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Keith Peterson did a fucking awesome job on the fights he refereed on UFC 245.
When Nunes was hitting Germaine's arms in the first round DC said "He's gonna stop it!!" and I just remember thinking WHY? She is clearly defending herself. Some referees tend to stop the fight when the fighter is clearly defending well. Marc Goddard or Herb Dean would have stopped the Nunes fight in the first round imo.
Mr Peterson is a consistent referee, have him referee all main events in the future.
Usman vs Covington reminded me of Barao vs Faber, where Barao was hitting Faber on the shoulder/arm with soft hammer fists and Faber is giving the thumbs up to the referee and gets called anyway. If a fighter is very clearly not taking any damage how is this not "intelligently defending himself"?
When Nunes was hitting Germaine's arms in the first round DC said "He's gonna stop it!!" and I just remember thinking WHY? She is clearly defending herself. Some referees tend to stop the fight when the fighter is clearly defending well. Marc Goddard or Herb Dean would have stopped the Nunes fight in the first round imo.
Mr Peterson is a consistent referee, have him referee all main events in the future.
Usman vs Covington reminded me of Barao vs Faber, where Barao was hitting Faber on the shoulder/arm with soft hammer fists and Faber is giving the thumbs up to the referee and gets called anyway. If a fighter is very clearly not taking any damage how is this not "intelligently defending himself"?