Judges/Referees are and will always be a problem in sports. MMA is no different. This weekends UFC card proved that something needs to change.
MMA should look no further than the NFL. The NFL put in a new rule before the start of the season, that makes a referee in the booth, check every scoring play. When a player scores a touchdown or field goal, the referee check the replay to make sure it was valid. If the score is in question than the referee in the booth buzzes the head referee, and he takes a look at it.
MMA can take this rule and twist is up a little to best help them. There would never be a question on if a fighter tapped or did not tap. Of in the case of Saturday night when referee Mario Yamisaki, reversed a decision and disqualified Eric Silva for blows to the back of the head. Normally when a fighter breaks this rule, the fight is stopped and he is warned or a point deduction. Yamisaki took matter into his own hands, and disqualified Silva.
This is not a knock on referees, because they do have the hardest jobs in the game. They get critisized for making split decision calls, sometimes right and sometimes wrong. This is more about what MMA can do to help aid the referee, so these bad decisions do not happen as often.
There is always a little time in between the end of the fight and when Bruce reads the decision, so take an extra minute of so and make sure they get it right. This may not be the end all change, but it could be the first stepping stones to make things a little better.
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