As Anderson Silva celebrated his knockout victory over Michael Bisping at UFC Fight Night 84 in London this weekend, he made a critical error. He didn’t check with veteran referee Herb Dean to make sure the fight was over.
It wasn’t.
The 37-year-old Bisping, who had lost his mouthpiece in a sequence moments earlier, took a flying knee while trying to point out the fact to Dean at the very end of the third round. The blow dropped the Englishman where he stood along the fence, and a mini-bedlam ensued. Rather than pursue with a follow-up shot, Silva went into his victory celebration.