@jezza_nastyjvc@LeagueScenePod I don’t think he lead with it. That would require no contact from the body but that wasn’t the case. I believe he lead with the shoulder and it was a shoulder charge but I don’t think a send off was reasonable
Sin Bin at worst. Ashley Klein nows how to wreck a game. Did it in the Broncos Warriors game and now Origin.
They should’ve known after that game he wasn’t fit for Origin @NRL#Stateoforigin
@carausius286@NRL To be fair the referees are incredibly inconsistent but it’s the @NRL’s fault because the game is over officiated and now they can’t even implement half the rules consistently anyway because it’s so fast
Mark Shapiro “We're in the true MMA business on a meaningful, consistent basis” yet the rankings mean nothing. The guy is protecting his brand at TKO Group but reality is the fight did numbers and the UFC didn’t take them up on it.
The UFC has spectacles all the time. CM Punk a prime example 😂
At today's JP Morgan global tech, media and communications conference, TKO's Mark Shapiro said the reason UFC passed on Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano was it "more of a stunt than a meaningful MMA event" and one he thought wasn't good for the sport after how it played out.
"(Netflix) wants big spectacle events and they saw this as a big spectacle event. We're in the true MMA business on a meaningful, consistent basis. When we looked at this potential matchup, keep in mind there's a real art and skill to matchmaking....The answers (he & Ari Emanuel) got back (from Dana White & Hunter Campbell) were that fight will be over in 20 seconds.
"I don't believe a fight like that, just the way it played out, is really good for MMA especially because it's Netflix and such an incredible global audience...that is going to sample, depending on what comes up on the front page, to go to that fight and think that's what MMA is, I don't believe is good for the sport long term.
"We saw it that way and decided to pass on it," taking nothing away from Rousey, her win or the viewers the broadcast got.
He’s lucky he got slapped.
Spitting on (assaulting) a police officer and a female is with a solid 30-60sec of dead ground treatment.
Should flogged the little prick https://t.co/Tz0W8bAJZl
@RheinbergerJohn@NRL Excessively one sided. There were some legit penalty’s but wait out for head NRL ref to apologise during the week.
Be nice to slow the game so we can enjoy watching it.
@RheinbergerJohn@NRL The first penalty the warriors player literally rolled out deliberately 😂 they milked half of them.
Jus slow the game a little so we can all enjoy it