conor didn't even land anything on chad when he fell
watch the slo-mo
he punches chad's arm twice before herb dean jumps in
Getting dropped, curling up while on your knees and elbows is usually a sign that the fighter is done.
The refs usually stop it when this happens, too, which makes it even funnier how people only really complain about this stoppage and not a million other ones that have ended the same way.
Punching his arms or not, Chad was finished. Even Chad knew he was fucking finished. If Herb didn't stop it there, the beating would've gotten worse in the last few seconds, or Conor would've just dropped him early in the 3rd and did the same damn thing.
Chad was finished. People need to get the fuck over it. I don't know why people are even complaining about the stoppage. It was so clear that he was done.
I bet if Aldo dropped Chad the exact same way and landed only two punches to Chad's arms, people would be going, "perfect stoppage!" but if it's a McGregor fight, there's excuses. There's always some bullshit.
Conor wasted him. If the fight wasn't stopped right there, it likely would've been stopped a few seconds later, or would've been stopped early in the 3rd round when Conor drops him again.
Just because Chad covered up on the mat doesn't mean that he wasn't finished. He was hurt very, very badly, not completely unconscious. What Chad did is what EVERY fighter would've done. He knew he was done from that point on, but he's not going to accept punches to the head, he's still going to cover up, even if he's still done.
We see guys get dropped, they're all fucked up and they go down just like Chad did and they simply just cover up, they don't try to move or anything, they just cover up and accept the beating, whether it's for 2 seconds, 10 seconds or 15 seconds, they just lay there and take it.
Chad was finished. Chad knew he was finished.
Accept it, kids. Conor busted him up and put him away and he will do the exact same thing to Jose.