There were questions about the refereeing in both Bellator and the UFC this past weekend. Most of the scrutiny fell on Kerry Hatley’s work in the Bellator 244 bout between Ryan Bader and Vadim Nemkov and Chris Tognoni’s officiating in a pair of bouts on the UFC on ESPN 15 fight card.
The beginning of the end in the Bellator light heavyweight title bout came in the second round when Nemkov caught Bader with a head kick that dropped the two-division Bellator champ. Bader spent the next 40 seconds doing everything he could to avoid the non-stop strikes of Nemkov.