That ref is an idiot. He stopped the first fight too early just cause the guy got knocked down to his hands and knees. He couldn't see the guy's face to see how out of it he was but he still stopped the fight.
Then in the Kimbo fight, not only did he not call the elbow by Kimbo to the back of Thompson's head, in the first round, but in the 2nd round when Thompson first had Kimbo in a side mount near the fence and was working to trap his left arm so he could G&P, the ref stood them up cause supposedly there was no action.
Then the last 2 mins of the 2nd rd Kimbo was getting G&P (admittedly not hard elbows or punches) but he had his right arm trapped and wasn't defending. Thompson must have given him 2 or 3 dozen unanswered elbows and punches (again not hard ones), and the ref didn't stop the fight as he should have.
And then of course there was the early stoppage in the 3rd. Thompson got rocked hard but was still standing. The ref stopped the fight.
MMANHBFAN - That ref is an idiot. He stopped the first fight too early just cause the guy got knocked down to his hands and knees. He couldn't see the guy's face to see how out of it he was but he still stopped the fight.
Then in the Kimbo fight, not only did he not call the elbow by Kimbo to the back of Thompson's head, in the first round, but in the 2nd round when Thompson first had Kimbo in a side mount near the fence and was working to trap his left arm so he could G&P, the ref stood them up cause supposedly there was no action.
Then the last 2 mins of the 2nd rd Kimbo was getting G&P (admittedly not hard elbows or punches) but he had his right arm trapped and wasn't defending. Thompson must have given him 2 or 3 dozen unanswered elbows and punches (again not hard ones), and the ref didn't stop the fight as he should have.
And then of course there was the early stoppage in the 3rd. Thompson got rocked hard but was still standing. The ref stopped the fight.
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Protecting their "money train"...who just so happens to not be a very good mma player.
How long can kimbo go fighting cans with the refs getting payed off?
He saved the first time. The stoppage was early but it didn't really save him. Thompson was rocked and gassed even worse than Kimbo.
Also the ref shouldn't have stopped it from the thompson pats to the head.
Clearly Kimbo was getting special treatment. The standup when Thompson had side control was the most grevious.
I forgot what round it was tonite but did Kimbo knee Thompson when he was on knees?
The fans were booing Kimbo at the end
Why didn't they interview Thompson? The crowd would have cheered him
You knew going in that it was going to be hard for Thompson to win a decision or catch any break. Just like Jordan wasn't going to be called for pushing off of Bryon Russell.
I have to admit that the first stand up brought back memories of Bob Sapp getting time to recover because they didn't want him to lose to Kimo errrrrrr the doctor wanted to take a closer look at him.