ref's explanation was bs

**Maidana vs Rios** · 08-01-2009, 09:45 PM

ref made a bad call and tried to cover his ass after the fact with that weak explanation. no way that pitty pat punch right after the headbutt caused the cut. but doesn't matter, bradley was whuppin his ass anyway.

**johnnyutah** · 08-01-2009, 09:54 PM

yeah its a moot point, but rules are rules, nate didn't show enough to warrant a rematch in my opinion, i think he would have gotten stopped had the fight continued...bradley benefits from the home cookin', i bet don king's juice is enough to change it to a no decison tho

**StillUnknown** · 08-01-2009, 10:13 PM

i think Nate was lookin for a way out

but a rule is a rule, the ref definitely ****ed up

he looked like he smoked somethin before he came out as slow as he sounded and reacted to everything around him

**Doctor_Tenma** · 08-01-2009, 10:16 PM

Although Nate was taking a beating, I didn't really care because Nate is known for coming back. It was a bad cut and Bradley didn't land anything after the head butt. Ref did a bad job.

**Vladimir303** · 08-01-2009, 10:27 PM

Look, Nate may still get this thing reversed into a No Contest. But it still doesn't change that he quit and lost alot of fans tonight. It was obvious to anybody that can see, that he tried to bail out of there before the 5th round so it wouldn't go to the scorecards.

Even his cutman didn't think it was that bad.

ref's explanation was bs