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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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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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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I can't even fathom anyone letting it happen. People get injured anyway in this sport without this. It just frightens me.
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One of doctors is very conversant in Japanese. He will be working to help them if there are any problems.
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My guess is that every state with a commission that has its act together will legalize the sport eventually. They're starting to understand this is just another combat sport.
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We're not changing anything. We've assigned the world's best referee, Joe Cortez, for the rematch. We'll take the same safety precautions we always take.
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We're not changing anything, ... We've assigned the world's best referee, Joe Cortez, for the rematch. We'll take the same safety precautions we always take.
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We have made it a sport now. That was a key for me, to make it with rules. It's been remarkable, the last five years, the way it has blossomed.
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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.
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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.