Im tired of people trying to be cool and do this shit. It’s the fighter deciding the fight is over and the ref being put in an awkward spot so a shitty overrated ref like Herb Dean just stops the fight.
Some guy gets knocked down, ok it happens, but because the fuckin goof starts saluting the crowd and walks away the fight is over? How do we know he couldn’t recover. Do fights just stop now anytime someone loses their balance?
If the guy isnt completely unconscious you keep attacking until the ref stops it. This walk off shit is almost another cheater strategy now, oh if I just act like he’s ko’ed and go jump on the cage the ref won’t know what to do and will just waive his arms.
Yep that one really sent me over the edge. Guy wasnt unconscious he was immediately back to his feet as dumbass ref stops it. Whats next, OMalley decides hes won by standing tko? Maybe the refs should just let Suga Sean call the fight before it starts.
You’re also missing the point. The fight wasn’t called because O’Malley “walked off”. It was called because Zahabi couldn’t stand up. Consciousness had nothing to do with it.
I found the O’Malley one very suspect too. But yeah, Zahabi was done. Still, could the ref really know? It’s as if Sean called it. But recall that O’Malley did that before in a previous bout and the ref had made him come back to land a brutal strike to a finished opponent. So it’s not like fighters decide.
