John McCarthy on reffing in Eddie Alvarez debacle: ‘You’re not using your brain‘

Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Bellator MMA Big man at big podium, dispensing wisdom.One of the biggest developments from last week was the disappointing finale at ONE Championship where former Bellator and UFC champ Eddie Alvarez was disqualified via an odd decision by the referee.

After taking down submission specialist Iuri Lapicus, Alvarez began to use his grapevine position to land punches on Iuri. The ref talks to Eddie, and Alvarez continues to land shots behind the ear and a few that land mostly on the neck and glove of his opponent. After a position change, Alvarez goes for hammerfists, but the ref stops the action and pulls the red card to end the fight.

While there were…