Guys I'm a bit puzzled still about the delay in the Wilder Ortiz fight.

[BendOver]

fighters clinch all the time in that situation, and it was a few clinches, it wasn't a 45 second bear hug

And ref's separate them. That is why we have referees. Then again Ortiz should had come more prepared for the fight. He was gassed by the 6 round.

[JohnP2]

I'm sure someone has noted this, but that is NY State commission. They give the fighter the entire minute (unless called over by the corner). So that is how that is.

What I can't understand is an official not allowing fighters to punch on the inside. That is what I am a bit puzzled about.

[Raggamuffin]

And ref's separate them. That is why we have referees. Then again Ortiz should had come more prepared for the fight. He was gassed by the 6 round.

Ortiz wasn't gassed by the 6th round.