MMA referee Dan Miragliotta gets unofficial UFC 83 submission of the night

by MMAmania.com on Apr 21, 2008 8:56 AM EDT

Quoteworthy:

"Just before the main event, some wacko at Bell Centre decided to jump the barrier go after the 6-5, 270-pound (?) Miragliotta. In a split second, the jackass was on the ground and Miragliotta had his back. He cinched in a rear naked choke!!!!! Had the Bell Centre security not stepped in, I think Miragliotta would've put the kid to sleep or better yet, broken his neck. I couldn't get the choke in a photo but I got the aftermath with a very fired up Miragliotta getting up off the floor."

For those who missed UFC 83: "Serra vs. St. Pierre 2," referee Dan Miragliotta is an absolutely massive human being. The person who accosted him has to be an absolute fool. At least he paid for it.

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I would like to see the refs fight in some exhibition fights. Herb Dean fights, or used to, he is on youtube knocking some fool out

by djn720 on Apr 21, 2008 9:00 AM EDT reply actions

that is some fuuny shit..
Mania’ I know Herb Dean compete’s in MMa..Are there any other offical’s that fight?? and also, do you know if Dan Miragliotta trains JJ? or was it just how they landed, and he grabbed a hold of the dumbass?

by Stagger-Lee on Apr 21, 2008 9:06 AM EDT reply actions

pwned

by El dirte on Apr 21, 2008 9:07 AM EDT reply actions

I wonder what that guy was thinking right before he decided to attack a 6ft5in, probable martial artist?“This is the smartest idea I’ve ever had or ever will have!”

by mattchupichu on Apr 21, 2008 9:11 AM EDT reply actions

"I"M gonna kick this guy’s butt so bad…(choke!!)"

by Jon on Apr 25, 2008 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Now that’s funny. I remember seeing a security guard getting manhandled at one point, then Big Dan was by the fighter’s side the next time.

by MC on Apr 21, 2008 9:13 AM EDT reply actions

the idiot was probably pissed at the result of the fight the ref was a part of, not sure cant remember which fight this huge dude was calling

by hector on Apr 21, 2008 9:15 AM EDT reply actions

Awsome! those Canadians are wild and crazy. LOL!!!!!

by Kahaluu caz on Apr 21, 2008 9:19 AM EDT reply actions

Or should i say those Canadians are wild and crazy ay. LOL;B

by Kahaluu caz on Apr 21, 2008 9:25 AM EDT reply actions

it’s not Ay….it’s Eh

by RobWhiskey on Apr 21, 2008 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions

That was such a fluke. Random Canadian fan will get him next time just like GSP got Serra.

by Jason on Apr 21, 2008 9:29 AM EDT reply actions

hahahahahaha!!!! dude that was funny!!!!

put big john and big dan in the octagon!! make it happen dana!!

by CBfighter on Apr 21, 2008 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions

he cant fight when he was 15 he broke his neck its bad enough he gets so fucked up when he reffs but other then that we dont like to watch him get to bad
his my uncle btw <33

by Kristen on May 28, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Lol..No Way dude!!No fluke the Canadian is weak-hearted, and is scared to get KO’d..Dan Miragliotta shocked the world..He is the champ, and the fan is just interim status..You think the rematch would be different?…..
Your crazy…LOL..j/k
funny stuff Jason..

by Stagger-Lee on Apr 21, 2008 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Random Canadian fan has such good takedown defense though, I hear he wrestles with the Canadian national wrestling team

by Brandon on Apr 21, 2008 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey guys, Steve Mazzagatti spent about 8 years studying Hung Gar, Choy Lay Fut and Wing Chun, Gung fu. He did a little boxing and Muay Thai along the way too as a practitioner and trainer. Mikey G

by Mike Giordano on Apr 21, 2008 9:32 AM EDT reply actions

Miragliotta is a martial artist. A couple of years ago, he visisted Sweden and taught flying heel hooks in the Pancrase gym in Stockholm. That’s all I know, though.

by Tim on Apr 21, 2008 9:36 AM EDT reply actions

no he never went to sweden hes my fucking uncle for christ sakes he does have a martial arts studio well he did but yea hes my uncle my moms brother

by Kristen on May 28, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions

6 foot 5 270 pound flying heel hook instructor??

by Getrawbc on Apr 21, 2008 9:41 AM EDT reply actions

guys with tribal tattoos are either dbags or fighters. Either way they have bad taste and make bad decisions(like getting tribal tattoos).

by alexguy on Apr 21, 2008 9:48 AM EDT reply actions

haha I find this true more often than not…except in some cases they are “dbags & fighters” good stuff

by Chadx23 on Apr 21, 2008 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Or getting punched in the face for a living. Either way… bad idea for an opponent.

by Crank Johnson on Apr 22, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

there were supposedly a lot of fights in the stands during the event and on the streets after it was over.

by Gregg on Apr 21, 2008 9:52 AM EDT reply actions

Crazy Canadians. They should be nice and peaceful like Kaleb Starnes.

by PW on Apr 21, 2008 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Ha ha, Quarry looked like the Terminator & Starnes was the Running Man.

by UKmmaBOY on Apr 21, 2008 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions

I did notice Big Dan Miragliotta walking out behind GSP during the main event. INTERESTING. In the past, they usuall have a handful of 70 year old men work as security guards walking next to the fighters as they make their way to the octagon. It would always make me laugh. Like Mr. Wrinkly Face Grandpa can do a better job protecting Chuck Liddell than Chuck can defending himself?

LOL, now maybe we will see every security guard in the UFC be under 70 years old and over 5’6".

by ViolentMike on Apr 21, 2008 10:08 AM EDT reply actions

definitely looks like a guy you want to mess with!

by dpb on Apr 21, 2008 10:24 AM EDT reply actions

Miragliotta looks just like a white Houston Alexander.

by Flash on Apr 21, 2008 10:35 AM EDT reply actions

Dan would stop Big John!

by Bill on Apr 21, 2008 10:40 AM EDT reply actions

Wait, you’re kidding me! Anderson Silva got choked out?

by sdow on Apr 21, 2008 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

Dude must have been on serious drugs. Dan is freakin’ huge.

by SeeRed on Apr 21, 2008 11:16 AM EDT reply actions

hes never been on a single sterioid i swear to god hes my uncle he never even experimented

by Kristen on May 28, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Big Dan?

by c-war on Apr 21, 2008 11:51 AM EDT reply actions

I can just imagine the guy trying to mutter “Tap Tap Tap” in French…

by DJ on Apr 21, 2008 5:23 PM EDT reply actions

crazy Canadians

by GSP still sucks on Apr 21, 2008 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

lmao, that is awesome! I wish there was a video of this. I swear, if I were a BJJ black belt I’d just go to bars and if some knucklehead was acting a fool I’d take his back like THAT and tap that fool out! it’d be sweet.

I’ve always thought it’d be cool to see Chuck in a bar fight just knocking kids out left and right as they come at him..

by Anthony on Apr 21, 2008 8:05 PM EDT reply actions

Dan trained martial arts since teenager and bjj since first ufc.

by george on May 6, 2008 6:29 PM EDT reply actions

He’s such a nice bloke, we were drinking with him until 6am in a bar in Cologne after UFC 99.

by Einherjar on Jun 18, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions

Dan trained me back in the early-mid 90’s when MMA was just exploding on the scene. He is a very big, strong man, who would be a terror even if he hadn’t been studying MA for most of his life.

He is also one one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet, so the guy who went after him must have been realy crazy.

by Joe on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 PM EDT reply actions