Cejudo just quit

[BullyKutta]

That bitch could see.

I think he knew he was going to lose and took advantage of an opportunity to save *some* face.

 

[hbombbisping]

I can't see! as he looked directly in their eyes

Not really buying it

 

[DestinedAussie]

im sick of refs not giving points for eye pokes. If they did people would stop doing them. All this warning shit is joke. This should have been a NC or majority draw.

 

[Tornikidou]

Bro are you fkn stupid? The image of the poke is nasty and you could clearly see blood in his left eye.

On top of that, he couldve just taken the easy route with a Sterling acting performance and quit when the poke happened that guarantees a NC instead trying to continue and lose a decision.

 

[BullyKutta]

I can't see! as he looked directly in their eyes

Not really buying it

Here he is shilling for the rematch.

Cejudo is completely full of shit.

He's an asshole. He took an easy exit out of the fight knowing damn well he'd be able to bank on a second fight.

 

[sdpdude9]

Hate to accuse because I don’t know what a guy is feeling. But he seemed pretty nonchalant for a guy that supposedly can’t see. Didn’t seem bothered at all.

 

[2004 account]

I don't care how it looks, if he aint screaming and crying like belal then just bleed

 

[BullyKutta]

im sick of refs not giving points for eye pokes. If they did people would stop doing them. All this warning shit is joke. This should have been a NC or majority draw.

100%.

It's an easy system.

If it's an eyepoke, it's a point. That's it. Warnings mean fuck all, and only contribute to an environment where everyone knows they all get 1 free eyepoke.

 

[NextGen]

I don't think Cejudo faked it and it's unfair to blame him for Song's mistake. He walked right into a nasty eye poke and had blood inside his eye.

 

[traditionally_irreverent]

What bs is this, cejudo could see, he just lacked the heart to go on imo

 

[TCE]

Threads like these and the replies literally show the worst of Sherdog.

 

[Unheralded Truth]

It's weird though that he didn't chose the DQ/NC but tried to fight through the last part of the round, and he looked really off like he actually struggled too.

On the other hand I agree that he didn't act like a person losing his vision

 

[Roop Holstry]

Bisping and that ginger pirate have fought with only one eye and had success.

If the fighter gets poked so bad they can’t see, give them an eyepatch so the opponent can’t repeat the foul in the same eye and let the boyz bang bros

 

[Automata]

I'd quit too if I couldn't see while fighting a high level striker.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Seems like Henry was trying to the Chris Weidman way getting out of a fight and having it back fire on you

What a weird thing to say Weidman won his last fight via double eye poke that went to a technical Dec, Song's more like him here.

 

[FilipEmoFights]

One of the scariest things I can think of is blindness

If that happened to me I’d probably quit. When Belal got eyepoked in the first Edwards matchup it was actually scary, I don’t think I’ve heard a fighter scream in pain more then Belal did that night.
That being said Bisping (whom I disliked while he was active) is a brave brave brave motherfucker…dude gave up a body part…his face..for this sport
AND still fought after. Shits crazy. Respect to Shara too.

 

[DestinedAussie]

100%.

It's an easy system.

If it's an eyepoke, it's a point. That's it. Warnings mean fuck all, and only contribute to an environment where everyone knows they all get 1 free eyepoke.

In Songs case it was multiple free pokes. There were already others not as bad. That one was intense and was what you could in the ref manual for taking a point.

When you don't get the free eye poke people will be more careful and train to ensure they don't do it.

I can understand a warning for a glance. But the full on poke needs to be a point.

 

[Aurelian]

I don't think Henry would have won, but he didn't exactly get a fair shake here.

 

[DEV.Woulf]

When they zoomed on his corner before the 4th was to start he clearly had blood in his left eye. That poke was nasty. Maybe pulled some veteran shit but the poke was real just as the fight was getting good.

 

[Dave4TheHorde]

100%.

It's an easy system.

If it's an eyepoke, it's a point. That's it. Warnings mean fuck all, and only contribute to an environment where everyone knows they all get 1 free eyepoke.

This. Football, basketball - if the penalty/foul occurs, it gets called. Therefore it encourages players to exercise self-discipline so they don't get penalized. And the fact that after the timeout, that Song spent the entire rest of the round with his fingers outstretched and wasn't warned was inexcusable. When they call time for an eyepoke, the replay review ref should immediately watch, and if it was anything avoidable, it's an automatic deduction. At least with nutshots, there's a level of protection there. Eyes are completely unprotected and they need to take this shit more seriously.