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10-08-2008, 11:35 AM
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Lemming
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Big John McCarthy to make 2009 return to the UFC???
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Considered the best in the business for year's, former referee "Big" John McCarthy is set to make a sensational return to officiating after quitting is role at Fight Network.
Speaking in his final blog, McCarthy slams his previous employers, saying:
“A few people have said that I have attacked the UFC. That is simply not true. I have never said anything bad about the UFC. I spent 14 years of my life trying to build up the UFC and make people understand how incredible the fighters of MMA were. I considered myself very lucky in the fact that I was able to be around the UFC for as long as I was, and you never know maybe I will go back to refereeing and someday work another UFC.”
After working for UFC rivals, Affliction, at their first event, it is unclear how happy UFC President, Dana White would be with a return to the octagon for McCarthy. That said, it is not the UFC that chooses its official’s as we all know, is down to the athletic commissions.
By Michael Pepper.
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10-08-2008, 11:36 AM
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Lemming
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i'd love to have him back, he's still the best ref we've seen
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10-08-2008, 05:09 PM
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Lemming
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Fuck that douchebag and he did so bash the UFC. He's a shitty ref anyway.
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10-08-2008, 05:23 PM
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Lemming
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Originally Posted by villin
Fuck that douchebag and he did so bash the UFC. He's a shitty ref anyway.
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fuck that, WAR BIG JOHN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best ref there ever was, ever will be.
honorable mention Yves Lavigne.
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10-08-2008, 05:32 PM
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Lemming
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Originally Posted by villin
Fuck that douchebag and he did so bash the UFC. He's a shitty ref anyway.
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Seriously? Are you trolling?
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10-08-2008, 05:54 PM
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Lemming
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he did bash the UFC, i remember that clearly
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10-08-2008, 06:08 PM
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Lemming
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Originally Posted by Nervis Jervis
Seriously? Are you trolling?
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Yes, seriously. i've hated that tool since the early days.
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10-08-2008, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Relentless
he did bash the UFC, i remember that clearly
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he definitely made fun of the ufc, and I will go look up some quotes. It's funny, everyone who leaves the ufc uses their fame to make a statement and then end up crawling back for work when they realize they ufc is the only MMA related employer that can consistently hold events. Now that he's jobless he wants to make it clear he has no beef with the ufc. Wasn't he the spokesperson who went behind a ufcs back and change the rules of the elbow strikes, weight classes, among other things.
I would like to see him refereeing again in the octagon but didn't he quit because the athletic commission would not give him a raise. So he is probably on bad terms with the ufc and the athletic commission. Good luck with that John
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10-08-2008, 06:37 PM
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Lemming
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he came out against dana white, not the org, he helped build the org and the rule set that saved it.
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There will always be people talking shit in your life dude..they are called haters.
---BallZdeep
"Shut up you fools. The jew wins regardless of what happens."
---r3d d3vil
"Sheikh is a pussy, CAMELDOG REVOLUTION 2009!"
Don't Fuck with Dan P, This is what you get you phoney Durka Durka
2011 Everyone goes to Tapout Taco
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10-08-2008, 06:44 PM
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Resident UFC Nuthugger
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10-08-2008, 07:31 PM
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Lemming
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i always thought BJM came off like a good guy, a great ref, but it's not good to burn bridges like he may have very well done, but at the same time, i thought Randy did with Dana did too, but he's back now
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10-08-2008, 07:57 PM
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Lemming
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so the problem is dana white. and steve mazzagati is one of the worst refs
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10-08-2008, 08:06 PM
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Lemming
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everyone says the problem is dana white, and he's laughing all the way to the bank
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10-08-2008, 10:01 PM
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Lemming
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sorry, but you gotta face the facts, relentless. Dana White is the biggest money-hungry,double crossing, prick
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10-08-2008, 10:26 PM
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Lemming
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yes he is absolutely, but he knows the sport better than any other promoter out there, and he's kept the sport going from a time when it was dead
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