Not too many people were pleased about the stoppage of the Jose Aldo-Petr Yan title fight at UFC 251. Most saw it as a fault on referee Leon Roberts’ part for having Aldo absorb way too much damage before stepping in.
Former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate doesn’t share that belief. As she explained during the most recent episode of the Fight Nation podcast on SiriusXM, it’s all in a day’s work for a professional fighter.
"We know exactly what we are risking, and we want to be allowed to risk it.