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Two tremendous referee jobs, in two very high profile situations.
It's gotten very frustrating listening to casual fans (and hardcores who should know better) whine and cry about allowing both Brock Lesnar & Jan Finney to conitinue. It's pretty clear that people do not understand the role of the referee.
The refs job is to protect the fighters. Not judge the fight. A fighter completely dominating a fight is not grounds to stop the fight.
If a fighter is no longer protecting themselves, the fight should be stopped. If a fighter can no longer continue, the fight should be stopped. Both Brock Lesnar, and Jan Finney (until the point it was finally stopped), were protecting themselves at all times. Both fighters reponded when asked to "move" or "fight back". In the case of Finney, whenever Winslow ordered a standup, she came out aggressively and stood and banged with Cyborg, and even landed a few decent shots. In the case of Lesnar, he never reached the point where he was not protecting himself, or could not continue. He even escaped from the bottom and stood up at the end of round 1, showing that a stoppage would have been a travesty.
Again, it's not the refs job to judge the fight, or stop it based on dominance. That's why judges are there. That's what 10-8 (or even 10-7) rounds are for.
Finney fought her heart out, and the performance has apparently earned her a spot with SF, as Coker has promised he another fight. Good for her. A premature stoppage would have sent he packing, never to be heard from again.
Lesnar was clearly able to continue, because he won the fight.
Bad beating does not = stoppage, a fighter no longer protecting himself or badly hurt = stoppage. Both of these fights were officiated perfectly, and the Finney fight wasnt stopped a single second too late. Stop the madness and understand the refs job.
It's gotten very frustrating listening to casual fans (and hardcores who should know better) whine and cry about allowing both Brock Lesnar & Jan Finney to conitinue. It's pretty clear that people do not understand the role of the referee.
The refs job is to protect the fighters. Not judge the fight. A fighter completely dominating a fight is not grounds to stop the fight.
If a fighter is no longer protecting themselves, the fight should be stopped. If a fighter can no longer continue, the fight should be stopped. Both Brock Lesnar, and Jan Finney (until the point it was finally stopped), were protecting themselves at all times. Both fighters reponded when asked to "move" or "fight back". In the case of Finney, whenever Winslow ordered a standup, she came out aggressively and stood and banged with Cyborg, and even landed a few decent shots. In the case of Lesnar, he never reached the point where he was not protecting himself, or could not continue. He even escaped from the bottom and stood up at the end of round 1, showing that a stoppage would have been a travesty.
Again, it's not the refs job to judge the fight, or stop it based on dominance. That's why judges are there. That's what 10-8 (or even 10-7) rounds are for.
Finney fought her heart out, and the performance has apparently earned her a spot with SF, as Coker has promised he another fight. Good for her. A premature stoppage would have sent he packing, never to be heard from again.
Lesnar was clearly able to continue, because he won the fight.
Bad beating does not = stoppage, a fighter no longer protecting himself or badly hurt = stoppage. Both of these fights were officiated perfectly, and the Finney fight wasnt stopped a single second too late. Stop the madness and understand the refs job.
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