Dana White very often doesn’t agree with UFC judges (who are under the Las Vegas athletic commission). Keith Kizer of the NSAC commented he believe they judged well for the fight. White believes this judges should be required to learn the Jiu-Jitsu game before they can properly judge a fight:
While that sounds flippant on the surface, the fact is, mixed martial arts officials are often commission holdovers from boxing who lack formal training in the sport. That may have been acceptable a generation ago, when the sport was just getting off the ground, but with such high stakes in today’s fights, it’s time to bring judging and officiating to the next level.
So White offers a simple step forward: “First of all, boxing judges refereeing mixed martial arts fight, who know nothing about it, no former mixed martial artists, I don’t think you should be judging or reffing a fight unless you’ve actually rolled and know what a submission feels like. How about, knows what a submission is, first?”
White left no doubt about his his opinions on Saturday night after the call in the main event went St-Pierre’s way via split decision, with GSP getting two of three 48-47 judges’ scores.
