Most people are on board with referee Marc Goddard’s stoppage of UFC 281’s headliner between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira. For Tristar Gym head coach Firas Zahabi, Goddard essentially saved Adesanya’s career from a potential scissor knee from Pereira that he said, could’ve been career-ending.
For his part, “The Last Stylebender” agreed with the stoppage but at the same time, he feels he should’ve been allowed to go out on his shield.
“My ego would say at least let me go out on my shield. But I don’t think I could’ve gone out ‘cause I was still there.