Big Jon McCarthy Tells Me I BROKE THE RULES VS MERAB… Red HawkRecap Ep. 157

The LEGEND Big Jon MCCARTHY!

On this week's episode of the Red Hawk Recap, Tim “The Red Hawk” Welch is joined by the legend Joe Riggs, and one one of the best MMA Referee's ever, Big Jon McCarthy. Big Jon tells all on Tim's corner antics, how he wrote the MMA rules that are used today, UFC 307 Breakdown, Bully Beatdown and more!

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Timestamps:

0:0 Intro

1:09 PrizePicks!

1:49 Welcome Big John McCarthy!

2:03 Big John Refereed at UFC 2

2:43 Big John Trained with the Gracie’s in the 90s

3:33 How Big John Became a Ref

6:03 The Hilarious Early Days UFC Ref Ideas

6:32 Big John Wrote the MMA Rules Used Today

6:46 The Old UFC Was WILD (Legal Nut Shots)

9:05 Why the UFC Adopted Stricter Rules

10:21 BIG NEW MMA Rule Change Coming Soon

12:54 Big John on the Tim and Merab Corner Call Outs

15:16 Big John’s Biggest Referee Mistake in a Fight

18:31 How Referees Watch Fights in the Cage

20:12 Who Created the 5-Minute Round Rule for MMA/How Rules Were Implemented

28:07 How Fighters Were (Not) Notified of New Rules

29:30 John McCain was SO Corrupt (“Hated” MMA)

30:24 How Today’s MMA Rules were Created

32:02 The UFC was Almost 2 minute Rounds?

33:36 Pride Yellow Cards were AWFUL…

34:57 The Most Nervous Big John was for a Fight

35:20 Why Does the UFC Use the Same Refs?

39:30 Alex Pereira vs Khalil Rountree BREAKDOWN

42:04 Ilia Topuria vs Max Holloway BREAKDOWN

44:41 Robert Whittaker vs Khamzat Chimaev BREAKDOWN

47:30 Big John has a 70 Acre Farm

49:00 How Hard is it to Kill Animals on Your Farm?

50:10 Joe Tells John About His Penile Fracture

50:43 How Helps John on His Farm?

52:05 Big John’s Morning Routine

52:41 Does Big John Do Drugs? (Hilarious Edible Story)

56:39 Big John’s Caffeine Routine

57:16 Joe Refereed Once and It Went….

57:52 What is Refereeing Actually Like?

58:20 The Hardest Fight Big John Had to Ref

1:00:20 Refereeing Rory McDonald vs Robbie Lawler

1:02:35 Big John Arrest Joe’s Dad?! (Bully Beatdown)

1:03:28 Was Bully Beatdown Staged?

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