However this rule is under subchapter 8 which deals with “ Boxing Referees and Judges” and not MMA. I reached out to the NJSACB who brought New Jersey Administrative Code Rule 13:46-8-30 to my attention which reads “ The Commissioner may in his discretion change a referee’s decision if in his judgment a palpable and self-evident error has been committed“. I reached out to Ben Fowlkes who advised that there is no ‘new’ rule just a liberal interpretation of their existing rules. Unfortunately, it appears there is no actual rule change in New Jersey. This quote intrigued me because my jurisdiction, British Columbia, automatically borrows all New Jersey rule changes in MMA as section 24 of BC’s Athletic Commissioner Regulation adopts the New Jersey Rules “ as amended from time to time.“ “ By New Jersey rules, the commissioner can overrule the referee if there’s a palpable error that’s occurred…I don’t know about other commissions, but our rules already permit the commissioner that sort of supreme authority to overrule the referee, especially in the situation where the referee has made an obvious and palpable error.” As Ben Fowlkes reports, Larry Hazzard, the commissioner of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board believes they can overrule the referee if there’s a palpable error that’s occurred. New Jersey, a leading jurisdiction in the regulation of MMA, apparently does not wish to be bound by such poor outcomes. The third exception likely does not help as a referee believing a tap out or loss of consciousnesses occurred when they did not is not an error interpreting the rules but rather an error of fact. As the result of an error in interpreting a provision of this chapter, the referee has rendered an incorrect decision. The compilation of the scorecards of the judges discloses an error which shows that the decision was given to the wrong unarmed combatant orģ. The Commission determines that there was collusion affecting the result of the contest or exhibition Ģ. Fransisco Rivera saga, other than when a positive drug test is involved, Commissions that model Nevada’s ruleset only have jurisdiction to overturn a decision in the following three limited circumstances:ġ. As was demonstrated in the Urihah Faber v. Many Athletic Commissions face a similar problem. In what has been widely dubbed the worst stoppage in UFC history Brazilian referee Eduardo Herdy stopped a bout and awarded Leandro Silva a supposed submission victory when his opponent neither was unconscious nor did he verbally or physically tap out.ĭespite the fairly patent mistake Comissao Atletica Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA) – the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission, stood by the result stating they are likely powerless to overturn it. Such decision may be taken provided (i) an appeal is filed with the commission within 72 hours of the relevant bout, (ii) the appeal is accompanied by a video (or link thereto) of the bout showing the challenged judgment call, (iii) upon request by the Executive Committee, the relevant referee presents a written justification of his judgment call and (iv) after analysis of the relevant video and justification, the Executive Committee determines that the judgment call was in good faith but considered a self-evident error.” “The Executive Committee may, on an exceptional basis, revert a decision to “no contest” if it determines that a good faith judgment call of a referee was mistaken and therefore considered a self-evident error. Update – Ma– The Brazilian Commission has now updated their rules to allow a bout result to be overturned in these circumstances and have changed the result to a no-contest.
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