Bonnar Loses Australian Appeal
by Zak Woods on Mar 10, 2010 9:45 AM EST
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(That's not an appeal. This is an Appeal!)
Bad news for Stephan Bonnar.
Bonnar lost his appeal to overturn the TKO loss to Krzystztof Soszynski. The fight was stopped due to a cut but the referee ruled that the laceration was from a strike though replays clearly showed it was due to an accidental head butt.
MMA Junkie spoke to the Combat Sports Authority of New South Wales, which stated that they didn't want to interfere with the referee's decision. If commissions are unwilling to overrule their referees several weeks after a bout then instant replay systems need to be put in place, to get the call right on the night of the fight.
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It’s amazing how the commisions can’t see this is hurting their image and the image of the sport. I’m fine with standing by judges contraversal decisions in close fights but to stand behind what is clearly a wrong call by the referee with video evidence is inexcusable. It’s the fact that they acknowledge the grounds for the appeal but just chose to do nothing that adds insult to injury.
At least for the Jon Jones v Matt Hamil fight they used the video to clarify what happened with the elbows.
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