Originally Posted by ZZtigerZZ81

I just got done watching the fight. He got hit in the arm most of those times. He was clearly still in the fight as he was defending the shots well. he was rolling out of trouble. He was doing all he could to "intelligently defend" himself. Werdum's mount was perfect and Vera was not going ot bench press the guy off of him or slip out the back. He was going to have to ride it out. If it was going on for like a minute or so I would understand the stoppage because Vera had not done anything offensive in a solid minute at that point. But the mount was secured at the 31 second mark and the punches started at like the 29. The fight was stopped at the 18 second mark. 11 seconds of punches to the arms and hands and a couple that snuck through and did no damage. You saw how clearheaded he was after it was called. Eyes forward very present and aware of what was happening and how badly he was robbed of a fight. That was a bad stoppage and I am not a fan of Vera's at all.