Ренато Мойканогийн тулаанд гаргасан шүүгчийн алдаатай шийдвэр нь октагон дахь шүүгчдийн ажлын ачаалал болон цалин хөлсний асуудлыг дахин хөндөхөд хүргэлээ.
Өнгөрсөн долоо хоногт болсон UFC-ийн тулааны үеэр Ренато Мойкано өрсөлдөгч Том Ноланыг газарт давамгайлж, арын байрлалд орон боолт хийхээр оролдож байсан юм. Гэвч шүүгч Дэн Миральота тулааныг зогсоож, хоёр тамирчныг босоо байрлалд шилжүүлсэн нь Мойканогийн давуу талыг үгүй хийсэн байна. Удалгүй Том Нолан хүчтэй өвдөглөж, гуравдугаар раундад техникийн нокаутаар ялалт байгуулжээ.
Энэхүү шийдвэртэй холбогдуулан нэрт шүүгч Жон МакКарти өөрийн байр сууриа илэрхийлэхдээ, UFC-ийн шүүгчид хангалтгүй цалин авдаг төдийгүй хэт их ачаалалтай ажилладаг болохыг дурдсан байна. Тэрээр өөрийн карьерын туршид нэг тулааны үдшийн төлөө хамгийн ихдээ 2000 ам.долларын хөлс авч байснаа дурдаж, шүүгчдийг зөвхөн мөнгөний төлөө ажилладаг гэх хардлагыг эрс үгүйсгэв.
МакКартийн үзэж буйгаар спортын бооцооны зах зээл хөгжихийн хэрээр шүүгчид олон нийтийн зүгээс үндэслэлгүй шүүмжлэл, заналхийлэлд өртөх нь ихэссэн байна. Шүүгчид ажлаа зохих ёсоор гүйцэтгэсэн ч цахим орчинд дарамт шахалтад өртөх нь тэднийг сэтгэлзүйн хувьд туйлдуулж, ажлын үнэ цэнийг бууруулж байгааг онцоллоо.
Сайн шүүгч гэдэг нь тулааны явцад үл үзэгдэгч байж, дүрэм зөрчсөн тохиолдолд хатуу арга хэмжээ авах тэнцвэрийг хадгалах ёстой. Гэвч UFC-ийн томилсон шүүгчдийн бүрэлдэхүүн дахин дахин маргаантай шийдвэр гаргаж байгаа нь шүүгчдийн чадвар болон тэдний цалин хөлсний тогтолцоог эргэн харах шаардлагатай байгааг харуулж байна.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – JULY 9: Referee Big John McCarthy looks on during the UFC 200 event at T-Mobile Arena on July 9, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Bad mixed martial arts (MMA) refereeing is back in the spotlight once again after a bad call from Dan Miragliotta may have cost Renato Moicano his main event fight at last weekend’s UFC Halloween show.
Moicano was using his superior grappling skills to dominate Tom Nolan on the ground, taking Nolan’s back in the second round to lock in a body triangle. Things were looking good for “Money,” and then Miragliotta inexplicably stood the fight back up, costing Moicano the dominant position. Nolan then hit him with a big knee moments later, and would go on to win the fight via TKO in the third round.
Pioneering MMA referee “Big” John McCarthy went on the Ariel Helwani show to explain why Miragliotta was wrong to stand the fight up. And while he didn’t defend his fellow referee’s poor decision, he did suggest referees were underpaid and overworked, sharing just how much refs make to call UFC events.
“I can’t tell you exactly, but Dan probably made $1600 for that fight,” McCarthy said. “I’ll give you the truth, on every fight I ever did in the UFC, the most I ever made was $2000. That was the last show I ever did in New York in 2017. That was two championship fights, I did Rose [Namajunas] vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk, then I did Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre. I got $2,000 for that entire night.”
“So everyone sits there and says all refs care about is money? No.”
That may only further inflame those who believe UFC referees are in on some shady side business now that sports betting has completely consumed the sport. McCarthy refused to give that suggestion any credit, but did say all the accusations wear referees down.
“I’m not here to say anything about who the UFC has sponsoring them now but betting has become a huge part of the sport, and when people do things right, they’re still being maligned and called all sorts of names and everything about how corrupt they are when they didn’t do anything wrong,” McCarthy said. “They did everything right, and they’re being called out, they’re being abused. They have death threats. You can only take so much.”
“They make a little more money now, but that wasn’t one of the numbered shows,” he concluded. “One of the numbered shows, you’re going to make more money. But it absolutely has an effect after a while of ‘This isn’t worth it.’”
You can count on one hand the number of regular UFC referees who still have largely positive reputations. A good ref has to strike the balance of being largely invisible but willing to step in and punish serious fouls when they occur. That’s tricky to achieve, but as we’ve seen over the years, the commission locks like Herb Deans and Dan Miragliottas continue to show up weekend after weekend doing the same questionable s–t.
Maybe better pay would improve the crop of potential referees, but if the commissions refuse to use anyone but their locked in crew, how will things ever improve?
