Edited sentence: Others see this as a non issue because they believe that Emelianenko's arm was not holding or gripping the rope, but rather just laying on top of it or pushing off of it, and that Lindland clearly grabbed the ropes to put underhooks on Emelianenko first.Some controversy arose over Emelianenko's perceived holding of the ropes several times during the match, perhaps culminating in using them to bring about the reversal during Lindland's takedown attempt.The referee can be heard warning Fedor about this several times during the match, and was exacerbated by post-fight interviews by Lindland and training partner Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou where they complained that the referee allowed the rope grabbing to happen by not penalizing Emelianenko