Originally Posted by HexRei

Well, only one option can be right, so yes, I think people who feel the stoppage was justified are wrong. I also think its very telling that Dan Miragliotta has managed to have more contraversial stoppages in two weeks than most refs have in two years. That suggests that there might be something about his style of reffing (at least lately) that is different from other refs.



Obviously (and John even says this in the broadcast) it is a subjective thing. But Miragliotta needs to remember that these guys come in here to fight and are expecting to get hurt, stopping it when the fighter can still continue is a serious slap in the face to a guy who's just trained for 9 weeks and paid out thousands of dollars preparing for the fight.