I didn't think Thompson was out of the fight honestly, he had looked similar to that earlier in the fight (except for the ear obviously) and then managed to take Kimbo down and hold him there. Kimbo won the first, Thompson won the second and while it obviously looked like Kimbo was on his way to winning the third he was gassed big time (really from the end of the first round on) and its not hard for me to imagine Thompson recovering enough to take him down and hold him there. Anyway doesn't really matter now.
And even if it wasn't corrupt people are still going to think its corrupt when you get a borderline stoppage like that because obviously sleazy Gary Shaw wants to protect his cash cow.
Anyway I thought the card was overall pretty good except for really the Kimbo fight. He's got a lot to learn (not to mention improve his stamina) and he's already 34.
Gus Johnson was great. He's my favorite announcer during the NCAA tournament and considering he doesn't have much experience calling MMA (I think) he did pretty good. Not to mention even though he works for CBS he called it like he saw it after the Kimbo fight.
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