In the 6th round of the Pavlik fight, Kelly had knocked Miranda down.
Miranda spat out his mouthpiece and Merchant became irate when Smoger took him to the corner to insert the mouthpiece back in. Screaming the ref was taking away Pavlik's chance at the KO.

What was Smoger supposed to do?
Not allow the mouthpiece to be reinserted?
I believe Smoger took a point for intentional spitting of the mouthpiece but waited 'til the end of the round to inform the judges as not to delay the action any longer than necessary to give Miranda more time to recover.
So what was Merchant complaining about at the time?
Someone enlighten me!