John McCarthy thinks referee Gary Copeland made a mistake by letting Chris Weidman fight Bruno Silva with his fingers sticking out “Big John” explained why it was only right that the Weidman ...

UFC legend David ‘Tank’ Abbott blames ex-referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy for getting him kicked out of the promotion. Before the ...

Ex-referee John McCarthy has begrudgingly given Steven Seagal credit for predicting one of the UFC’s most famous knockouts The actor and 7th-dan black belt in Aikido tried to take credit when ...

Veteran referee "Big" John McCarthy helped established the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts in the early 2000s, but there's one rule that he would change given the change. “I would love ...

In a thrilling rematch at UFC 312, Dricus du Plessis successfully defended his middleweight title against Sean Strickland, winning via unanimous decision.

However, his prediction for a hypothetical fight was quickly shot down by former MMA referee John McCarthy. The topic was tackled by 'Big John' and former UFC lightweight Josh Thomson on episode ...

John McCarthy believes Chris Curtis has a right to be upset about his loss at UFC Fight Night 249. Curtis (31-12 MMA, 5-4 UFC) was outraged by referee Mark Smith's stoppage of his fight against ...

But as referee Mark Smith hesitated on whether ... During a recent episode of the Weighing In podcast, ‘Big’ John McCarthy reacted to the controversial conclusion of Kopylov vs.