Personally, I don't see anything wrong with what went down, even after reading this:
Japanese fans have found Tatsuya Kawajiri talking with the referee in his fight against J.Z. Calvan.
At around 1:23 of the video, while they are entangled in the ropes and the referee puts his hand on them (probably for a restart, since that is a normal position to do it) Kawajiri says: “Todomenai de” in Japanese like three times which means “Don't stop”.
The referee then doesn't stop and move them to the middle until Kawajiri has mount position.
This might have become a better call since it seems like Kawajiri was on his way to a mount position and it would've been difficult to restart them at exactly such a position but people think Kawajiri's words influenced the referees refereeing.
It depends on who did the refereeing. Some guys like Yuji Shimada actually have integrity, but who knows? It could just be a lapse in judgment, but either way it's inexcusable.
Kawajiri seems to be the centre of a few Dream-related crappolas recently. There was just an interview with him where he said that Dream is effectively forcing him to fight K-1 kickboxing matches or not fight at all.
REALLY FIGHTLINKER YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SUCKING IT UP LATELY
YOUVE POSTED 3 THINGS TODAY NONE
REALLY HAVE MUCH IMPORTANCE
THE OTHER MMA SITE I GO TO HAS POSTED
THAT DIAZ VS RIGGS WILL BE A TITLE FIGHT
THAT HOLLY MADISON WILL BE A UFC 100 RING GIRL
THAT CHUCK LIDDEL AND CHARLES "MASK" LEWIS WILL BE INDUCTED IN THE HALL OF FAME
THAT OVEREEM WILL DEFEND HIS STRIKEFORCE TITLE VS WERDUM
TIM CREDEUR VS NATE QUARRY AT UFC FIGHT NIGHT 19
THAT KYLE BRADLEY VS SAM STOUT AT UFC FIGHT NIGHT 19
THAT MIKE PYLE VS CHRIS WILSON AT UFC FIGHT NIGHT 19
THAT JEREMY STEPHENS VS RONNYS TORRES AT UFC FIGHT NIGHT 19
How often do those sites make you laugh? How many of those sites produce a radio show that's funny? If you come here for up-to-the-minute news you are missing the point.
smitler if you come on here to laugh or for a funny radio show your fucking RETARDED because you have the whole internet at your finger tips and you come to a mixed martial arts blogsite to laugh i thought this was "fightlinker- your fight community" not "fightlinker-your wanna be comedy central"
Why don`t the guys just put a big banner on the front page that says "IF YOU DON`T LIKE IT - FUCK OFF" or words to that effect? Just so that brainless dickheads like volcom have a chance of getting the message?
Dammed if you do dammed if you don't. There will always be some whiney bitch who will find something to complain about no matter what the ref does. Like Volcom for instance.
Has been pretty slow. To combat this, I check in once a day instead of multiple times. Seems a lot of small sites and personal blogs slow down during the summer, though.
Boooooooooored. I've gotten so desparate I've been checking out sites I've never even heard of, including 5thround.com. Check out this beauty in their preview of Belcher/Akiyama:
"Although Akiyama holds an impressive 12-1 record, with his only blemish coming in his second-ever pro scrap against Jerome LeBanner <B>(I have never heard of him either)</B> over three years ago, Belcher gladly accepted the challenge of trying to rain on Akiyama’s parade."
An "MMA writer" writing for an "MMA site" who has never heard of LeBanner. Granted LeBanner doesn't fight MMA much, but considering the large degree to which fighters in Japan jump between K-1 and MMA, it sure seems like having ANY sort of knowledge about K-1 would be, you know, a bonus.