Look at the last five UFC events, he's a judge on EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM FUCK ALL THE COMMISSIONS!
I stand CORRECTED!!!
It's the FIFTH! and 6 of 7!!!!!!!!!
HOW IS THIS BOXING JUDGE IN FIVE STRAIGHT UFC EVENTS INCLUDING TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES!????????????????????
Is he the one who gave Chico 30-27?
If so guy should be fucking fired, don't care if he doesn't have someone bringing in money until he get's another job either...
If he is, he's ruining some fighters career or giving them a smaller paycheck.
Dana NEEDS to give him his deserved win money.
No I don't know who did yet, but regardless he is a notoriously terrible boxing hack
THis sport is under the curse of commissions who clearly rely on Keith Kizer's advice or something including the UFC itself who chose D'Amato for the Brazil card from what I understand.
This is beyond evidence of retardation now.
He should have been fired a long time ago...
unless there's some reason they keep him around.
30-27 CAMUS JUDGE: SAL D'AMATO
FUCKING CORRUPTION 
Corey - I'm pretty sure Sal is from Milwaukee. I know he is from WI for sure. He was one of 3 people that interviewed me for the position of 2nd in charge to the WI MMA Commissioner. I can't remember the proper title of the position. He was also heavily involved with the lobbyists Zuffa hired to get MMA regulated in WI.
I don't think he gave the first round to Camus because he is biased. I think he gave it to him because he doesn't know how to fucking score an MMA fight. If you eliminate all the grappling, I could see a case to give round 1 to Camus, but he got flat-out dominated on the mat in that round. The only way you could score round 1 for him is if you completely ignore the grappling.
I forget which recent UFC it was, but Sal have some round 30-27 to one dude while the other two judges got it right 30-27 to a diff dude. He did it on the same card twice.
What a joke. 
soliak - I forget which recent UFC it was, but Sal have some round 30-27 to one dude while the other two judges got it right 30-27 to a diff dude. He did it on the same card twice.
What a joke.
*gave
The guy should be fucking fired!
I'd like to clear up some misinformation in this thread about my martial arts instructor, fellow judge, and long time friend Sal D'Amato. He is being referred to as a "boxing" judge. Although he has extensive experience judging kickboxing and Muay Thai events, he is not a boxing judge. He is a life long martial artist who started in Taekwondo in High school. He is also a 3 time National stick fighting champion in Eskrima and has a 3rd degree black belt under Mr. Tom Sipin, one of the most well respected grand masters of Doce Pares and the first person born in the US to achieve a rank of 9th degree black belt in the Philipino martial art.
Sal started as a kick counter and time keeper in Muay Thai events in the late 90s. After judging Muay Thai for a few years he was recognized for his consistency and invited to Nevada to judge the U.S. based tournaments of K-1 in the early 2000s. From there, his license allowed him to begin judging MMA and he has sense been licensed in all major commissions around the country.
Once Sal began judging MMA, he recognized a need to become more knowledable about grappling and began taking private lessons in BJJ (to avoid fighter conflicts). This was certainly not his first experience with ground fighting as he and I trained grappling for years as part of his Martial Arts program. But, it shows his dedication to being the best. He recently became the most experienced judge in major promotional history, passing Nelson Hamilton with 195 decisions issued (according to MMAdecisions.com). But it's important to note that this website does not include the thousands of smaller fights that Sal has judged in the process of earning his way to these opportunities over the last decade.
I hope this was helpful in clearing up Sal's background and qualifications as one of the best judges in combat sports today.
mjanecek - I'd like to clear up some misinformation in this thread about my martial arts instructor, fellow judge, and long time friend Sal D'Amato. He is being referred to as a "boxing" judge. Although he has extensive experience judging kickboxing and Muay Thai events, he is not a boxing judge. He is a life long martial artist who started in Taekwondo in High school. He is also a 3 time National stick fighting champion in Eskrima and has a 3rd degree black belt under Mr. Tom Sipin, one of the most well respected grand masters of Doce Pares and the first person born in the US to achieve a rank of 9th degree black belt in the Philipino martial art.
Sal started as a kick counter and time keeper in Muay Thai events in the late 90s. After judging Muay Thai for a few years he was recognized for his consistency and invited to Nevada to judge the U.S. based tournaments of K-1 in the early 2000s. From there, his license allowed him to begin judging MMA and he has sense been licensed in all major commissions around the country.
Once Sal began judging MMA, he recognized a need to become more knowledable about grappling and began taking private lessons in BJJ (to avoid fighter conflicts). This was certainly not his first experience with ground fighting as he and I trained grappling for years as part of his Martial Arts program. But, it shows his dedication to being the best. He recently became the most experienced judge in major promotional history, passing Nelson Hamilton with 195 decisions issued (according to MMAdecisions.com). But it's important to note that this website does not include the thousands of smaller fights that Sal has judged in the process of earning his way to these opportunities over the last decade.
I hope this was helpful in clearing up Sal's background and qualifications as one of the best judges in combat sports today.
Hi Sal
Well you cleared up his backround, which makes it even more shocking and ridiculous that he could be so wrong so many times in mma.
mjanecek - I'd like to clear up some misinformation in this thread about my martial arts instructor, fellow judge, and long time friend Sal D'Amato. He is being referred to as a "boxing" judge. Although he has extensive experience judging kickboxing and Muay Thai events, he is not a boxing judge. He is a life long martial artist who started in Taekwondo in High school. He is also a 3 time National stick fighting champion in Eskrima and has a 3rd degree black belt under Mr. Tom Sipin, one of the most well respected grand masters of Doce Pares and the first person born in the US to achieve a rank of 9th degree black belt in the Philipino martial art.
Sal started as a kick counter and time keeper in Muay Thai events in the late 90s. After judging Muay Thai for a few years he was recognized for his consistency and invited to Nevada to judge the U.S. based tournaments of K-1 in the early 2000s. From there, his license allowed him to begin judging MMA and he has sense been licensed in all major commissions around the country.
Once Sal began judging MMA, he recognized a need to become more knowledable about grappling and began taking private lessons in BJJ (to avoid fighter conflicts). This was certainly not his first experience with ground fighting as he and I trained grappling for years as part of his Martial Arts program. But, it shows his dedication to being the best. He recently became the most experienced judge in major promotional history, passing Nelson Hamilton with 195 decisions issued (according to MMAdecisions.com). But it's important to note that this website does not include the thousands of smaller fights that Sal has judged in the process of earning his way to these opportunities over the last decade.
I hope this was helpful in clearing up Sal's background and qualifications as one of the best judges in combat sports today.
How many crazy decisions did he hand in on smaller cards then? None? If so, then it leads some fuel to the fire that he's on the take and getting his pockets lined to make shit decisions in these larger fights because he's completely out there.
He might be your friend and might be a nice guy but there's no defending these scores he hands in.
mjanecek - I'd like to clear up some misinformation in this thread about my martial arts instructor, fellow judge, and long time friend Sal D'Amato. He is being referred to as a "boxing" judge. Although he has extensive experience judging kickboxing and Muay Thai events, he is not a boxing judge. He is a life long martial artist who started in Taekwondo in High school. He is also a 3 time National stick fighting champion in Eskrima and has a 3rd degree black belt under Mr. Tom Sipin, one of the most well respected grand masters of Doce Pares and the first person born in the US to achieve a rank of 9th degree black belt in the Philipino martial art.
Sal started as a kick counter and time keeper in Muay Thai events in the late 90s. After judging Muay Thai for a few years he was recognized for his consistency and invited to Nevada to judge the U.S. based tournaments of K-1 in the early 2000s. From there, his license allowed him to begin judging MMA and he has sense been licensed in all major commissions around the country.
Once Sal began judging MMA, he recognized a need to become more knowledable about grappling and began taking private lessons in BJJ (to avoid fighter conflicts). This was certainly not his first experience with ground fighting as he and I trained grappling for years as part of his Martial Arts program. But, it shows his dedication to being the best. He recently became the most experienced judge in major promotional history, passing Nelson Hamilton with 195 decisions issued (according to MMAdecisions.com). But it's important to note that this website does not include the thousands of smaller fights that Sal has judged in the process of earning his way to these opportunities over the last decade.
I hope this was helpful in clearing up Sal's background and qualifications as one of the best judges in combat sports today.
Sal D'Amato must be extra shitty if he has a background such as that, yet he still cannot judge a fight properly.
mjanecek - I'd like to clear up some misinformation in this thread about my martial arts instructor, fellow judge, and long time friend Sal D'Amato. He is being referred to as a "boxing" judge. Although he has extensive experience judging kickboxing and Muay Thai events, he is not a boxing judge. He is a life long martial artist who started in Taekwondo in High school. He is also a 3 time National stick fighting champion in Eskrima and has a 3rd degree black belt under Mr. Tom Sipin, one of the most well respected grand masters of Doce Pares and the first person born in the US to achieve a rank of 9th degree black belt in the Philipino martial art.Then why is he the second worst judge in mma behind adalie byrd.(I'm putting Cecil ahead of him)
Sal started as a kick counter and time keeper in Muay Thai events in the late 90s. After judging Muay Thai for a few years he was recognized for his consistency and invited to Nevada to judge the U.S. based tournaments of K-1 in the early 2000s. From there, his license allowed him to begin judging MMA and he has sense been licensed in all major commissions around the country.
Once Sal began judging MMA, he recognized a need to become more knowledable about grappling and began taking private lessons in BJJ (to avoid fighter conflicts). This was certainly not his first experience with ground fighting as he and I trained grappling for years as part of his Martial Arts program. But, it shows his dedication to being the best. He recently became the most experienced judge in major promotional history, passing Nelson Hamilton with 195 decisions issued (according to MMAdecisions.com). But it's important to note that this website does not include the thousands of smaller fights that Sal has judged in the process of earning his way to these opportunities over the last decade.
I hope this was helpful in clearing up Sal's background and qualifications as one of the best judges in combat sports today.
mjanecek - I'd like to clear up some misinformation in this thread about my martial arts instructor, fellow judge, and long time friend Sal D'Amato. He is being referred to as a "boxing" judge. Although he has extensive experience judging kickboxing and Muay Thai events, he is not a boxing judge. He is a life long martial artist who started in Taekwondo in High school. He is also a 3 time National stick fighting champion in Eskrima and has a 3rd degree black belt under Mr. Tom Sipin, one of the most well respected grand masters of Doce Pares and the first person born in the US to achieve a rank of 9th degree black belt in the Philipino martial art.
Sal started as a kick counter and time keeper in Muay Thai events in the late 90s. After judging Muay Thai for a few years he was recognized for his consistency and invited to Nevada to judge the U.S. based tournaments of K-1 in the early 2000s. From there, his license allowed him to begin judging MMA and he has sense been licensed in all major commissions around the country.
Once Sal began judging MMA, he recognized a need to become more knowledable about grappling and began taking private lessons in BJJ (to avoid fighter conflicts). This was certainly not his first experience with ground fighting as he and I trained grappling for years as part of his Martial Arts program. But, it shows his dedication to being the best. He recently became the most experienced judge in major promotional history, passing Nelson Hamilton with 195 decisions issued (according to MMAdecisions.com). But it's important to note that this website does not include the thousands of smaller fights that Sal has judged in the process of earning his way to these opportunities over the last decade.
I hope this was helpful in clearing up Sal's background and qualifications as one of the best judges in combat sports today.
With his background and experience, he should not be so bad at his job.