http://www.mmafighting.com/2017/2/1...t=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Holly Holm isn’t ready to forget about Saturday night just yet. Holm, who lost a controversial unanimous decision to Germaine de Randamie in the UFC’s inaugural women’s featherweight title fight this past weekend in Brooklyn, N.Y., has officially filled a complaint against referee Todd Anderson and an appeal of the result, MMA Fighting confirmed. Holm, via her attorneys Paul Bardacke and Breanna Houghton, is asking the New York State Athletic Commission to review Anderson’s “failure to deduct one or more points from Germaine de Randamie following her repeated strikes thrown after the horn sounded to end Rounds 2 and 3.” Anderson failed to separate Holm and de Randamie in a timely manner after the horn sounded in both the second and third rounds in the UFC 208 main event, leading to de Randamie landing three punches (two after the second and one after the third) after the rounds’ conclusion. The punches landed after the second round, in particularly, seemed to have hurt Holm immediately. “We respectfully request the commission review referee Anderson’s failure to assess a foul and render a decision regarding a point deduction following Round 2, and failure to assess a foul and a point deduction following Round 3, and determine an appropriate result,” the complaint stated.
Big John McCarthy says that the bell is not the indicator of the end of the round but rather a signal for the referee to intervene and separate the fighters, which is the actual end of the round. Until the referee separates the fighters the fight is still live. I'm not sure if that logic is correct.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2017/2/28/14766046/nysac-denies-holly-holms-appeal-of-ufc-208-loss Rejected.
If that was seriously the case they should just get rid of the bell. Just put an Applebee's table buzzer on the ref that goes off when the round should be over and he can break up the fight when he feels like it. At least that way neither fighter slows down at the sound of a bell.
