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PDF EPUB} Let's Get It On! the Making of MMA and Its Ultimate Referee by Big John Mccarthy Big John Mccarthy Net Worth 2021: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Let's Get It On! The Making of MMA and Its Ultimate Referee by Big John McCarthy Big John Mccarthy Net Worth 2021: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki. John Michael McCarthy is most popularly known as big John Maccarthy by his fans. He is an American professional wrestling referee, martial arts instructor, actor, a police officer who gained fame for officiating several bouts that were promoted by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is also well known for working as a Bellator MMA commentator. He is moreover is a licensed boxing referee and is a founder of C.O.M.M.A.N.D., a certification school and training course for MMA judges and referees. John initially served at the Los Angeles Police Academy as a Tactical Self-Defence Instructor. Maybe you know about Big John Mccarthy very well, but do you know how old and tall is he and what is his net worth in 2021? If you do not know, we have prepared this article about details of Big John Mccarthy’s short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, today’s net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. Well, if you’re ready, let’s start. Early Life & Biography. John McCarthy was born on the 12th of October 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He grew up in California, where he was trained to become a police officer in 1985 when he joined the Los Angeles Police Department, succeeding (Ronald ) his father’s steps. We do not have adequate information about his family details. Personal Life. You may be surprised that John would attract a lady to have and to hold, but you would be surprised to learn that yes, he has a serious and busy lifestyle but also has somebody to call his own . John McCarthy got married to Elaine Maccarthy in May 2014, and together they have three adorable children. Surprisingly one of his children is also a police officer. Age, Height, and Weight. Being born on 12 October 1962, Big John Mccarthy is 58 years old as of today’s date 30th May 2021. His height is 1.93 m tall, and his weight is 117 kg. Career. In 1985 He started working as an officer in the LAPD. His experience as a police officer and his understanding of the law, combined with his size, earned him the privilege to officiate UFC 2 as a referee. In 1994, John had his UFC debut at UFC 2: No Way Out and maintained as a regular referee until 2007. In the same year, he switched his career to become a television commentator for The Fight Network and Affliction. However, after one year, he returned as a referee, and this time handled numerous high profiled fights such as Akebono Taro, a Sumo legend, and Royce Gracie, an MMA legend in 2014. He decided to launch his first MMA School in 2006 in Valencia, California. After some considerations, he eventually decided to sell in 2015. McCarthy released his autobiography called “Let’s Get It On – The Making of MMA and its Ultimate Referee,” In September 2011. He would eventually go on to referee hundreds of bouts in major MMA promotions and events. McCarthy decided to retire in 2007, where he engaged in various ventures before officially announcing his retirement in 2018 briefly. Upon his retirement as a referee, he moved over to rival organization Bellator MMA where he works as a commentator. John is also a talented actor he has appeared in the movie “Never Back down 2: The Beatdown” which was launched in 2012 alongside stars like Evan Peters, Michael Jai White among others. Additionally, in 2013 he acted in the martial arts documentary named “Fight Life.” Awards & Achievements. John has earned some accolades for recognition of his hard work. He has been named thrice as the referee of the year (2015, 2016, and 2017) by the World MMA Awards. Net Worth & Salary of Big John Mccarthy in 2021. John Maccarthy has accumulated his wealth by primarily being a Professional wrestling referee. He was quoted in podcast saying that he earns a minimum of $400 for a fight that is of the lower level and $1,900 for a fight that is regarded as high profile fought like that of McGregor and Jose Aldo in December 2015. He also has been a martial arts instructor, practicing his acting career and also was a police officer all his careers of which have contributed to the increase of his net worth. Let's Get it On!: The Making of MMA & Its Ultimate Referee (Hardback) - Common Come scaricare libri PDF | Salvatore Aranzulla. Scaricare il PDF Let's Get it On!: The Making of MMA & Its Ultimate Referee (Hardback) - Common PDF di By (author) Loretta Hunt, By (author) Bas Rutten By (author) Big John McCarthy Dai, non perdiamo altro tempo e vediamo come scaricare libri PDF. Tutti i libri sono disponibili in più formati di file: non solo PDF ma anche ePub, ODT e altro. IBS PDF. Qui è possibile scaricare il libro in formato PDF gratuitamente senza bisogno di spendere soldi in più. Clicca sul link per il download per scaricare il Let's Get it On!: The Making of MMA & Its Ultimate Referee (Hardback) - Common PDF libri PDF gratis. Fixed fights in the UFC: A look inside the autobiography of “Big” John McCarthy – part 1. In the early days of the UFC, long before Dana White and the Fertitta brothers were running things, it was much like the wild west. But one man who has been there from the start is referee “Big” John McCarthy. He was the sheriff inside the Octagon in those early days and he is still in there today. The man has literally seen it all. Because McCarthy’s autobiography “Let’s Get It On!” is so chock-full of information and MMA history, a normal book review just does not seem appropriate. Instead, over a few segments, ProMMAnow.com (www.prommanow.com) will highlight various excerpts from the book that will give a broad overview of the content within, while at the same time, hopefully, entertaining and enlightening those who wish to know more about the history of modern day mixed martial arts and one of its most influential figureheads. As Real as It Gets? It might be shocking to MMA and UFC fans to learn that the sport’s most identifiable and probably most respected referee believes there have been fixed fights inside the UFC Octagon . On July 14, 1995, “Big” John refereed UFC 6 in Casper, Wyo. Something did not sit right with him with one of the fights: “During the semifinal match between Oleg Taktarov and Anthony Macias, I believe I saw my first fixed fight in the UFC. Both fighters had the same manager, Buddy Albin, so I think it was decided backstage that Macias would throw the match so Oleg could advance to the finals and face Tank [Abbott] as fresh as possible. The fight went a little too smoothly for my tastes when Macias shot in and nearly fell into the guillotine choke, which he tapped out to in twelve seconds.” (from page 194) Actually, Taktarov’s official time for the submission win is listed at nine seconds. And if the goal was for Taktarov to be fresh, it must have worked, as he went on to win in the finals, ultimately submitting Tank Abbott via rear-naked choke at the 17:45 mark. Would Don Frye really do that? On Dec. 7, 1996 at Ultimate Ultimate 96, McCarthy believes it happened again: “Unfortunately, this night was the second time I felt I was refereeing a fixed bout. In the semifinals, Don Frye and Mark Hall met in a rematch of their UFC 10 bout. In their first encounter Frye had beaten the piss out of Hall, who’d refused to give up. Here, though, Frye ankle-locked Hall to advance to the finals without breaking a sweat.” “The fight struck me as odd. Frye, a bread-and-butter wrestler and swing-for-the-fences puncher, had never won a fight by leg lock, and Hall practically fell into the submission. I also knew both fighters were managed by the same guy.” (from page 215) McCarthy said he told Bob Meyrowitz, the UFC owner at the time, that the fight was fake but Meyrowitz asked how he could think that. McCarthy goes on to say rumors that Hall had thrown the fight circulated for months until Hall finally came out and admitted it and said Frye had offered to pay him. Hall said he came forward only after Frye failed to pay up. Frye denied the accusations. John McCarthy, Book Signing Event “Let’s Get It On!” No, it’s not the Marvin Gaye song! Legendary UFC referee, “Big” John McCarthy will be making a special east coast appearance, signing copies of “Let’s Get It On!: The Making of MMA and Its Ultimate Referee.” Former head referee for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), “Big John” has refereed over 600 bouts during his 14-year tenure from 1994 to 2007, including nearly every main card match from UFC 2 until UFC 31. A Tactical Self-Defense Instructor for the LAPD, he’s the owner of Big John McCarthy’s Ultimate Training Academy (BJMUTA) in Valencia, California. The first MMA gym of its kind, BJMUTA offers training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Submission Grappling, Taekwon-Do, Boxing, Cardio Kickboxing, Judo and MMA. Since his announcement in December 2007 that he would retire as the UFC’s head referee, McCarthy has returned to officiating on several high profile events, such as Strikeforce: Destruction in 2008 and UFC Live: Jones vs.
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