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01.22.2012 | 12:37 PM ET
Instant replay I am sure is another FOX idea that will only create more trouble than it is worth. Similar to the Strike camera they created for baseball games which now have people criticizing every pitch of a game even though you don't get an accurate view of the strike zone due to the camera angle. while Instant replay may work for sports like NFL, NHL and NBA it does not have a place in MMA or BASEBALL.
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01.22.2012 | 12:46 PM ET
There was opposition to instant replay in football, and it was slowly rolled out one step at a time, with strict rules on what was vs was not eligible for review. And it works pretty well.
I expect it will be the same thing with UFC. There are specific times where a mistake can be corrected and instant replay will do just that.
Case in point: Yamasaki calls Silva/Prater a DQ win for Prater. Instant replay review and decides he's wrong, and it becomes a no-contest. Instant replay wins.
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01.22.2012 | 12:50 PM ET
instant replay works in the nfl because after every play there is dead time, that provides time for Instant replay, how do you decide what is reviewable in a fight? and if a call is reviewed and overturned do you restart the fight or just make it a NC?
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01.22.2012 | 12:57 PM ET
As for your second question, you're making a lot of assumptions about how instant replay would be used. Whatever you think instant replay in MMA means, is not what it actually means.
Look at the NBA. The ONLY place where instant replay is used is in the LAST PLAY of a quarter to determine if the ball left the player's hands before the time ran out. The other 99% of the basketball game is not reviewable.
It would be the same with the UFC. They would decide the specific situations where it would be appropriate.
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01.22.2012 | 12:57 PM ET
01.22.2012 | 12:59 PM ET
how many times have any of us ever said, "If only there was instant replay in MMA?" not many if any.
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it." Jose Ortega y Gasset
01.22.2012 | 1:01 PM ET
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it." Jose Ortega y Gasset
01.22.2012 | 1:02 PM ET
01.22.2012 | 1:03 PM ET
It's fighting--things happen fast, replay would have helped make the Prater fight a NC, but overall I don't see much reason for it. I hope they don't abuse it and replay every single blow to try and take away a win from a guy who clearly won but had one hit that was "questionable". If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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01.22.2012 | 1:06 PM ET
and everyone is slamming my opinion but not answering any of the questions I have posed?
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it." Jose Ortega y Gasset
01.22.2012 | 1:07 PM ET
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01.22.2012 | 1:11 PM ET
and not every TD is reviewed, regardless of what is being told.
hell lets give the corner guy a challenge flag while were at it. this is MMA not NFL or NBA.
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01.22.2012 | 1:11 PM ET
i don't watch much basketball. but it only proves the point. just like football, they pick specific situations, and they slowly roll it out. it's done pretty carefully. if you think that they'll be pausing MMA fights every 10 seconds to review, i believe you're confused.
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01.22.2012 | 1:11 PM ET
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01.22.2012 | 1:12 PM ET
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01.22.2012 | 1:13 PM ET
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01.22.2012 | 1:13 PM ET
No, obviously not. And nobody is suggesting it should be. You're getting fired up about things nobody is even talking about.
edit - well it seems @anik is suggesting it. but otherwise this seems like much ado about nothing.
* Edited at 01.22.2012, 1:14 PM ET *
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01.22.2012 | 1:18 PM ET
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01.22.2012 | 1:18 PM ET
I am not getting fired up, just don't see a point or use for instant replay, lol.
baseball has instant replay but I don't think that helped Armando Gallaraga maintain his perfect game in Detroit 2 years ago on what would have been the last play of the game. Instant replay is a subjective process and is not objective at all.
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it." Jose Ortega y Gasset
01.22.2012 | 1:23 PM ET
Same thing in MMA. They only review when the fight is stopped anyway.
Silva vs Prater... fight was stopped and there is clear opportunity to review and see what happened.
Koscheck vs Rumble... fight was stopped because Koscheck says he got kneed in the head. Officials are conferring and Rumble has a point taken away. While at the exact same time, as the fight is stopped, everyone watching on TV and on the screens in the arena can see that no knee landed. Point should not be taken away. Easy. Instant replay wins.
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