While
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight admits that referees usually judge fights correctly, he says mistakes can have significant consequences for fighters’ careers.
Tanner Boser questions MMA referee qualifications ahead of Jhonata Diniz fight at UFC Edmonton
Boser faces Jonathan Diniz October 17th at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Before the match, he questioned whether referees with no fighting experience were equipped for MMA.
“They are far more right than wrong,” Boser said
UFC Edmonton media day. “But it’s just that if they get something wrong, it affects someone’s life in a very, very important way. It is what it is. It’s just an imperfect system… Who are the judges? Were they fighters? Because if they’re not, you don’t know your logic. Were they boxers? Because that’s kind of different, too… But you want a lot of time for me to sit there as a referee and skate? I don’t know what I see, this is what happens to some of them…
Boser lost straight decisions Andrei Arlovski in 2020 and Ilir Latifi
in 2021. He took responsibility for Arlovski’s defeat, but believes he deserved the decision against Latif. Boser is on a losing streak Gokhan Sarikam which ended a two game winning streak.
