Sarah Moras and Alexis Dufresne Look up California State Athletic Commission Executive Director Andy Foster on Sherdog’s Fight Finder , and you’ll see a man who knows his business when it comes to MMA. Look past the suit and tie in his profile photo, past the expression that seems more befitting of a man trying to get your vote for city council than a man who could choke you out, and you’ll see that Foster, 36, was 9-2 as a professional fighter. His only two losses came against respected MMA veterans Brian Ebersole and Amar Suloev, the latter of whom scored a knockout victory over Foster in Foster’s last fight as a pro in 2007. So when Foster took over as head of the California commission in 2012, he knew all too well that among the many persistent gripes fans and fighters had with the state of the sport, concerns about judging were near the top of the list. Why weren’t problem judges removed, people asked.
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Why aren’t commissions doing more to fix MMA judging? In California, one is trying – MMA Junkie