payneNglory1 Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:00 pm
I can see what your saying and can see why opinions differ on this,if it was straight forward one way or the other there wouldn't be so much debate about it.When it first happened in real time I wasn't completely sure,but after watching replays,I'm convinced it was a justified stoppage.
Herb definitely steps in to stop the fight after Fedor went limp and took two more bombs,so it was being stopped before Fedor got to his back anyway and not after like alot of people are claiming.
I was abit gutted as I was enjoying it and wanted to see more,so I think alot of people first reaction was,fuck don't stop it I want to see what will happen,but if you go out,be it a split second or longer and the ref sees it,it's a justified reason for a ref to call the fight and stop the fighter from taking anymore damage.
Like it's been said,Fedor might of recovered and fought through it,but on the other hand,he wasn't exactly defending himself properly when he got to his back by flailing his arms in the air,so i think it would probably been more likely that he would of taken aload more (maybe unnecessary) punishment and had his lights turned out twice within a few seconds.