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So, it is crazy some people think that stoppage was proper using faulty reasonings. Let me educate you why that stoppage was bad.
I love watching Overeem get knocked out as much as the next guy and took immense joy when BF knocked him to another dimension, but that wasn't fair. I don't even like the guy, but that wasn't fair.
Not any more fair than when Dan stood up Nelsom from Arlovski's SIDE CONTROL. I mean, it looked worse live when he did it, text doesn't do it justice.
Thing is, some people are talking about how bad the cut is and justifying the stoppage. That's now how this game works. The refs don't look at the cut themselves, pause fo a second, and then decide oh no this cut is too bad to continue and call the fight. Can you imagine? You stop the fight and then get it checked out. You don't just stare at the cut, and then call the fight off yourself. That's ridiculous.
You stop the fight when the fighter is unable to continue off the strike, like getting knocked out, or not defending himself 'intelligently', whatever that's suppose to mean, none of which was happening at that moment.
It is true that Overeem was hurt badly, but he was getting up as soon as he got knocked down and stood right up. He wasn't that wobbly either. Also, it wasn't like Dan stopped right away, he stepped in, probably wasn't sure what he was doing, THEN stopped the fight.
Some may argue that he was hurt badly enough to not defend himself 'intelligently', but you don't stop the fight based off on speculations and what ifs. Because you are not God, nor is Dan, who can see the future, because everyone can speculate on what COULD happen, and you do not make your decision based on what you think WILL happen, but what IS happening in front of your eyes.
And like I said before, you stop the fight when the fighter is unable to continue off the strike, like getting knocked out, or not defending himself 'intelligently', whatever that's suppose to mean, none of which was happening at that moment.
Dan fucked up once again, and I mean reffing is hard. I don't even like Overeem. But if you don't think that Overeem got fucked over, then you are blind, or as smart as Overeem AFTER getting his brain scrambled..
I love watching Overeem get knocked out as much as the next guy and took immense joy when BF knocked him to another dimension, but that wasn't fair. I don't even like the guy, but that wasn't fair.
Not any more fair than when Dan stood up Nelsom from Arlovski's SIDE CONTROL. I mean, it looked worse live when he did it, text doesn't do it justice.
Thing is, some people are talking about how bad the cut is and justifying the stoppage. That's now how this game works. The refs don't look at the cut themselves, pause fo a second, and then decide oh no this cut is too bad to continue and call the fight. Can you imagine? You stop the fight and then get it checked out. You don't just stare at the cut, and then call the fight off yourself. That's ridiculous.
You stop the fight when the fighter is unable to continue off the strike, like getting knocked out, or not defending himself 'intelligently', whatever that's suppose to mean, none of which was happening at that moment.
It is true that Overeem was hurt badly, but he was getting up as soon as he got knocked down and stood right up. He wasn't that wobbly either. Also, it wasn't like Dan stopped right away, he stepped in, probably wasn't sure what he was doing, THEN stopped the fight.
Some may argue that he was hurt badly enough to not defend himself 'intelligently', but you don't stop the fight based off on speculations and what ifs. Because you are not God, nor is Dan, who can see the future, because everyone can speculate on what COULD happen, and you do not make your decision based on what you think WILL happen, but what IS happening in front of your eyes.
And like I said before, you stop the fight when the fighter is unable to continue off the strike, like getting knocked out, or not defending himself 'intelligently', whatever that's suppose to mean, none of which was happening at that moment.
Dan fucked up once again, and I mean reffing is hard. I don't even like Overeem. But if you don't think that Overeem got fucked over, then you are blind, or as smart as Overeem AFTER getting his brain scrambled..
