Comments on: Report: “Big” John McCarthy To Retire on Saturday

By: scotchydow

scotchydow — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:40:45 +0000

I loved the fights on Saturday. I don’t think Mac was “dissed”, I am pretty sure Dana expected him to win. I would have been SHOCKED to see Tommy beat Mac. It was all just a test for Mac to get his name out there and see if he could hold his own against heavier fighters. He passed it with fliing colors, and I am sure Dana will be promoting his ass off.

On a lighter note, Coc, you sound suicidal. Why u so down bud. Merry Christmas!

By: Mike 'DOC' Davi-Manchaca

Mike 'DOC' Davi-Manchaca — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:22:13 +0000

I don’t know about any of you guys but I thought the “UFC Finale” was less than anti-climatic to say the least……

The commentators talked way too much and we were…….’tortured’ with commercial after commercial, having left little to no time for proper commentary on many of the fights, especially “Mac Danzigs” rear naked choke-out and subsequent rather- ’speedy-Tap out of Tommy Speer, Matt Hughes’s Golden Boy, so there was an almost Dead silence from Dana White’ what happened to the big Kudos, and Fancy Watch’ and Car that previous UFC ‘Ultimate Fighter’ winners like Forrest Griffin, Diego Sanchez, etc???

I would be rather ‘ticked’ were I dissed’ out of hand by Dana White’!

I have seen his rather callous lack of candor towards fighters and fights that do not go the way Mr. White wanted or expected, hence the cold shoulder to Mac Danzig, the only mature fighter on the Ultimate Fighter series, the rest acted like a bunch of ‘PUNKS’ on their way out of a’Juvenile detention center’ no self control. Giving a Bad Boys image to the MMA opponents who see a ONLY a bad side to My favorite sports shows’ MMA across the board for me and my entire family since late 1993!

So I don’t know about the rest of you and your reaction to what happened at the UFC Finale Saturday night, but maybe you did not even notice.

I do not know any of you, and it is obvious since not one of you has bothered to even inquire or reply to my comments.

But what the hey? Do I really give a ‘rats patootie’ Naaa!

I don’t comment very often as I am not given to public forums like most of you! As many folks are accustomed to doing and thats fine so have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.. Happy Hanukah.
Doc’

By: scotchydow

scotchydow — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:19:27 +0000

I meant to say that. I would like to see a bizarro universe where McCarthy became a fighter instead of a ref. He would have jacked some jokers up.

By: ravine

ravine — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:30:07 +0000

Vampslayr – big john did not ref the first event and im sure u jus had a typo in ur comment….big john did not participate in the first event cuz he was to close to the gracies….and didnt want to fight royce in the first tournament

By: Vampslayr

Vampslayr — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:50:44 +0000

Dana will induct Big John in the Hall of Fame.

scotchy, thanks for the history lesson. I remember watching UFC 1 live and had no idea that’s why he ref’d.

I don’t think McCarthy has ever been under rated in the eyes of the fans, especially the long-time fans.

By: Mike 'DOC' Davi-Manchaca

Mike 'DOC' Davi-Manchaca — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:12:17 +0000

Big Bad John is going out to Pasture the only way He knows how; Standing!

On to newer and better things I wish him “crazy mad respect”,

Yo…………Now how’s about bringing in as referee the very well rounded and experienced MMA fighter and Rich Franklin’s best friend and training partner “George Curzel” who unfortunately has been on a downhill losing sreak of late. He was doing an awesome refereeing job on HDNet’s fight shows, as he literally took over the referee position single handedly while recovering from a broken jaw with it ‘wired’ shut if any of you have ever suffered a win that left you feeling like a loser with a badly broken jaw, then you know what I am speaking of. It makes it hard to breathe as well as having the driest mouth I ever had for 6 weeks running. Plus almost undernourished conditions that make it hard to continue a workout like George Curzel puts himself thru he is a “Warrior all Day and Night”!

He could bring in some real class and some assemblance of consistency missing in many MMA matches; what with bad calls, speedy stoppages, and some preferential treatment of late by certain ‘un-named’ referees in other organizations, watch it or MMA could go the way of Boxing crooks and scammers galore. Fighters were the ones left hangin’!

Goodbye “Big Bad John McCarthy” you will be sorely missed in the ring, as the third Man and as the lst. man, supremely dedicated to the right way! See you on the Fight channel and I’ along with many thousands maybe millions of your fans listening to your sage commentary.
In Freedom and Liberty,
‘DOC’

By: zero

zero — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:45:56 +0000

sad day for mma

By: DrBdan

DrBdan — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:24:47 +0000

It’s sad to hear that Big John is moving on, though I wish the best for him. You can only ref for so long I suppose. He should definitely be in the hall of fame. Mazzagatti’s moustache is going to have to step up and fill the void.

By: The Apple

The Apple — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:04:25 +0000

Timberrrrrrrrrrr…….
The BIG mans going. What a shame (With a few shakes of the head). There aint no other ref to replace him. He should DEFINATELY be put into the hall of fame. He will be surely missed. Anyone who thinks he hasn’t put his time in deserves a brick in the face.

Mazzagatti thinks hes got the whole “Lets Get It On” catchphrase going but we can all agree theres only 1 man we want it to come from.

BIG John, BIG John, BIG John, Ya gets me, Ya gets meeeee

By: ravine

ravine — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:32:22 +0000

jus an exapmle of how u say herb dean stops fights pre-maturly stops fights…lets think back for a minute here….i do beleive he was the ref for the tanner-terrell fight and if i remember corectly he let evan smash david around for like 45 seconds on the ground before he stopped the fight…thats the last one i can think of…dont really watch the refs when 2 guys r punching the hell outta eachother

on another note ima miss big john aint no one around who can take his spot in the game and i agree 100% that he should be inducted into the hall of fame especially for someone whos been there through it all with the exception of the first ufc event…im happy to hear that he is going to be a analyist for the fight network..

on an even lighter note and i know this aint the site to be puttin this…but is anyone else hyped up about the K-1 grand prix this year???? its looking like its gonna be a barn burner its free on the fight network for ya’ll who didnt know….sorry kris