Judge Mark Goddard was asked about his stand-up during the title match between Kamza Chimaev and Doricus Duplesis in Chicago last Saturday.
Dean, one of the most experienced referees in the game, felt that Chimaev could have done more at some point in the 25-minute contest, albeit in a dominant position like Crucifix.
“I don’t think there was anything wrong with (Goddard’s) stand-up,” Dean said in an interview with Helen Yi. “Kamza ruled the fight around. This is an ongoing conversation that everyone in the sport has. But how do you want the sport to look like? If people aren’t using it to defeat the enemy, can we see it as an enemy location, a place of burning?”
“And I’m not going to accuse Kaham-that of hiding. I mean, since a man is a savage, but if you get a position like cross bone, chest to chest posture, height, etc., it’s very difficult to get to a place where you can punch your enemy ().”
Chimev went into a dominant position throughout the game, but Dean felt he could become more aggressive and take risks to seek a stop.
“You want to reward people,” Dean said. “We can talk about 10-8 seconds. At the same time, you want to reward 10-8 to try and complete the other person. It takes risks to create some space and take attitude.
Dean is fair to give fighters the opportunity to “settle and secure position.”
“If we have a dominant position with people, we want to make an effort to end the battle, to start the end of the battle sequence,” Dean said. “That’s what we’re looking for, if someone is keeping a safe position but they’re looking for something that can’t cut back on their opponents and finish the fight, it’s a situation where people try to warn them of work.