carcaju -kennyfrommd - carcaju - What was up with that absolute fuckery of Craig Jones by the referee?
I can't agree with this. I'm biased being friends with Murilo but what Craig did was absolute bullshit. How can you complain to the ref about your opponent stalling just because he is trying to pass and not letting you get under him and on his legs, and then when you get up on points, burn two minutes off the clock by non stop fleeing and disengaging? Craigs absolutely deserved to be penalized for the horse shit he tried to pull. He is lucky that the stalling rules in jiu jitsu are so lax, because he should have been DQed for both his actions, and being a giant hypocrite.
And me because I am friends with Craig. But if you want to say what Craig did was bullshit, then what Murilo did was exactly the same. The only "disengaging" that Craig did was identical to what Murilo did. Not letting him get control of his legs. It was identical and you can’t argue it any other way. And if you call his "horseshit" stalling by clearing his legs and trying to control Murilo’s ankles himself, then Murilo backing out every time Craig attempted to engage was the same "horseshit". At least Craig attacked for a solid 4 straight minutes, what did Murilo do? 2/5’s of fuck all, that’s what.
And to clarify, the absolute fuckery is if you want to follow IBJJF rules, second warning is a negative advantage also. Hell, even the announcers stated as much. But if it’s clearly stated in a rules meeting then it’s up to the competitors to know what’s what. But I would suspect that if even the commentators are confused, a bit more clarity might be in order.
In the end it matters not, Craig won their high profile match at ADCC with a flying triangle in a minute, and in the rematch lost off a dubious at best, stalling penalty despite sweeping Murilo twice, whilst only giving up a sweep so he could actually engage and attack for a submission.
You need to watch again if you think that you can’t argue it any way. Otherwise, being friends Craig has more influence than you think. Murilo approached cautiously, and reset on a number of occasions. Warn him for passivity? Yeah maybe, sure. Craig fled and refused to engage for the sole purpose of running out the clock. Watch the last two minutes again. He is not disengaging from attacks. He is fleeing and avoiding, and it is very intentional.
Maybe he thought he was proving a point because of how he interpreted Murilo’s approach, I don’t know. But it was nothing alike.
I don’t care about the clarity of the rules (I was told he lost 2 because there were no advantages, thus they skip that penalty) or if they were explained, or whether this match means anything, or undermines ADCC or whatever. I’m only concerned with the quality of the match, because I was genuinely excited to see it, and it stunk.
Edit: I just rewatched. You can actually see Craig repeatedly looking up at the clock on the screen while backing up in space, as Murilo butt scoots at him.