Bradley vs Campbell

[JT Rock]

the old dummy nate came out last night. Nate wanted out of that fight and intentionally tried to get a no contest decision. .

Bradley Butted him, the Ref called it that was stuttering and stammering and looked like a deer in the headlights after the fight... The Butt caused the cut, ringside Doc saw blood behind nates eye and nate couldnt see.. Regardless of how the fight would have panned out, the fact remains the ref blew it and it was a bad call

Nobody on this board disagrees that it was a bad call. Maybe you think Bradley was butting intentional. I don't see it that way. I think the butt was unintentional. Yes, it should have been an NC. This is not the first or last time ref got it wrong, but Nate was clearly looking to have the fight stopped. If Nate had felt that he was going to win the fight, he would have soldiered on I promise you- like Cotto and many others have done.

I feel for Nate getting a bad call. The same thing happened to Ward against Phillips and it sucked when that happened, and it sucked again for Ward in the Leija fight when a cut caused by a punch got called a butt and Leija got the win from hometown judges. Nobody like to see the wrong call, but you are acting like Tim Bradley and the ref rain a train on your mom or your sister. I would have loved to see Nate pull it off last night, but it wasn't his night. I know, he knew it, most people watching knew it, and if you get over yourself and rewatch the fight objectively, you will know it, too.

If Nate wasn't fighting a dirty fight himself, perhaps people would have more simpathy for him. But Nate was butting, holding, hitting low, and generally trying to play head games with Bradley. That was pretty obvious.

You make a bad analogy to the JMM/Diaz fight. Don't even try to make like Nate would have been able to pull a JMM against Bradley. Even old, Marquez was clearly faster than Diaz (never known for his handspeed anyway). It looked like Diaz might be able to dictate the fight based on strenght and aggression, but he wasn't making Marquez look old. He was making him look small.

I didnt think it was intentional at all, I was pissed because the ref was a moron and his explanation was shit... On the replay he said he saw the butt and ruled it accidental, then he advocates in that 8th of a second after the butt that a punch campbell blocked opened up the cut

Really because that happens The only time to me Bradley looked something is when he was landing Calzaghe Combos against Manfredo after the cut that was FACTUALLY bleeding behind Nates eye...

So none of us know what the outcome of a fight that was 25% in progress but the rules are the rules and it was an amateurish and bush league error by a moronic ref that looked more confused than anyone