I didn't even notice this last night.

First off, the gif is funny as hell IMO.

That said, the Ref is to be neutral and has a list of rules that is his job to make sure are followed. It's not up to Silva to entertain the crowd or the ref. The ref is there to do a job and only a job. He doesn't work for the UFC so he shouldn't and can't care if the fans are entertained. There is no yellowcard system in the UFC, I wish there was but there isn't. So, what the hell give the Ref the right to take a point away cause he doesn't like how Silva is fighting. It's not his job. Silva broke no rules, wasn't laying on him, still landed more shots in the round (which kinda surprised me to be honest). But nobody is talking about this. As much as it was needed to be said, the ref had NO business saying it. It up to the judges to score the fight, not the ref. The ref didn't get involved in KalibGate, the judges did and scored 10-8 rounds, maybe even a 10-7 if I recall.

Stuff like this worries me, we can't have refs take the fight into their hands, it's not their jobs. Dan Mogloatatthsomething is a bad enough ref as it is, much worse that Maz. IMO, he should be worrying about the actually written rules of his job and not making them up as he goes along. Again, I'm not happy with how Silva fought, I would have been ok with the 1st rounds if he takes him out in the 3rd but he didn't so it was just ugly.