Hett

The only thing I could think of is that he had so much tension in his arm and when it slipped, it looked like a tapped, that's why he only did it once and his hand went right back down. With that type of reaction from CB and Amir, it's the only thing I can think of.

bbjd7

I think Herb stopped it to soon but however I understand why he did. The reason it is three taps instead of one is that there are times when you use a open palm and might slap an opponents leg or try to grab somehing with an open palm.

CB had a right to be upset and CB didn't act like Vera and flip at the ref later and say Amir's scared of him he was upset because he felt it was stopped early and he is right.

Calm down hating CB is becoming the cool thing to do and that's pretty stupid.

Davisty69

I don't see how you can say it was stopped early. He was in a deep arm bar that made no headway pulling out of. You could see Herb Dean with his face right there to look for any tap. He pulled his hand away and make a clear tap on the leg.

What else is herb supposed to do? wait for the arm to snap just to make sure prissy boy and his big ass lips doesn't try and make it out to be an early stoppage?

As soon as his arm tapped once, Herb already had Amir stopping. I say good reffing on Herb Deans part.

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bbjd7

Well first off you can be in an armbar for awhile without tapping if it's not locked in right and CB was in it long enough that I doubt Amir had it real good.

Second CB didn't tap Herb should've let him tap if he was going to. And CB's arm tapped one time and then began to defend again if he was tapping why didn't he keep doing it. Herb was stepping in but he CB's hand was already down defending the armbar before Herb got there.

DJ Syko

even if he didnt tap, his arm was about to snap so it would of been finished anyways. he should thank Herb Dean for saving his arm.

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bbjd7

How do you know his arm was going to snap? It's very possible he could've slammed Amir again.

If this was anyone but CB I think people would be acting differently and tat's something that bothers me. CB didn't do a real tap one tap and then moving your arm to defend yourself shouldn't be enough to stop the fight.

Davisty69

The main point is that he did one tap, intentional or not, and Herb dean was close enough to stop it right away.

Why are you saying he didn't tap? Because he said so? You can clearly see one solid tap. How is Herb dean supposed to know that he didn't mean it or that he accidentally did a tap-like motion? He couldn't possible. Plus, that Arm Bar looked pretty deep to me, plus he'd already tried to pull out of it for a few seconds.

I'm tired of people blaming the ref because the fighter that lost wants to complain.

Do you honestly think that Herb Dean should have just ignored that single tap, just to see if he really meant it? What would your take on it have been had Herb ignored the single tap and then Amir broke his arm? You would be calling for his head for a late stoppage.

This is getting ridiculous.

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Pyros

You are always defending CB, and said that he would probably be a contender in the MW division, I think we can question if you are unbiased about this.

70seven

I also think CB wanted to tap but then reconsidered ans did a "one tap". But when your arm is locked in an arm bar and the ref is right in front of you, don't tap if you don't mean it.

Can you imagine the controversy if CB wanted to tap but only tapped once and the ref let's CB get his arm broken on live TV? People would say that its not his fault he only tapped once, its not his fault he's inexperienced and panicked and went to protect his arm right away after the single tap.

Herb Dean did the right, and only thing he could do.

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deanmzi

Based on my initial reaction - if I was the ref in that spot I probably would have stopped it