As for the "BS Stoppage", that went on for the entire 5 minutes of the round. Rory's face was broken and destroyed, and he was wincing in pain and had no clue where he was.
That's totally bullshit, everything you said was a lie (or almost). That said you're still a great poster and I adore you. :icon_lol:
Really though, the ass beating happened in the closing couple of minds, about half way into the third Rory started to take it the worst. But he was always fine, never tap'd, never verbally tap'd, never faded, never got flash KO'd, never went limp, etc.
The definition of not intelligently defending yourself is not attempting to improve your position and (or) being KO'd. Rory was always attempting to recover and improve, you can't make the argument that he wasn't as....Well...There is video proof he was.
He was 7 seconds away from being undefeated in MMA. Do you understand that? Do you realize the stigma that follows that? Rory was 7 seconds away from being undefeated in MMA and instead he got called for being TKO'd when he was, ironically, still defending himself and taking zero damage at the point of the stoppage.
It'd be one thing if his hands fell back, and his eyes rolled back, or his head laid inanimately on the mat....None of that happened. He was there, fighting to improve his position or hold Carlos so he could recover.
Even Joe Rogan in the commentary was like ehhhhh, yeahhhhh I can see why people would be mad. It was so obviously bullshit. Afterwards Rory got straight up, paced around the Octagon and composed himself emotionally. He then, like an adult, agreed with the outcome like any true contender should, took his loss and nodded it off knowing that someday he'd get revenge on that fight.
He got turned to mush in that third round, sure, but that's what this fucking sport is all about. Who cares if he was a teenager, or early 20's, who cares if his nose was broken or a hematoma is forming on his face, I've seen fights where fighters have looked like walking dead and they weren't stopped. Look at Carwin vs JDS, Carwin was eating like 7-8 "unanswered, unprotected, undefended" strikes in a row while he was on his hands and knees and JDS was just teeing off. But you know what, he wasn't out and the fight ended with Carwin on top getting a choke. Things happen in a fight, and to say ohhhhh this guy isn't going to "live" another 7 seconds, I better go in there and stop it despite him being totally aware of whats happening and clearly not wanting me to stop it is bullshit and can effect someones career in the wrong way.
Reffing in MMA can be utter bullshit, it has ruined peoples careers before (not saying it's the case here).
10/10 times Rory would go back in time and take that 7 seconds of extra beating or hugging to become undefeated in MMA.
