I ran slow mo on the video and there’s a chance the punch did land right on the forehead. It’s hard to tell because of the frame rate. At the point where the impact should have happened, it’s super blurry. It definitely looks like it missed.
But after closer review, I noticed how far his ear flapped between frames. And considering that the punch was on trajectory to hit the forehead, and the way the ear flaps between frames, it’s pretty plausible that the punch did actually hit the forehead. And there are plenty of fights that have ended off of glancing blows.
but, then we have to question why the ref stopped it so quickly. If it was a fixed fight, the ref had to be in on it. Or, the ref was close enough to the action to have seen and heard the impact in real time and read the situation correctly.
Also, even if the punch did land, maybe it wasn’t that hard. The loser just happened to feel the punch and decided that was the perfect time to flop for the stoppage.
So yeah, I’m not going to say something definitely did or didn’t happen. But, both sides are plausible.
even still, involving police seems a bit extreme. Lmao.
gun to my head, after reviewing the slow mo….I prefer to believe the punch landed.