Sometimes an incident occurs that makes it abundantly clear the system isn’t fair, and that the rules are not consistently applied. When Jason High shoved referee Kevin Mulhall after a TKO loss to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov back in 2014, Dana White cut him from the organization. And his decision came with a clear message.
“I con’t care how mad you are, how upset you are, you don’t touch a referee ever. Unforgivable. Don’t come back, ever.”
“You touched a referee, Done. Over.