Article i read about MMA and instant replay.. What do you think?

[IRONFIST]

Write That DownDoes MMA Need Instant Replay?
By ComcastSports
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:21:46 GMT
By Chris Young, Comcast.net Sports

Instant Replay. The NFL, NBA, and MLB use it. Even Tennis has “Shot Spot.” And sooner rather than later, the playback gift of modern technology could be headed for mixed martial arts.

At least that’s what Keith Kizer, the director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is saying should happen, according to Cagewriter.com

The latest push for cageside replay comes less than a week after Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s accidental eye poke led to his first-round stoppage of Mostapha Al-Turk at UFC 99 in Germany. Al-Turk was visibly shaken by the poke, shielding his left eye with his glove when Filipovic moved in and landed a huge right that sent him reeling to the canvas, where the fight was eventually stopped by referee Dan Miragliotta.

The errant shot was missed by Miragliotta who should have brought a temporary halt to the bout to have Al-Turk’s eye examined.

But the shot didn’t escape the big screens at Laxness Arena, nor did it swing wide of Kizer’s gaze here in the States.

Kizer told MMAJunkie Radio that there is a growing need to aid fighters and officials inside the cage and that the accidental shot that incidentally costs Al-Turk the match could have been avoided. He likened the scenario to Anthony Johnson’s loss last July to Kevin Burns at Ultimate Fight Night 14:

Let's say the doctor looked at Mr. Al Turk, or the situation we had with Anthony Johnson, and says, 'He can not continue.' So the fight's over, so it's not going to change the strategy whether the referee changes his mind on the call. In those situations, then the ref can look at it and say, 'You know what, it was an accidental foul. Let's go to the scorecards.' Or in the other situation, 'I thought it was an accidental foul to go to the scorecards, but on instant replay it was actually a legal punch.' Either way, the fighter could not continue, so it wouldn't have mattered, and we can take our time and look at it.

First Anthony Johnson (who was dominating Burns), and now Mostapha Al-Turk. Both fighters were rendered defenseless after their incidents and both lost because of them. The question isn't whether mixed martial arts needs instant replay; the question is how many more fighters will continue to be at risk of serious injury without it?

It's time to get with the times. If Dana White and Co. want to make a statement that UFC cares about the safety of its fighters and the validity of its results, they need to institute replay immediately.

What do you think? Should mixed martial arts implement instant replay? Should the Cro Cop fight have been ruled a no contest if Al-Turk couldn’t have continued? Sound off here.

[WuTangKillahBee]

Originally Posted by IRONFIST

Write That DownDoes MMA Need Instant Replay?
By ComcastSports
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:21:46 GMT
By Chris Young, Comcast.net Sports

Instant Replay. The NFL, NBA, and MLB use it. Even Tennis has “Shot Spot.” And sooner rather than later, the playback gift of modern technology could be headed for mixed martial arts.

At least that’s what Keith Kizer, the director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is saying should happen, according to Cagewriter.com

The latest push for cageside replay comes less than a week after Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s accidental eye poke led to his first-round stoppage of Mostapha Al-Turk at UFC 99 in Germany. Al-Turk was visibly shaken by the poke, shielding his left eye with his glove when Filipovic moved in and landed a huge right that sent him reeling to the canvas, where the fight was eventually stopped by referee Dan Miragliotta.

The errant shot was missed by Miragliotta who should have brought a temporary halt to the bout to have Al-Turk’s eye examined.

But the shot didn’t escape the big screens at Laxness Arena, nor did it swing wide of Kizer’s gaze here in the States.

Kizer told MMAJunkie Radio that there is a growing need to aid fighters and officials inside the cage and that the accidental shot that incidentally costs Al-Turk the match could have been avoided. He likened the scenario to Anthony Johnson’s loss last July to Kevin Burns at Ultimate Fight Night 14:

Let's say the doctor looked at Mr. Al Turk, or the situation we had with Anthony Johnson, and says, 'He can not continue.' So the fight's over, so it's not going to change the strategy whether the referee changes his mind on the call. In those situations, then the ref can look at it and say, 'You know what, it was an accidental foul. Let's go to the scorecards.' Or in the other situation, 'I thought it was an accidental foul to go to the scorecards, but on instant replay it was actually a legal punch.' Either way, the fighter could not continue, so it wouldn't have mattered, and we can take our time and look at it.

First Anthony Johnson (who was dominating Burns), and now Mostapha Al-Turk. Both fighters were rendered defenseless after their incidents and both lost because of them. The question isn't whether mixed martial arts needs instant replay; the question is how many more fighters will continue to be at risk of serious injury without it?

It's time to get with the times. If Dana White and Co. want to make a statement that UFC cares about the safety of its fighters and the validity of its results, they need to institute replay immediately.

What do you think? Should mixed martial arts implement instant replay? Should the Cro Cop fight have been ruled a no contest if Al-Turk couldn’t have continued? Sound off here.

Although I don't agree or disagree with the notion of the instant replay. I feel that any reasonable and intelligent person should have marked the bout a no-contest, with or without instant replay.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see instant replay implemented in the near future. However, I really can't harbor any feelings toward the thought of instant replay in mma without knowing the conditions upon which it would implemented. There are just to many unknown factors at this point.

So, I apologize TS for not really contributing to your discussion. I felt the need though to chime in with my 2 cents regarding the Cro-Cop fight.(Don't get me wrong though, I have nothing against Cro-Cop.)

[Cancerfit]

Instant replay is already in place in New Jersey. It was recently used in an amateur fight where the ref thought he saw the fighter tap to a kimura, but the fighter protested. The NJSAC commissioner looked at the replay and saw the tap. I think it's very important in MMA right now for those kinds of reasons.

[IRONFIST]

Wow i thought i was going to get bashed for posting this article i read. I am suprised by the answers. I think it should be used in certain situations. Like a Tap, someone being knocked out by a headbutt that looked like a punch, pokes in the eyes and maybe this.. If someone gets kicked in the leg and acts like it was the nuts and they see on the replay you faked it you lose a point.

[CanadaMMA]

If its used correctly, I don't see a problem with it. I think we need more information on how and when they would use it.

[strikezone]

It fixed football

[Justin_A]

it would depend on how it was used and how it was implememnted.