What Josh Rosenthal May Have Been Thinking At The Finish Of Chris Weidman vs Mark Munoz.
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This stoppage was soo bad…He made a few bad/late one’s in my opinion last night. This fight in particular was insane that he let it go 5 strong punches after it should have been. I was also surprised Munoz was still conscious after the eventual stoppage too!
In the states we see so many people sue for such little things like “my coffee was to hot”When will we see fighter’s suing refs? It’ll happen! Lol
He may have thought the lifeless arm Munoz was throwing up was intelligently defending himself.
Man I was yelling at the damn tv this was so bad. I think refs are scared of getting chastised for early stoppages, but better to err on the early side than late. Gruesome.
I think he was thinking: “Hmmm, what should I have for dinner tonight? Oh, homemade burgers or beef tartar… Hmmm… bloody ground meet. ahhhh… Oh, sh*t! The fight! Stop!”
He was probably hoping for another Lesnar comeback against Carwin
Wow, what a horrible stop. Hilarious gif tho!
dis ref is a fool
Lol @ PitfighterZ
@ matticus YESSSSS i thought that fight should have been stopped. but everyone says it was awesome that they let it go cuz lesnar ended up winning. but its only cuz carwin punched himself out in what should have been a tko
The Stoppage was late, but I’d prefer a slightly later stoppage to an early stoppage. Rosenthal knows that, so he waited a little longer then he should have. Munoz is fine, move on.
lol pitfighterz thats what i think must have happened
people comparing this to the carwin/lesnar fight need a good slap… carwin wasn’t even landing a quarter of the punches he threw…
@p***********
Yeah Munoz ate 100% of the punches QWeidman threw.Brock ate mabe 20% of the strikes and he was blocking AND NOT UNCOUNSCIOUS!!
Whenever I see things like this I go back to Shogunhendo fight and the fight where Mir broke Nog’s arm because at one point, Shogun and Mir were completely out of it yet the ref still let them go on and there were no complaints
With the millions of dollars that the UFC and Boxing spend on the sport you would think that Athletic Commissions might hire educated highly qualified refs and scorekeepers.
Rosenthal is shight house, lets way too many fights go too long, Big John only decent ref, and that frenchy.
Josh is pretty good, but this one was a little late. It is easy to judge the refs from the outside of the octagon though. Things are different in the heat of the fight, and the refs get judged so easy for stopping to early or waiting to long.
Mark Munoz is suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO loss. Also suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for left scalp and right eyebrow laceration and possible fractured mandible.
I believe Rosenthal should be suspended for this. I cannot compare this to any comeback fights. Maybe if the last 5 punches hadn’t landed he comes back