More UFC 104 post mortem with Mazzagatti’s mustache caught in the crossfire

Here’s tape from the UFC 104 post-fight press conference. I think UFC president Dana White is being a little harsh on referee Steve Mazzagatti. Saying he shouldn’t be allowed to even watch MMA, never mind referee it? That’s rough.

Sure, Ben Rothwell probably could’ve withstood a few more punches from Cain Velasquez as he was being pummeled against the cage, but he wasn’t intelligently defending himself. The ref has to take into consideration fighter safety and just because Rothwell is too stupid to go down doesn’t mean you should keep hitting him. The ref also takes into consideration the accumulation of punishment. I’m surprised Mazz didn’t step in to end it in round one. Besides, Mazzagatti shaved his mustache and I’m sure that must’ve thrown off his judgment a bit.

As for the rest of the video, I’m getting tired of light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida responding to questions of whether he thought he won the fight against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua by saying that’s how the judges saw it. Come on, that’s a cop out. Either stand up and say you feel you won or that you feel you didn’t deserve to win. Be honourable about it, Mr. Samurai Fighter. Quit hiding behind scorecards that were obviously wrong.