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Dana White overtrad UFC beleid door jurylid te verwijderen!Bron foto:

Dana White overtrad UFC beleid door jurylid te verwijderen!

Aug 27, 2014 Zelfs de grote UFC baas kan fouten maken. Dana White haalde tijdens UFC Fight Night 48 jurylid Howard Hughes achter de jurytafel weg en dit kwam hem op zware kritiek te staan. White was het niet eens met de wijze van jureren en aangezien het evenement in Macau, China plaatsvond dacht White in zijn recht te staan. Immers, hier was geen Athletic State commission bij berokken.

De UFC organisatie komt hier nu echter op terug, althans de UFC fluit White terug. Volgens de UFC was Dana White niet bevoegd een jurylid te verwijderen, omdat dit in strijd met eigen UFC beleid is. Hughes is bij volgende UFC evenementen om te jurreren volgens de UFC. Het volledige (Engelstalige) persbericht van de UFC luidt als volgt:

"After an internal review, the UFC organization announced today that a breach of its independent regulatory protocol occurred on Saturday night during UFC FIGHT NIGHT MACAO.

After the second fight of the night, UFC President Dana White requested that Howard Hughes, one of the event's five assigned judges, be removed from working any further bouts. Pursuant to UFC's protocol, neither White nor any other UFC executive possesses such authority. Nevertheless, protocol was breached and Hughes did not work further bouts on Saturday night.

The UFC organization has always been in support of government regulation and oversight. Additionally, the UFC has established a protocol when required to self-regulate events due to the lack of an official athletic commission, federation or other regulatory body.  In those instances where UFC holds events in locations without a regulatory body, the UFC's protocol dictates that the organization's internal regulators will handle all commission functions independently and without interference by company executives or employees.

The UFC remains committed to maintaining the strictest regulatory environment for competition and vows that no similar breach of protocol will happen again.

Both White and the UFC apologize to Mr. Hughes for calling his professional judgment into question. Hughes has judged more than 25 UFC fight cards and the UFC looks forward to him working on its events again in the future."
 




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