Jones Loses Controversial Disqualification To Hamill
Utter confusion is the only way to describe it and of course it had to be the referee Steve Mazzagatti at the center of it. Hotshot prospect Jon Jones looked to be is his way to a dominant win over Matt Hamill when the fight was stopped. It appeared Mazzagatti stopped the fight Because Hamill had a nasty cut on the bridge of his nose and was unable to continue with a separated shoulder. When Ring Announcer Bruce Buffer announced Jones has been disqualified "Because of illegal elbows. The crowd, Hamill and Jones were all shocked.
Hamill appeared To Have suffered a broken nose and could not continue. A point was taken away and then when Hamill was unable to continue, Jones was DQ'd.
Jones got things going with a hard trip take down and quickly moved to mount. Jones was crushing Hamill with punches and elbows. On several occasions, Jones looked over to Mazzagatti to stop the fight. Jones (pictured with a shocked look), maybe a bit frustrated and looking for a way to put things to an end, made the mistake of dropping two illegal elbows. Mazzagatti stopped the fight at 4:14.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission did employ replay for the first time.
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