When a ref says "TEN!"

[ClubberLang]

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.

One thing I wondered is that maybe the ref didn't intend his hand gesture to be taken as the end of the fight, but an indication that the round was over and Martinez couldn't get anymore shots off. Most of the time when a ref waves off a fight, he'll demonstratively wag his arm back and forth. In this case, the ref only stuck his hand in the air and made no verbal signal that he was ending the fight. So, I guess it's possible he just meant to indicate the round was over. Who knows, though. Either way, Martinez should have gotten the win.

[Myk_Myk]

Yeah, when it's definitely over the ref usually waves both hands in a crossing inside to outside wave in front of the losing fighter. In this case he didn't really do that. Unfortunately, Cintron got a lot of extra time to recover do to his and his corners antics.