Veteran referee Mario Yamasaki was involved in yet another officiating-related controversy on Saturday night in Belem, Brazil. He is particularly being criticized for how he handled the co-main event fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Priscila Cachoeira.
While UFC president Dana White despises the idea of Yamasaki being back in the Octagon for officiating duties, Shevchenko, on the other hand, feels her opponent did just enough to keep the fight going. But for former two-time welterweight title challenger Frank Trigg, Yamasaki actually handled everything accordingly.
“I would have stopped it a minute earlier, but that’s because I already know the result of the fight; I already know what’s going to happen,” Trigg said during a recent guesting on MMAjunkie Radio.