Machida with the hometown decision win. Not sure how a judge had 49-46 for him.
Not a bad card at all tonight. Americans did quite well at the top of the main card. Cerrone won. Lewis won. Vick won. Give Cerrone another up and comer. He's not a title contender right now, but he's a solid gatekeeper. I wish Lewis had a chance to call out Francis. And Vick was somewhat boring tonight, but he deserves a fight against a top 7 or 8 guy easily now.
How on earth did Stephens get away with 3 illegal blows to finish that fight?
Should have been a NC imo. Clearly a couple to the back of the head and a knee was thrown illegally. Although Emmet was on his way to being stopped regardless which kinda sucks for Stephens.
The knee missed, but those 2 forearms/elbows were definitely illegal. Still, I don't have a problem with it, dude was through. Safety-wise, yeah, but I can understand the Ref missing one of 'em or calling it borderline, but the other one was illegal. But, what's the right decision there, DQ Stephens? Give the other guy time to recover? Or just call it and give it to Stephens, who won, legitimately, even before the illegal shot, which they did? They got it right, maybe Dana should fine, Stephens
Yeah, I can see where u are coming from. But, those shots he threw, imo, were not intentionally illegal, although rules are rules. I just think they got it right. But, if they did call it a NC, it would be understandable.