While he was away, Murphy spoke to the referee ; the tournament director Mike Ganley was summoned and he docked Maguire a frame for not being ready to start at the scheduled time.

While Maguire was away, Murphy spoke to the referee ; the tournament director Mike Ganley was summoned and he docked Maguire a frame for technically not being ready to start at the scheduled time — an incident which angered and surprised Maguire.

The fight is controlled by a referee who works within the ring to judge and control the conduct of the fighters, rule on their ability to fight safely, count knocked-down fighters, and rule on fouls.

If a fighter is knocked down during the fight, determined by whether the boxer touches the canvas floor of the ring with any part of their body other than the feet as a result of the opponent's punch and not a slip, as determined by the referee, the referee begins counting until the fighter returns to his or her feet and can continue.

When a boxer is knocked down, the other boxer must immediately cease fighting and move to the furthest neutral corner of the ring until the referee has either ruled a knockout or called for the fight to continue.

) is declared when the referee, official ring physician, the fighter, or the fighter's cornermen decide that a fighter cannot safely continue the match.

Every match must be assigned a rule keeper known as a referee, who is the final arbitrator ( In multi-man lucha libre matches, two referees are used, one inside the ring and one outside ).

Due to the legitimate role that referees play in wrestling of serving as liaison between the bookers backstage and the wrestlers in the ring ( the role of being a final arbitrator is merely kayfabe ), the referee is present, even in matches that do not at first glance appear to require a referee ( such as a ladder match, as it is no holds barred, and the criteria for victory could theoretically be assessed from afar ).

The non-legal wrestlers must remain outside the ring or other legal area at all times ( and avoid purposeful contact with the opposing wrestlers ) or face reprimand from the referee.

A countout ( alternatively " count-out " or " count out ") happens when a wrestler is out of the ring long enough for the referee to count to ten and thus disqualified.

If all the active wrestlers in a match are down inside the ring at the same time, the referee will begin a count ( usually ten seconds, twenty in Japan ).

Sometimes ( depending on the promotion and uniqueness of the situation ), if a heel attempts to interfere but is ejected from the ring by a wrestler or referee before this occurs, there may not be a disqualification.

For example, a wrestler may get whipped into a referee at a slower speed, knocking the ref down for short amount of time ; during that interim period, one wrestler may pin his opponent for a three-count and would have won the match but for the referee being down ( sometimes, another referee will sprint to the ring from backstage to attempt to make the count, but by then, the other wrestler has had enough time to kick out on his own accord ).

At the tachi-ai both wrestlers must jump up from the crouch simultaneously after touching the surface of the ring with two fists at the start of the bout, and the referee can restart the bout if this simultaneous touch does not occur.

Extremely rarely a bout can go on for many minutes ( up to four minutes ), in which case the referee or one of the judges sitting around the ring may call a mizu-iri or " water break ".

In the twelfth round Hopkins ' scored a knockdown, but before the contest could continue Trinidad's father entered the ring, which led to the referee stopping the fight by technical knockout.

Leonard was 2 years younger, had half as many fights, and unbeknown to Hagler had engaged in several ' real ' fights behind closed doors ( i. e. gloves, rounds, a referee, judges and no head gear ) in order to shake off his ring rust.

It was the first time Camacho was in a ring with a former world champion, and he didn't show any lack of experience, scoring knockdowns on Limón in the first and third rounds before the referee stopped the fight in the fifth round.

The fight was a fiasco, with Morrison being knocked down twice in the first round and once in the second before the disgusted referee, who said " Henderson put up no fight ", walked out of the ring.

When manager Jacobs ran into the ring, prompting all kinds of chaos, the confused referee disqualified Sharkey and declared Schmeling the victor and the first ( and only ) man to win the heavyweight championship on a foul.

Dempsey, thinking the fight was over, had left the ring at the end of the first round, a clear violation of the rules which Willard's corner might have used to insist the referee disqualify Dempsey.

Veteran ring announcer Jimmy Lennon was the ring announcer for the first Lang fight, while boxing judge Marty Denkin was the referee.

A " technical knockout " ( TKO ) is possible as well, and is ruled by the referee, fight doctor, or a fighter's corner if a fighter is unable to safely continue to fight, based upon injuries or being judged unable to effectively defend themselves.

After the head cut, during round eight, the referee called for the doctor, who then stopped the fight.

The reasoning behind the stoppage, explained Nevada State Athletic Commission czar Marc Ratner, was that the referee and the fight doctor deemed that Vargas was unable to defend himself adequately against Mosley's right-hand shots.

No Contest decisions in mixed martial arts ( MMA ) are usually declared when an accidental illegal strike ( the rules on which differ from each organization ) causes the recipient of the blow to be unable to continue, that decision being made by the referee, doctor, the fighter or his corner.

In the ninth round, following accurate punches by Cotto, the fight's referee paused the fight and asked the ringside doctor to examine Abdullaev's eye.

After being examined by the doctor, Abdullaev indicated to the referee that he could not continue and Cotto retained the Light Welterweight Championship.

Throughout the fight, Cotto scored three knockdowns before the fight was stopped following the fifth round, when the doctor indicated to the referee that Gómez could not continue.

On November 8, Moorer visited the canvas five times in his rematch with Evander Holyfield before ringside doctor Flip Homansky advised referee Mitch Halpern to stop the bout in round eight.

** Doctor Stoppage ( the referee stops the match in the event that a fighter is injured via a legal blow and the ring doctor determines that he cannot continue ).

In the event that a fighter is injured by illegal actions, then at the discretion of the referee and ring doctor, the round would attempt to be resumed after enough time has been given to the fighter to recover.

The referee is advised by a doctor and assistant referee who sit ringside.

In the case of a cut to the head, it is the referee's responsibility of taking the injured boxer to a medical doctor seated at ringside as many times as the referee thinks necessary, regardless of the referee's decision of the cut being provoked by a punch or not.

When the doctor tells the referee that the combatant cannot go on, then the referee must stop the fight.

Reports were that the referee stopped this fight on the advice of the ring doctor because Terranova was bleeding profusely.

Judah battered and bloodied Quiroz until the referee followed the advice of the ringside doctor and stopped the one-sided bout.

The referee was willing to let Williamson continue, but the ringside doctor called a stop to the fight awarding Meehan a TKO victory.

This match's referee Nobuaki Kakuda was severely criticized that didn't stop the match or doctor check for LeBanner when Le Banner was first knocked down.

They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado -- as, when his bodyguard, Yankee Schwartz, complained that he had been snubbed by Dave Miller, a prize-fight referee, chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation, who were Hirschey, a gambler-politician in loose beer-running league with Torrio and O'Banion, Frank, a policeman, and Max, the youngest.

Violations of these rules may be ruled " fouls " by the referee, who may issue warnings, deduct points, or disqualify an offending boxer, causing an automatic loss, depending on the seriousness and intentionality of the foul.

had to drink There were even drinking game referee officials, including a ' registrar of the rules ' who knew all the rules to the game, a ' registrar of the horn ' who tossed a silver flag down on calling out second offenses, and a ' governor ' who decided one's third call of offense.

However, a player who reports to the referee that he intends to be eligible in the following play is allowed to line up and act as an eligible receiver.

It shows ( left to right ) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo ( who is signaling his defeat to the referee ), and one of a matched pair.

A gamemaster ( simplify as GM, also known as game master, game manager, game moderator or referee, and guán lǐ yuán 管理员, zhǔ chí zhě 主持者 or shén 神 in Chinese, gamemaster ゲームマスター, kanrisha 管理者 or kamisama 神様 in Japanese ) is a person who acts as an organizer, officiant for questions regarding rules, arbitrator, and moderator for a multiplayer role-playing game.

The referee Gottfried Dienst, unsure, decided to consult his linesman, Tofik Bakhramov, on the right flank, who had waved his flag to get the official's attention.

At each valid point ( a point that is awarded, with a legal part of hand or foot to legal targets and with legal technique ), the central referee halts the fight and at the same time as the two judges, shows with his / her fingers the number of points in the direction of the fighter who is being awarded points.

For example, an attacking wrestler who is half-conscious may simply drape an arm over a prone opponent, or a cocky wrestler may simply place his foot gently on a prone opponent's body, prompting a three-count from the referee.

In February 2009, Shawn Michaels, who was under the kayfabe employment of John " Bradshaw " Layfield, interfered in a match and super kicked JBL in front of the referee in order to get his employer the win via " outside interference ".

In some cases, a referee might disqualify a person under the presumption that it was that wrestler who knocked him out ; most referee knockouts are arranged to allow a wrestler, usually a heel, to gain an advantage.

The referee, who is usually located off the court, is the final authority about tennis rules.

There are two side judges and one head referee who together provide a " successful " or " failed " result for each attempt based on their observation of the lift within the governing body's rules and regulations.

Barthez deliberately kicked out with his foot at Ian Harte, who fell to the floor, on the edge of six yard box, and the referee awarded a penalty to Leeds.

Some courts have magistrates or discovery commissioners who are on call for such contingencies, and the parties are supposed to use them to referee such disputes over the phone before resorting to filing motions.

In extreme circumstances where the relationship between the lawyers, parties, and / or witnesses has totally broken down, the court may require the use of a discovery referee who will have authority to sit in on depositions and rule immediately on objections as they are presented, or may order that all further depositions take place in court in the presence of a judge.

On rare occasions the referee or judges may award the win to the wrestler who touched the ground first ; this happens if both wrestlers touch the ground at very nearly the same time and it is decided that the wrestler who touched the ground second had no chance of winning as, due to the superior sumo of his opponent, he was already in an irrecoverable position.

Facing the audience, he claps his hands and then performs the leg-stomping shiko exercise to drive evil spirits from the dohyō as the gyōji, or referee, who will coordinate the bout announces the wrestlers ' names once more.

Timekeeping is at the discretion of the referee who adds on stoppage time at the end of each half.