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Brazilian ref should have stopped the Luke fight. Not only did he give him time to recoup but also receive a lot of extra punishment.
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Fight was a shit show. Luque used to be one of my favourite fighters but he should really retire now.
Joel Alvarez eating so many punches from the ghost of Luque where he really should have dominated the fight.
Shit ref, shit fighters
Joel Alvarez eating so many punches from the ghost of Luque where he really should have dominated the fight.
Shit ref, shit fighters
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I don't think the fight should be stopped in that case. If the fighter thinks it was an eye poke, unless it's bad enough to make them want out of the fight, the only reason they would stop is because they thought they were fouled. As soon as Luque was told it was a legal strike he was willing to go right back into the fight. Calling the doctor in is questionable at that point once it's determined to be legal, but I don't agree that incorrectly believing you were fouled means you should lose.
Eye pokes are unique in that sometimes they are fouls and sometimes they aren't. Fingers are illegal, punches are not and a fighter can't always tell what it was. A groin strike is illegal all the time. A back of the head strike is legal in certain instances too but a fighter usually knows that in a scramble or a flurry exchange that it's deemed legal if they are moving around.
Eye pokes are unique in that sometimes they are fouls and sometimes they aren't. Fingers are illegal, punches are not and a fighter can't always tell what it was. A groin strike is illegal all the time. A back of the head strike is legal in certain instances too but a fighter usually knows that in a scramble or a flurry exchange that it's deemed legal if they are moving around.
