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WEC 47 Referee Jerry Poe - in his own words
Jerry Poe – a member of the ELITE MMA Referee community, has been ref’ing MMA
fights since 1999, in both Ohio and Indiana. On March 6th, 2010 at the
Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, Jerry Poe was assigned to referee
the Danny Castillo vs. Anthony Pettis and Deividas Taurosevicius vs. L.C. Davis fights at WEC 47.
In the 2nd Round of the Taurosevicius
vs. Davis fight, Taurosevicius kneed Davis in the groin - and the look
on Davis’ face left no doubt he was in pain. He also pointed to “the
area” and motioned to Poe, but Poe didn’t intervene, saying that he
didn’t see the foul, so he couldn’t call it.
In spite of his background and
experience, Jerry Poe has since received some flack for failing to stop
the fight and give Davis his 5 minutes of recovery time. The question
is: if you don’t see a foul, can you stop the fight, accidental or
not? In the Castillo vs. Pettis bout, Castillo bullied Pettis into the
cage and landed a hard knee to the groin that doubled Pettis over - but
Poe saw this foul, stepped in and stopped the fight to allow Pettis
time to recover.
The MMA Referee's Code of Ethics says “I call what I see and only what I see. It is what it is.” and according to Jerry Poe, that’s just what he did.
I talked with Poe in depth about his
experience at WEC 47, his background and previous ref’ing experiences
for some other MMA promotions, such as Bellator, Phantom Fight
Explosion and Iron Tiger Challenge in Ohio.
ONE REFEREE’S EXPERIENCE AT WEC 47
BY JERRY POE
Though the years of trials and tribulations from competitor to referee, here is my point of view on working the WEC 47,
March 6, 2010 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. It was a great
opportunity and exhilarating experience. It was also a great learning
experience, something that I can use moving forward in my professional
career as a referee.
I arrived at the Arnold Classic Trade
Show for the Friday night weigh-ins around noon. I walked around the
trade show until I had to check in at the official’s room at 4:00 p.m.
to be walked to the center stage for weigh-ins starting at 5:00 p.m. in
front of 170,000 people at the trade show. After the weigh-ins were
done, I went backstage and conducted the fighters’ Rules Meeting for
the following night’s event. Mr. Reed Harris, the General Manager and
Founder of the W.E.C., complimented fellow referee Mark Matheny and
myself on conducting a very professional rules meeting. The rules
meeting lasted approximately 45 minutes and then we were done for the
night. I then attended the amateur fight show that night at another
Columbus venue. Ohio is known for running more MMA shows than any other
state in the country.
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