Marc Ratner
Marc Ratner
Marc Ratner is the current Vice President of Regulatory Affairs with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Formerly, he was the Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission...
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The referee did everything right. We discussed (the possibility of halting it immediately), and I believe he made the right decision.
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(Roger Mayweather) clearly committed a foul, that's why he's suspended. We could revoke his license temporarily; we could revoke it permanently. That's why we want to review the tapes.
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The police did a marvelous job. So did (ring announcer) Michael Buffer. He kept everybody calm. He told everyone to stay in their seats and that everything was under control.
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We got together with the people who run all these groups and told them there needs to be a uniform set of rules, like with boxing or any other combat sport. The people at UFC have complied with everything we've asked of them.
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Everybody reacted properly, including Michael Buffer. He was very good at trying to calm the crowd. I thought between Richard and my inspectors and the police, everybody did what they did to stop it immediately before anyone got hurt. If there hadn't been a proper reaction it could have turned into a horrible, horrible thing.
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It will be one of the biggest cards in Nevada for a while. You're talking about some of the top heavyweights.
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It will be one of the biggest cards in Nevada for a while, ... You're talking about some of the top heavyweights.
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Tony will continue to referee major fights. We usually change officials (for rematches). Boxing is a tough sport, and we're saddened because what happened with Johnson was a horrible situation.
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Tony will continue to referee major fights, ... We usually change officials (for rematches). Boxing is a tough sport, and we're saddened because what happened with Johnson was a horrible situation.
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Fernando couldn't see and Shane kept hitting him in the same place. (Cortez and Watson) were basically saying, 'If he can't defend himself, we have to stop it.' The stop was at the right time.
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They met once and I think they're doing things individually.
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This is exposing those things. It shows you can pray for your husband but you don't have to stay in the house with him while he's beating on you.
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It's a non-title special event as far as I'm concerned.
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For a man of his size, he was one of the top referees in the history of the sport. The fighters respected him.