Outside Source
Considered one of Brazil’s biggest MMA influencers, “Moicano” published a video on his Youtube channel criticizing Dean’s failure to deduct points from Sharabutdin Magomedov after the Russian repeatedly grabbed Michel Pereira’s hair during their bout at UFC Baku.
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“Three weeks in a row where Herb Dean has interfered with results: first at UFC White House, then in the ‘Lok Dog’ vs. Andre Fili fight fight last week, and now in the Michel vs. Shara fight. The truth is this guy manipulates results. How does he not deduct a point? The Russian committed an eye poke and grabbed Michel’s hair three times, yet he did nothing. If he had punished [Magomedov for the infractions], the result would have been a draw. Once again, he made a huge mistake and interfered with a fight’s outcome,” Carneiro said.
United in Criticism
Tom Aspinall—who the previous week had blamed the referee for Poatan’s loss to Ciryl Gane following a series of illegal blows—also took to Instagram Stories to comment on the fouls committed by Magomedov against Pereira at UFC Baku. He suggested that, in his view, MMA rules are being treated more like guidelines than actual regulations.
“MMA doesn’t have ‘rules’ anymore. They’re just ‘suggestions’,” Aspinall wrote.
Pereira, who has been Dean’s most vocal critic, seized on the wave of criticism and commented on a post by Pereira: “Herb Dean is a coward!”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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