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“It was a difficult fight. I know I handled it on the money, to a T. I’m seeing things unfold, and I see Colby put down twice in rapid order plus 24 minutes of back-and-forth before that. So there’s a lot of damage sustained.
“Then I see him go down, and obviously he stays in that turtle position, started on the double, then pulling his hands back. This is where everything will narrow in for me.
“I’m now firmly put in the spotlight. I have a decision to make and I’m trying to assess this. I have to assess this real-time with everything I saw.
“I’m looking at Colby, and then I see the damage he’s sustained: the two knockdowns, etc. When you are face down, when I can’t see you, I can’t read you. So I’m now trying to compute in my mind, ‘Are you there, or are you not?’
“Could I have let that fight go on? Yeah. Could have I stood back and let it go on? Yeah. Should I have let it? And that’s the narrative here. Should I have? And that’s the point I make when I’m assessing what happened, assessing the position he’s in: two knockdowns and he’s being punched.”
https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc/marc-goddard-defends-kamaru-usman-vs-colby-covington-stoppage/