Worst MMA refs of all time? Posted by Zach | at 3:46 PM

There was recently a fight featuring Kim Couture, Randy Couture's ex wife, where Kim was choked out via leg scissors and it took the referee quite a long time to figure out that she was passed out.

This sparked some debates on many MMA forums about some of the worst examples of MMA reffing. Well I have two videos here that are absolutely rage inducing, and for those new to MMA I'll explain why.

In the first clip, the guy in the white shorts (on top), gets the bottom fighter into a head and arm choke, or an arm triangle. How this choke works is that on one side, the attacker's bicep cuts off one of the carotid arteries, and the victim's own arm cuts off the other one.

While the choke could be finished from mount, hopping to the side where the victim's arm is makes the choke almost impossible to escape if locked on, and a fighter can go unconscious in a matter of seconds. The bottom fighter obviously taps.... and taps and taps but eventually passes out. And while we see people pass out from chokes all the time in MMA, its usually voluntarily from not tapping. This ref is an absolute moron.


The next video I'm about to show you is even worse, so be prepared.

So one of the fighters is dropped by a punch, and it's perfectly acceptable to stop the fight right there if the referee desired, and it seemed like he did. Well, until there was some confusion and decided to continue the fight, while the (unaware) fighter on all fours gets brutally KO'd by a clean soccer kick to the head. I sincerely hope this referee got his clock cleaned after the fight.