the most important fact is that SF was already purchased by UFC at that time.. the rest is history

Now people say that Dana has nothing to do with the refs.
While they are working directly for the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Dana still has the power to kick you off of a card or have you paid less money. He can also get your fired or ruin your entire career.

The proof of this is in "Big" John McCarthy's story.
He reffed some events for K-1 and Strikeforce, as well as doing some commentating on Strikeforce while Strikeforce was the UFC's main competition at the time.

Dana was able to get his NSAC license pulled and he was only able to do events in California. He eventually had to apologize to Dana and humiliate himself, in order to get more work as a ref.

Hopefully this post will enlighten some people about the truth on this event.
The more that the general public learns about inside corruption likes this, the better. Maybe one day, it can be stopped for the most part.

I am sure you are not going to like the information I posted, but if you have a problem with it, just ask me directly about the issues you have with my post. Don't start an "E-Fight". Let me know what issues you have with my statement and I will gladly help you with those issues.

Nade,
The Henderson fight was not legit, for SEVERAL reasons.
That was the last fight on the Fedor's contract where the "option" was still activated. Had Fedor won that fight, then Dana would've had to've paid him the rest of the contract(million+). However, with the option if he lost that fight, he could be fired, without pay.

Herb Dean NEVER stops fights early. He's known for letting the fights go on for TOO long. Yet the second Fedor got hit, he jumped in & called it. There was absolutely something dirty about it & everyone in the business here in Vegas, says the same thing. Even the guys that DON'T like Fedor say "something was up with it". You can watch the fight & see Herb's shadow & realize he couldn't even see what was really going on at the time until he walked right up on them WHILE he was calling the fight off.

Then you have to add the fact that the blows that caused him to end the fight, were DIRECTLY to the back of the head.

When I was watching the fight, I thought Herb had stopped it, to warn Henderson for it. Yet he called him the "winner", even though they were CLEARLY illegal blows.

THEN, you have to add the fact that Fedor was ok & defending himself just fine.

Where you claim that he went "limp", he did NOT go "limp".

What you saw(If you even watched the entire fight), was him trying to transition, right when Dan landed the first punch. The punch landed, while Fedor only had 3 points on the ground, so it knocked him off balance, he was no where near "limp". He recovered instantly and was pulling Dan into his guard.

Now the thing that is horrible about this fight is that Dan COULD have actually won the fight, without any controversy had Herb Dean just let the fight continue like he normally does.

However, his quick & deliberate actions, that completely go against his normal behavior, tells me that he got some "pre-fight briefing" from Dana White.