The Varner “Time Out”

In the Feb. 13 WEC, Jaime Varner vs. Rob McCullough, Varner called a time out after being dazed in R3 to put his mouth piece back in.  This is a questionalbe call since fighters have never called time outs for anything and it is up to the referee to stop the fight in situations like this. 

I’m not sure if there should be much Varner bashing on this subject.  He pushed the pace and pretty much dominated R1 and R2.  Yes the TO was complete garbage, and came at a time when Varner was in deep trouble, but in the sport of MMA, the mouth piece is essential.  Now I do think Mazz stopped the fight for too long.  I say if you lose your mouth piece, a  TO should be called by the fighter if not by the ref and you can pick it up off the ground and put it in.  None of this both fighters go to your corners and wash it off!  How many people who train MMA or even football lose their mouth pieces and wash it off before putting it back in!?

Good fight and win for Varner, but lets keep the TO’s to a minimum…this is MMA!