Robbed Of A Classic

The Cyborg beat Carano in the latest MMA fight.

But the Win-Loss scorecard doesn't tell the entire story. Referees are becoming more and more involved in determining sports outcomes these days. And frankly, I am tired of it. This fight would have been great. The first round was a bit of a back and forth. The power of the Cyborg and the technique of Carno was to be a great match-up. However it didn't get that far. You could see Carano was reversing ankle and ram holds. The Cyborg was taking right jabs to the face. As Carano laid on her back (again) towards the end of the round, Cyborg started the hammer fists. Problem was, only a handful connected. The fight was then stopped - at the bell! Are you trying to tell me the ref doesn't know how much time is left in each round. I would hope there is some kind of mental clock ticking in his head. There should be anyway, unless this is the first fight he has refereed. Its a shame that a fight that could have launched MMA into a new stratosphere with two top women fighters was cut short by a ref who must have though these two women couldn't handle the beating of a normal MMA fighter. Are there different rules or something? All in all this was a step back for women's MMA fighting. There should have been at least a Round 2.

P.S. - Does the announcing of this fight by Gus Johnson, which started out a bit slow and had some posturing to it, solidify him as the "sports announcer you want doing any big time event"? Gus just exudes excitement. If I had the money I would hire Gus Johnson to announce at any event I was in attendance for.