Michael Bisping sees arguments for and against the stoppage in Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira at UFC 281 this past Saturday.
Heading into the fifth and final round of the fight, the ‘Last Stylebender’ was ahead on the judges’ scorecards. However, the judges were unneeded as ‘Po Atan’ moved forward and unloaded on the former UFC middleweight champion for a standing TKO win.
To some, referee Marc Goddard was justified in stepping in and stopping the fight. To others, Goddard should have given Adesanya more time to recover and get himself out of danger.