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John Michael McCarthy (born October 12, 1962) is a retired American mixed martial arts referee best known for officiating numerous bouts promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), dating back to UFC 2. [1]
UFC 2 marked the debut of referee John McCarthy, arguably the most famous referee in the sport of MMA. [4] Since this was the only 16-man tournament in UFC history, Royce Gracie is the only person to have ever fought and won four fights in one night in the UFC. [5]
Referee John McCarthy had mistakenly thought Sakuraba to have been knocked out. A loud protest followed from the crowd and an angry Sakuraba attempted unsuccessfully to take the microphone and address the Japanese audience. However, after reviewing tape, McCarthy changed his decision to a no-contest.
Throughout the first round and a half it was a fairly even fight. Jones threw kicks and other strikes at Machida and Machida effectively countered the attacks. In the second round, Jones opened a gash on Machida's forehead, at which point the referee, John McCarthy, suspended the match for the cage-side doctor to look at it. The doctor cleared ...
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John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1927, to an Irish immigrant father and a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant mother, [4] John Patrick and Ida (Glatt) McCarthy. The family was obliged to relocate frequently during the Great Depression , until McCarthy's father found work as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing ...
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Matt Hume, chief referee of the One Fighting Championship, explained that while 12–6 elbows were illegal, "if you change the time to 11:59, it is no longer illegal." Hume felt that the authors of the Unified Rules did not have an understanding of MMA, [11] with McCarthy affirming that view by stating that Lembo "wasn't a big MMA guy at the ...