Able to continue the fight or not Sterling did well to not wake up this illegal blow weakned him way too much, he would have lost anyway
His opponent by not respecting the rules/making a big mistake give him the easy way to win for sure and he have to refuse it?
He didnt asked for that
When your opponent in poker or any game made a mistake/illegal foul you gonna say "ok bro its ok for this time lets continue" or run throught it and get the victory?
He got the win, the belt, the champ statut (and with all who goes with, legacy, money, bonus, contract, fame, blabla) when he was loosing anyway !
Everybody would have done the same, there is no samurai code when you got fucked up with a knee when you asked nothing of that and 100k is waiting in the locker room because of the opponent mistake, not yours