There’s no question in John McCarthy ’s mind that the knee Jeremy Stephens threw en route to knocking out Josh Emmett was illegal. “Dominick Cruz and Michael Bisping sitting up there (and saying), ‘I don’t think it touched him’ – you’re wrong,” McCarthy told MMAjunkie Radio when asked about the controversial stoppage this past Saturday at UFC on FOX 28. “It touched him.” The real question for the veteran referee turned Bellator commentator is how Stephens (28-14 MMA, 15-13 UFC) thought he could throw it in the first place. “How do we get a fighter so confused over rules that they don’t know what the hell they can do or when they can do it. That’s our problem,” McCarthy said. “And that has been created by athletic commissions
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John McCarthy details big-picture issue of Jeremy Stephens-Josh Emmett controversy – MMA Junkie