Alistair Overeem was on the verge of a decision win on Saturday night against Jairzinho Rozenstruik. But after “The Demolition Man” was dropped with a punch with four seconds left, referee Dan Miragliotta decided to stop the fight and award Rozenstruik with a TKO win.
Overeem felt the stoppage was a bit too early, an assessment that former referee John McCarthy partially agrees with. Former middleweight champion and UFC Hall-of-Famer Michael Bisping also believes Miragliotta made mistake.
“Referee Dan Miragliotta, I love Dan Miragliotta. He’s a great guy. I think he’s a very, very good referee and they do a very hard job,” Bisping said in a recent episode of his Believe You Me podcast (transcript by BJPenn.