Stopping a fight due to illegal blow to head

[dan the man 67]

It may have changed the course of the fight............we'll never know for sure. Cole's only chance was to catch him in a submission............I feel it was a long shot, but a possibility nonetheless. He was clearly rattled after that.

Now how about that shot to the back of the head from the concrete? Man, that had to hurt!

[Ryukuma]

Originally Posted by dan the man 67

It may have changed the course of the fight............we'll never know for sure. Cole's only chance was to catch him in a submission............I feel it was a long shot, but a possibility nonetheless. He was clearly rattled after that.

Now how about that shot to the back of the head from the concrete? Man, that had to hurt!

Oh Yeah i watched that shit with my dad, my dad was disgusted by their actions, and was talking about how the guy could have gotten killed. But nevertheless it was a great fight, cole was doing great defending from joe, but in the end the round would have went to joe

[guyski101]

The Ref should have a stopped the fight when the blow happened, Cole was so out of it, i doubt he even knew that the ref or doctor said to him. I was surpised that Jens didn't try to say something; to get the fight stopped for Coles saftey. Jens is the coach and should have some say in letting Cole continue to fight after a blow like that. It dioesn't take a doctor to see that Cole was in a different time and place after the elbow.

They should have ruled a NC and had them fight after the next 3 fights; this giving Cole time to heal up and sloving the problem of removing some from the show via DQ.

[Beatts35]

i think if it had to be stopped it would have been a no contest with lauzon moving on.

[biggdogg]

On TV I could see it in his eyes that he was hurt why couldnt the ref or the DR. see that he shouldnt have continued with the fight! the only way he could have was was by a submission and I didnot see that happening.

[klev1]

They should have stopped the fight. Then let them fight again after the last quarterfinal fight. Basically just rule it a N/C.

Just my 2 cents.

[TriangleChoke]

regardless of the outcome, the UFC will invite Cole back to fight again. I guarantee it. Cole's no slouch. He's one of the top prospects on the show, and definitely one of the top 3 145 lb fighters in the world. He lost a decision to Takeshi Inoue, and i believe he is the number 1 145 lb fighter in the world. I know Cole, and he's a bad dude. Plus, he's only 22-23 yrs old... He'll be back

[perc10]

Imean in the end its a fight,it wasnt on purpose. Remeber when Keith Hackney punched Joe San in the balls 300 times for the win

[Beowulf]

the way dana was talking about cole... he'll be back

[perc10]

Yeah everyone in the top 8 will be in filler fights for fight nights and PPV