3. Steve Mazzagatti Rant
http://youtu.be/SAYq_xPVtp8 The most scrutinized referee in MMA history has always been Steve Mazzagatti. His poor reaction time and lack of control of the octagon always concerns people. When you go from seeing great referees like John McCarthy and Herb Dean to Mazzagatti, you see an apparent difference. Mazzagatti was infamous for being late on Brock Lesnar tapping, when he was submitted by Frank Mir. He also failed to recognize an
obvious eye poke in a fight between Anthony Johnson and Kevin Burns. The most recent glaring miscue was Josh Burkman letting go of Jon Fitch in a standing guillotine. Fitch was clearly unconscious, yet Mazzagatti never attempted to break it up. Fitch wasnt moving for more than a few seconds during the choke. It was appalling to see Mazzagatti continue to stand there without recognizing it. That led to an extended rant from Dana, which received major attention. He has always criticized Mazzagatti heavily in the past. This rant was the most memorable of them all.