Was Nate robbed of a tko stoppage?

[Mister Magoo]

When he had Pettis up on the cage and Pettis turned his back to him. Then proceeded to drop and turtle up. Shouldn't the fight have been stopped then?

 

[riitzni]

Intelligently defending himself, turtling doesn't count. Just because it wasn't the best or most advisable move doesn't mean he was completely done.

Rockhold/Weidman round 3 is a good example of something that could have easily been a TKO stoppage. Herb gave the champion every opportunity to show champion mettle and warned him before the fourth started he'd pull the plug if he saw anything like that again. Sure enough, the moment Rockhard got to the same position he called it.

If Pettis had gone limp, even for a moment, you might have something.

 

[Das Patron]

No gif no sense...

 

[Schoolboy Q]

Nah, if he kept punching he might’ve got the stoppage but he let Pettis off the hook.

 

[Liquid Samurai]

Nate robbed himself. Why fighters dont just stand up and kick or knee the body when another fighter turtles up is beyond me. Just like GSP Serra 2.

 

[Katsumi Yamada]

When he had Pettis up on the cage and Pettis turned his back to him. Then proceeded to drop and turtle up. Shouldn't the fight have been stopped then?

Obviously not. He survived didn't he?

 

[Herwald]

No. It was all on him. Pettis was waving the white flag and Nate decided to go for a jujitsu exhibition.

 

[The Beyond]

Nate robbed himself. Why fighters dont just stand up and kick or knee the body when another fighter turtles up is beyond me. Just like GSP Serra 2

Because it’s easier said than done..

 

[dmwalking]

When he had Pettis up on the cage and Pettis turned his back to him. Then proceeded to drop and turtle up. Shouldn't the fight have been stopped then?

It’s Nate’s job to end the fight decisively. If that was a legit tko, he would have finished the fight moments after Pettis fell back. If anything, Nate robbed himself for not going for the finish in that moment.

 

[Liquid Samurai]

Because it’s easier said than done..

Cool story. Maybe for B or C grade athletes..

 

[ignorant MMA fan]

Herb Dean could be seen yelling, "stop the fight already! What the fuck!"

 

[The Beyond]

Cool story. Maybe for B or C grade athletes..

Nice, you’re one of those A grade athletes with 0.0009% body fat, black belt in every martial arts, everything I say is right yada yada bums

 

[Ying Li]

Could have been stopped yeah

 

[Liquid Samurai]

Nice, you’re one of those A grade athletes with 0.0009% body fat, black belt in every martial arts, everything I say is right yada yada bums

0.0008%

 

[BHR]

nate costed himself the tko he should of let pettis back up and then go for the ko or tko again instead of going down to the ground

 

[Workaholic]

If he was hurt so bad they should have stopped it Pettis wouldn't have fought off the RNC and reversed Nate