Carlo Prater vs. Erick Silva Fight Video UFC 142 Rio Main Card

Ok, still a dud of a card

For once I gotta agree with the Mario the ref.. although he has a history of making bad calls, when I first saw this I totally saw a bunch of back of the head shots, but the replay tells a slightly different story, even though a few of those did land in the back of the head.

regardless of the call, i dont think joe should have put mario on the spot live like that, since when are ref’s ever interviewed post fight like that? .. Mario, get outa brazil, i feel for your safety

Mario…what r u doing bro??? Silva clearly deserved the victory. Open your eyes and call the fight correctly…WEAK!!! Perhaps 1 or 2 out of the 12 shots landed close to the back of the head. He was clearly trying to strike from the side of the head…WTF

rogan can be such a doofus at times. this is one of the weakest cards i’ve seen in a long time.

I’m not surprised that this has finally happened. I understand that the ref has a very difficult job, but I don’t think any of them truly know what a shot to the back of the head is. The rule is supposed to protect fighters from getting hit at the base of the spinal column, Most of the time when the refs say ‘don’t hit the back of the head’, the blows are to the side. Gotta get these refs some training on that.

Horrible call!!!!!!!-I have seen way worse examples of hitting to the back of the head without even a warning from the other referees-Boooooooooooooooooo!!

sucks for silva, he didn’t hit too many in the back of the head, however yamasaki has a hard job, and refs don’t get instant replay to change their call…oh well

For the past few months I’ve been watching so many crazy back of the head shots, even more than 10 or 20 elbow spikes, and just now a ref says something, and chooses a inappropriate time to call the foul, makes a mockery of the rule.

Come on Joe! Really? 1 shot hit the back of the head? Quite clearly there were a number of shots that landed on the back of the head. It’s always disappointing to see a D.Q finish, but I think on this occasion it was the right call.

Why are you guys shytting on Joe? He did a great job on calling out Mario. Although I can see why you guys would disagree with the way he handled it, but this proves that we need replays in this sport. Why can’t the ref review the tape like other sports and make the right decision? Oh yeah, I remember now, the RULES are once a ref makes a decision, regardless whether he was wrong, he can’t change it. Bullshyt, you just stole money from a guy who trained his butt off. Did he hit the back of the head? I only saw 1 shot. Also, Mario wasn’t even in position to see the shots from the replay, by the time he got over there, it was already over. Hopefully now they will look at this situation and try to keep improving on things.

There were lots of shots to the back of the head.

I thought Mario should have stopped the fight and called a doctor in to establish if it was a DQ or not.
As he didn’t, it seems unfair to Silva. It should be a No Contest.
The rules are not well defined and, Mario is right according to some refs’ interpretation of the back of the head rule. He just didn’t follow the proper procedure.
Yes, there were other fights that were much worse and were not called a DQ, but a f*ck up in another fight doesn’t make it a rule.
This shows that the “unified rules of MMA” are not unified at all and the majority of refs. have to make do with half-assed, poorly defined rules. As much as people enjoy getting mad at refs., I think Mario was dealt a bad hand in this one.

Why does Yamasaki make that weird vagine shape with his hands before the fight starts?

I’m half and half about this decision.On one side Silva didnt land that much strikes on the back of the head(I only counted 2 out of more then 10) but he still landed there and it’s illegal.I hte to see those KOs where the winner punched the back of the head 90% of the time.You need some decisions like that to make the fighters think about it.I love Vitor but his fight vs Franklin and Akiyama,he clearly punched multiple times behind the head intentionally.IMO You should be able to hit behind the head if the guy exposes his head like that.But as long as the rule is no hitting behind the head,I can’t be mad at a DQ loss from punches behind the head.

the side of the head, yeah the back side, one side of the side wraps around to the front, one side of the side wraps around to the back, those all hit the back corner of the side. ask prater where his head is sore, rogan was out of line, is he god now?

@ Pitfighterz ….I agree. Refs get too much hate. They can’t be perfect every fight. They have to deal with a loosely defined set of rules and react in in split second with the safety of a fighter on their mind. Reffing is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be though, it’s just that people make a big deal out of every mistake.

At the people saying this was a weak card or a “dud” are you blind? This card was awesome and had amazing knock outs and some decent subs. Gonzaga made edwardo look like an amateur on the ground. OT- There was possibly 2 shots to the back of the head. A warning at most. The fight should of been stopped since prater wasn’t defending himself and was hurt. I can’t wait to watch the post press conf, since i missed it.

Looked like a few to the back of the head to me….

Hmmm.. looked like shots to the back fo the head to me, and a lot aimed inthe vicinity that glanced or missed.

It was a tough call, but not a bad call.

Parietal runs almost to the back of your ear, which would be considerable to the back of the head. They honestly need to clarify what the back of the head is. Temporal is the ear area which runs out towards the parietal area. Get this s*** down, because tech it was a good call.

f****** love Joe lmao

People on this website cannot agree on the result after seeing slow-mo replay multiple times from different angles. How can anyone say the ref did a terrible job when he had just that one moment the call. I agree that it should be a NC, but in my opinion, most NC’s were awarded not right after the fight stops, but on the next day or so. This will probably not be such case, I guess the UFC cannot do that just like that and there is no commission to do it. Still, no damage to Silva’s career anyway, and not the worst decision by far.

I’m on the fence on this one. Just wanted to note the reffing inconsistency. I don’t think anyone would dispute the illegal strike(s) in the Vitor/Akiyama fight. Anyone want to take a guess who ref’d that one? =P Does the timing (i.e. after a fighter has opponent hurt) completely nullify the idea of an illegal blow? Apparently so.

lol if this is considered a DQ VITOR BELFORTS FIGGHTS WITH AKIYAMA AND FRANKLIN SHOULD BE DQ TOO HE LOVES PUNCHING THE BACK OF THE HEAD