as one of the more unreliable referees in the sport, due to a number of dubious decisions. For example, at UFC 142, Yamasaki would controversially disqualify Erick Silva for illegal blows to the head of Carlo Prater, drawing criticism from Joe Rogan on the broadcast.
However, it was UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders that finally put an end to Yamasaki’s career as a UFC referee. Dana White would rip into Yamasaki for his referring performance during a fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Priscila Cachoeira. Shevchenko, now the undisputed UFC women’s flyweight champion, landed over 200 strikes to Cachoeira’s 3.
In a post-fight interview, Dana White would vow that Yamasaki would not be allowed to referee another fight under the UFC’s banner. This was not a case of White simply being caught up in the moment. Yamasaki has not set foot in the octagon since.
However, now several years on from UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders, Mario Yamasaki has spoken out about White’s past comments, and defended his actions by stating:
“Let’s say I referee 800 fights, and I fucked up in four. The only thing that shows in my history are the four fucked up fights that I did, because those are the ones they keep pushing, pushing, pushing. What Dana said about me, ‘Oh, he’ll never step foot in the Octagon again, blah, blah, blah,’ those are the things that show most, not my 796 fights that I did right. They don’t care. They only care what you did wrong.”
“I think Dana was a little too harsh on me, because I’m not that bad. 20 years there and he always came to me, we’d talk a lot, and for him to just be a media guy, and destroy a guy… That wasn’t that bad.” (H/T MMA News)
Yamasaki has since claimed that he is applying to athletic commissions once again.
Years after being ostracized by the UFC, veteran referee Mario Yamasaki has spoken out. One of the first referees to appear as a mainstay in the UFC, Yamasaki has been the third man in the Octagon for some of the biggest fights in promotional history. …
Years after being ostracized by the UFC, veteran referee Mario Yamasaki has spoken out. One of the first referees to appear as a mainstay in the UFC, Yamasaki has been the third man in the Octagon for some of the biggest fights in promotional history. Of course, that would all change after a 2018 contest…
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Controversial referee Mario Yamasaki is weighing his options in terms of whether or not he wishes to officiate going forward. Yamasaki is a longtime referee who found himself at the center of some controversies. Many fans criticized Yamasaki for what t…
Controversial referee Mario Yamasaki is weighing his options in terms of whether or not he wishes to officiate going forward. Yamasaki is a longtime referee who found himself at the center of some controversies. Many fans criticized Yamasaki for what they believed to be a string of late stoppages. Yamasaki’s first offense to many was […]
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Mario Yamasaki is looking to become an MMA ref once again. Yamasaki hasn’t reffed a fight since UFC Belem on Feb. 3, 2018, when he had a very controversial fight between Valentina Shevchenko vs. Priscila Cachoeira. The Brazilian blew her knee out…
Mario Yamasaki is looking to become an MMA ref once again. Yamasaki hasn’t reffed a fight since UFC Belem on Feb. 3, 2018, when he had a very controversial fight between Valentina Shevchenko vs. Priscila Cachoeira. The Brazilian blew her knee out and Shevchenko landed 93 significant strikes but Yamasaki never stopped the fight and […]