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Old 10-09-2018, 10:03 AM   #84
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Originally Posted by Damian Rey 2.0 View Post
I watched the Shane Carwin v Lesnar match on tv recently enough, and how Carwin didn't win in that first round by demolishing Lesnar and gassing himself in the process is mind boggling.

Lesnar was toast. Fights had have been called for less. You could see why someone would think there's a fix in to keep a guy who's a huge draw and star over as the company's top champ.
Thats a referee decision. And referees are picked by the commission and the UFC has no influence over them. If they did, you would never see problem refs like steve masigatti running around letting fighters die, but he still regularly refs UFC.

Now, referees generally give fighters in championship matches the benefit 9f the doubt. That said, your lesnar reference is not a great one as he was showing signs of defending himself, and carwin was slowing down with every punch.
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