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Patrick Cote vs. Alessio Sakara
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I don't necessarily disagree. Sakara has always struck me as a good guy. He made a mistake and apologized. No need to boo him further. I'd rather Sakara have been warned and Cote given time to recover. I have a feeling we'll see a rematch soon enough.
The referee should have call it, but c'mon, you are a professional fighter and you are supposed to know where you are aiming. I disagree with the "heat of the fight" notion. It doesn't mean if the referee sucks you can do anything.
I've never went and read the rules but, for me these kind of situations should be deemed a NC, it makes no sense to award Cote a win.. fair enough penalise Sakara, but i don't see where Cote deserves the win. Thoughts?
I've never went and read the rules but, for me these kind out situations should be deemed a NC, it makes no sense to award Cote a win.. fair enough penalise Sakara, but i don't see where Cote deserves the win. Thoughts?
I've never quite understood the differentiation either, but if I had to guess it's not the same as a single accidental eye poke or groin shot where the opponent can't continue.
Sakara should have been more aware of what he was doing. However, the referee sucks arse. Was it Dan Miragliotta? Should have given Sakara a warning on the first shot, and that might have resulted in a different winner.
Win in my eyes, it's only the lower back of the head that's illegal ( the spine area) he did hit him there 2-3 times but in the moment and he was already done, should of been a win and for sure never a win for cote....
I've seen a picture somewhere that defines the illegal "zone" and it's only a small area.
I saw 3 illegal shots, if they weren't while he was finishing then the ref would of DQ'd him and the illegal shots did not cause him to be finished. I would of rather seen a No Contest as thats what it truly is, a fight that had no winner....
I still mark Sakara down as the first and only guy to rock and finish Cote and that is an incredible scalp for him.
I was also laughing at the beginning, when Goldie said something like "And there's the crowd chanting for Cote" when they were really doing the traditional "Olé!" chant. haha (they always do that in Montreal, especially for Habs games)
Can't be certain but looked to me like a number of the shots hit Cote in the ear. Definitely some hit the back of the head though too. I'd have rather seen a NC.
I know im late on this one, but i fukin love Diabate...always have, flawed sure....but always so watchable, give him some strikers and he would build a good win streak.
It's not that I think Cote deserved to win, I just think Alessio deserved to lose. He showed a complete disregard for the rules. It's not like he hit just one, or two spaced out shots. He hit like 4 in a ******* row. It was a dick move.
Sakara didnt mean it...how was it a dick move, he knows the rules and what gets you a DQ - even the most horrible UFC fighters keeps with in the rules when they want to win. He just got excited and went all out to finish, that a very thing to do in the heat of a big fight - watch pretty much any Belfort finish.....
2 losses in a row, Sakara looked nervous as hell and once he was rocked he looked scared, the shots to the back of the head were not intentional it was a guy who was desperate not to let Cote recover. It was the right call but very disheartening to watch. Cote has been off since his knee surgury and I am not sure he is coming back, he looked good against Belcher but has looked progressively worse in his UFC fights since then Sakara should have been an easy fight for him and the fact he eneded up in trouble doesn't reflect well.
Sakkara was literally rocked less than 30 seconds earlier and likely was still shaking the cob webs. The call was the right one but people can't blame sakkkara because he likely didn't do it with malice but merely because he was in survival mode trying to finish and trying to clear his head all at once. I am usually pretty harsh on this stuff but when you consider the way the fight played out you need to realize that his head would have been far from screwed on right and add that to the fact the ref failed to react as well. The call had to made to maintain the standard but I think Sakkara deserves a little grace from the fans on this one.
It is pretty clear this should have been a disqualification. A no-contest would make no sense in this case.
The fouls caused the fight to be stopped. Cote was banged up pretty bad, probably concussed. No way he could continue.
When intentional fouls (he did the same thing over and over, that is not an accident like a kick in the groin) cause a fighter to be unable to continue, it is a DQ.
A no contest is only awarded if a fighter is unable to continue due to an accident (cut from a head butt is a good example).
If a no contest is awarded in this case it actually rewards Sakra and punishes Cote. Sakara does not get the loss on his record. Cote does not get his win bonus. So a no contest makes NO SENSE!
They were both badly rocked when the fouls occurred so I'd like to see a rematch to decide who should actually be fired.
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