Good article by Steve Cofield on the shoddy officiating at ‘Ultimate Chaos’:

Organizations like Strikeforce, WEC, Affliction and the UFC have to cringe a bit everytime some small MMA show is waged in states like Alabama and Mississippi. As the big boys push to cross the sanctioning finish line in New York, a disasterous result in one of these unregulated or loosely regulated states, could set back the effort a few years.

He concludes:

As much as MMA wants to be legal in all 50 states, the biggest promotions better make sure these states have their ducks in a row. Alabama had similar issues before the Tim Sylvia-Ray Mercer. After months of being on the schedule, a rules conflict arose the week for the fight and nearly cancelled the fight. It was changed from a boxing to MMA match two days before the fight card. That’s the picture of disorganization. All these incidents may seem minor at the time but it could lead to something awful setting the sport back years.

‘Ultimate Chaos’ rings true @ Yahoo Sports

Ultimate Travesty: Poor officiating places fighters at risk @ THE SAVAGE SCIENCE