Why did the ref...

[Baba Ghanoush]

Stopped the action in the first when Fabio had Fedor in a clinch and hurt to give him back his mouth piece? There was obviously no break in action and Fabio himself was visibly pissed off and confused about it. I thought the ref had stopped the fight entirely for a second.

 

[chunglii]

To give Fedor a quick break. Because Fedor's MMA thing assigned the refs and judges

 

[Rocco Marciano**]

Standard referee duty. It's his job.

 

[PancraseForever]

Because the fix was in. To be honest though it looked like Fedor was going to get out of the first round by the skin of his teeth in any case.

 

[Baba Ghanoush]

Standard referee duty. It's his job.

Refs are only supposed to stop the fight to return the mouthpiece when there's a break in action. Fedor was still actively doing the stanky leg while getting blasted by Fabio.

 

[Rocco Marciano**]

Refs are only supposed to stop the fight to return the mouthpiece when there's a break in action. Fedor was still actively doing the stanky leg while getting blasted by Fabio.

You're not a professional referee. Stick to your day job before criticising or mocking a professional fighter, let alone the GOAT.

 

[Hans Gruber]

Because the fix was in. To be honest though it looked like Fedor was going to get out of the first round by the skin of his teeth in any case.

It wasn't a fix but the ref shouldn't have paused the action. It was only for a second and Fedor was surviving regardless but it shouldn't have happened

 

[Hans Gruber]

Refs are only supposed to stop the fight to return the mouthpiece when there's a break in action. Fedor was still actively doing the stanky leg while getting blasted by Fabio.

No he wasn't on a stanky leg at the time

 

[Baba Ghanoush]

Point being he was still very much being actively engaged by Fabio. Ref blatantly stopped it to give Fedor a reprieve from the shots he was taking, and that's bullshit.

 

[Hans Gruber]

Point being he was still very much being actively engaged by Fabio. Ref blatantly stopped it to give Fedor a reprieve from the shots he was taking, and that's bullshit.

I agree that it was BS but you don't need to exaggerate to make your case. There were 30 seconds left. Fedor was on the fence and wasn't doing his Fujita dance at the time.

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

Y'all are all crazy, Fedor was displaying a classic rope a dope in honor of Cassius Clay.