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‘Big’ John McCarthy says UFC referee gave Tom Nolan ‘great advantage’
‘Big’ John McCarthy says UFC referee gave Tom Nolan ‘great advantage’
“Big” John McCarthy believes referee Dan Miragliotta made a costly
mistake by ordering Renato
“Money” Moicano and Tom Nolan to
their feet while Moicano held back control at
UFC Vegas 123.
The veteran mixed martial arts official argued that the intervention unfairly benefited Nolan by taking away a position Moicano had earned.
Speaking on the “Weighing In” podcast with Josh Thomson on Monday, McCarthy criticized the second-round stand-up. Moicano had Nolan’s back with a body triangle locked in and was landing strikes while searching for a rear-naked choke when Miragliotta intervened.