Many were baffled by JJ Ferraro’s scoring of the Fiziev v Green fight at UFC 265, in which Ferraro scored the bout 30-27 Fiziev. While Fiziev certainly won the fight, the scorecard left many viewers scratching their heads. Among them is Big John McCarthy, a veteran among veterans when it comes to MMA, a man who was instrumental in writing the unified rules of MMA as we know them today.
Speaking to the Weighing In podcast, McCarthy blasted JJ Ferraro, calling him a “dipsh*t”, a “complete dumbass”, and encouraging Ferraro to get back to school.
Big John McCarthy to MMA Judge: “Go Back to Class and Get the F*** Off Twitter!”
“Bobby Green fought Rafael Fiziev, and we all agreed on what the outcome was. I thought Fiziez won the fight, it should have been 29-28.
One of the judges went 30-27. That judge has decided that he wants to take on Jon Anik and Kenny Florian.
And I just want to tell that judge, you’re a dipsh*t, dude. You’re a complete dumbass and you are screwing yourself over.
What you said when you put out your first tweet that I wasn’t going to talk about — but now I’m going to — you were wrong. You weren’t even using the criteria the right way.”
Big John continued, criticizing the judge for going public with what McCarthy sees as deeply flawed decision making.
“You actually said that in the third round that Bobby Green may have had more volume but Rafael Fiziev might have had the better strikes overall.
Bullsh*t.
You’re the only dumbass that thinks that. So what you need to figure out is that your humility needs to take some precedence in this.”
McCarthy closed the discussion with a brutal dismantling of Ferraro’s approach.
“So you sitting there trying to say that the striking was equal so you went to the next criteria, and that was aggression because there was no grappling, and you would be right there, then you said the aggression was equal.
Again, you’re being wrong, it wasn’t equal.
Bobby Green was the aggressor in the third round. So he wins that round based upon that if you’re going to go to it. Then you actually said that was even so I went to effective control, ring or cage control, and that’s when you gave it to Rafael Fiziev.
Dude, you need to go back to class. What will help you become a better judge is if you’re honest and say, ‘I got that wrong,’ because that will help you improve later on. You then took on Jon Anik and Kenny Florian and told them that they should be ashamed about themselves for what they said about your score in the third round. And you’re wrong, they shouldn’t be ashamed of themselves, because they’re right.
And then you said, I’m not Adelaide Bird. Dude, you have absolutely overstepped it. Grow up, learn how to actually be an official in this sport, and get the f*ck off of Twitter.”
Controversy in MMA judging is nothing new, and it’s not going away anytime soon. Do you think Big John should deliver a seminar on MMA scoring for the UFC’s judges? Let us know in the comments.
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