Robert Whittaker goes off about referee stand-ups

Robert Whittaker goes off about referee stand-ups | MMA News

Khamzat Chimaev totally dominated Dricus Du Plessis in the UFC 319 main event last weekend in Chicago to seize the middleweight championship. He repeatedly put the South African on his back and managed “Stillknocks” on the ground for practically the complete five-round combat.

In the ultimate spherical, referee Marc Goddard stood the fighters up after 22 minutes of Chimaev’s grappling dominance. Goddard stood them up a second time late in the ultimate body. Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker questioned the referee’s motives.

“Terrible stand-up. He just wanted to give Dricus a chance to throw bombs,” Whittaker said on the MMArcade Podcast. “Man, you can’t do (that). He’s controlled, at this point, 22 minutes of ground time in the match and you stand him up when he’s at his most tired to give a (chance). You can’t do that, man. 

“But not once, not just once. Twice. He even broke them up when he was on the wall. It’s Chimaev’s best place. That was horrible in my opinion,” continued Whittaker.

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The stand-ups in the final round ultimately led to Du Plessis’ biggest moments in the fight. 

“That’s because his best mate gave him a hand,” Whittaker said.

“The factor is, I do not perceive why you’ll stand him up if he is executed it for 22 minutes of the complete combat. It’s not like one dude was just taking him down to wait. No, he is been doing this since the first 20 seconds of the combat. That blows my thoughts,” continued the former champion. “Like, he just gave Dricus a shot, twice, a probability.”

 

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