UFC 130 Preview: UFC Requests Monitors for Judges at UFC 130

It looks like the UFC is doing its best to eliminate controversial judging, as MMAFighting.com reports there is a chance that judges will have a monitor beside them at UFC 130. 

According to MMAFighting.com, Marc Ratner, UFC Vice President of Regulatory Affairs informed the site that the organization has formally submitted a request to the Nevada State Athletic Commission to install monitors as an option for judges who are assigned to judge the bouts. 

"I've emailed [NSAC Executive Director] Keith [Kizer] and asked him to put the request on the next agenda. We believe these monitors will be another look to help with the judges," Ratner wrote to MMAFighting via e-mail. 

According to the UFC, California is the only state sanctioned to provide monitors for judges who are assigned to score bouts.  

MMAFighting also asked for confirmation from NASC Executive Director, Keith Kizer on the idea of providing monitors for judges. Kizer said the decision is based on the promoter to ask for monitors to be present.

"A promoter can petition (to allow judges to have personal monitors,) and we'd put it on the agenda," Kizer told MMA Fighting last week. "The UFC is well aware of the process but has chosen not to ask in the past."

UFC is no stranger to controversial judging calls and the company has had to deal with its fair share of them over the past year. Bouts such as BJ Penn vs. Jon Fitch and Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua certainly come to mind. Perhaps this a step in the right direction for the UFC, as the company looks to eliminate controversial judging and make the sport much more credible. 

UFC 130 will take place on May 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada.