Why'd ref stand em up so quick in Kimbo fight?

Question

I don't keep up with the rules and regs. on MMA, I know they stand em up now a days,

but iv seen plenty of fights were they roll around doing nothing a whole lot longer than that.

They were on the ground for like 10 seconds and the ref made them stand up?

I am not Kimbo bashing, Im elite xc bashing, did they stand em up cause they know Kimbo has no ground game or was that a legitimate stand up for nowadays rules?

Answer 1

your not supposed to stand them up when they have side control

Answer 2

It was way too quick. I'm not sure if it had anything to do with Kimbos skills or just a bad call, but it was too soon.

Answer 3

It was a joke, EliteXC is treating Kimbo as their Golden Boy, giving Kimbo all the advantage they could, by standing him up early, and not calling the fight when Thompson had Kimbo inthe crucifix position.

Answer 4

I know that ref....He's a real "stand up guy"...LOL...seriously, I have read a lot of Q.s and A.s  here today..seems some people think it was rigged,,others think that NBC didn't want this or that to drive viewers away,,Who knows?...for my money,,which was free, by the way,,most of the evening's entertainment was viewer worthy..At least for me...Just my opinion...The blood spurting out of Thompson's ear was straight out of a Rocky movie...LOL...

Answer 5

thompson wasn't improving his position

Answer 6

So he had a chance to win plain and simple.

That was my first time seeing Elite XC and what a joke... I cant imagine them competing with others if thats the typical product they produce.

Answer 7

Because Dan Mirgliotta is a horrible referee. Absolutely horrendous.

He also didn't ensure Scott Smith his 5 minutes recovery time, and put it in the hands of the doctor right away.

He is atrocious. I hope he never refs title fights ever again.

Answer 8

cbs had all it promotions in kimbo he was getting his *** kicked on the ground could have been stopped there kimbo was not defending. ref stepped in kimbo would have passed out nothing left the fix was on to save cbs promotions

Answer 9

Everyone was stood up quickly.  They didn't want to scare off new viewers.  Jeesh!

Answer 10

It's all set up for Kimbo to win. He doesn't match up against anyone else but a block-head brawler. He was dead tired after a couple of minutes. He has very little MMA skills.

Answer 11

They wanted Kimbo to win and he cant do it on the ground. Fight should have been stopped in round two when Kimbo wasnt defending himself.

EliteXC was a joke, Dancers, fighters coming out high fiving fans, it was like WWE.

Answer 12

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