I'm not sure if it varies from state to state, but I think ultimately the ref has a lot of discretion as to what he wants to do as far as when the fight is actually over. The odd thing is that I've never before seen a ref wave off a fight-which it looks like he did in this fight-and then change his mind like the case the other night.

However, apparently a ref does have the prerogative to change his mind. I remember on FNF or WNF when Anthony Bonsante played opossum and the ref waved it off. Even though Bonsante jumped up after a 6 count and argued vehemently that his was fine, the ref didn't change his mind. Teddy kept saying that if the ref wanted to he could of retracted the waving off, and in light of Bonsante's obviously clear state, allowed the fight to continue. When they interviewed the ref later, he admitted that if he indeed could of chosen to change his mind and allow the fight to continue.

I've seen many times where it appeared that the ref was second guessing their decision to wave off a fight, but as I said I've never before seen a reversal. Even after that FNF incident, I always wondered if it was really legal. I still wonder as in this case there's the added controversy over whether Cintron was up at ten, and did or did not the ref wave it off?