Was it really a TKO?

[Kaiserjuan]

Or was it scored as such in order not to make it look so bad?

I mean Conor went defo limp in there, yes he recovered quickly but only because the ref stopped it perfectly.
Doesn't change much but if I were Dustin I'd be a little pissed off with the tko. It was a clean KO, that last punch to the face put Conor to sleep.

 

[thehighking]

That was a knockout imo. Eyes closed, body limp.

 

[camygod]

Or was it scored as such in order not to make it look so bad?

I mean Conor went defo limp in there, yes he recovered quickly but only because the ref stopped it perfectly.
Doesn't change much but if I were Dustin I'd be a little pissed off with the tko. It was a clean KO, that last punch to the face put Conor to sleep.

the mystic one hath spoken bow down to our new over lord

 

[Mga223]

He was snoozing.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Conor was looking great until caught

fluke for Screech

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Or was it scored as such in order not to make it look so bad?

I mean Conor went defo limp in there, yes he recovered quickly but only because the ref stopped it perfectly.
Doesn't change much but if I were Dustin I'd be a little pissed off with the tko. It was a clean KO, that last punch to the face put Conor to sleep.

No. But I’m not sure why you think wilting again and letting it happen isn’t worse.

 

[Fiddlesticks]

Watching it in real time, it looked like a knock out. Conor wasn't defending himself at all when he fell to the ground.

 

[ChaelSonnen]

I don't think he was completely out, but he certainly wasn't in a state to continue fighting. If Herb gave it 2 seconds more, there would be no question. Conor was completely defenseless and Poirier was about to pour it on.

 

[Iron Fister]

I consider it a ko. If his eyes were still open they were staring into space and his hands were down.

 

[FIGHTING TALK]

That was a KO.
A straight KO, not out cold KO but a knockout nonetheless
There aren’t any questions of it being an early stoppage because the man was totally out = not a TKO

 

[BLIND]

If conor vs Dustin 1 keeps being called a ko then this fight most definitely was. Conors legs go limp, eyes closed for a sec, didnt get up eight away.

It's all semantics but either way that flurry was vintage Poirier

 

[Mike]

Conor was looking great until caught

fluke for Screech

 

[13Seconds]

Conor got knocked out. How is this even a debate?

 

[weaselkenievil]

Watching it in real time, it looked like a knock out. Conor wasn't defending himself at all when he fell to the ground.

I don’t think he was sleeping, I thought he was at the time. Watching it again I think he taps to strikes, so he was awake enough to do that.

 

[ExxA]

Looks completly out too me.. he was limp and eyes were blank & staring into the void.

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[TheMaster]

Really it was more like a submission to leg kicks.
He didn't want more of those. When he got tagged a bit instead of circling out or clinching to recover he chose to try his luck in one last firefight when already stunned.
The sign of a fighter giving it a last shot because he wanted out.
The ko/TKO was a formality after that.

 

[genecop]

KO....

 

[GUY]

I think a KO would look less bad then the legs thing. Anyone can get caught by a punch and be out. But the cause being the legs means Dustin actually just implemented a better gameplan. It also gives others a path to victory against him.

 

[WildShrimper]

Looks completly out too me.. he was limp and eyes were blank & staring into the void.

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Yep I definitely think he went out there

 

[ExitLUPin]

Wiki, Tapology and GOAT Sherdog all have it listed as KO

Where are you getting TKO from?