Fernando Montiel Loss

[OumaFan]

Why should he have been penalized? He was a little rough but nothing he did warranted a penalty that early in the fight. He led with his head once and even then you can't say definitively that he did it on purpose, he was putting a lot of pressure on, shit happens. The second time Montiel complained about it I looked at it a few times and there is no way somebody could act like they can tell he was trying to butt him, in fact it doesn't look like that at all.


But the ref went along because apparently his job was to watch over Montiel. What's he doing in the second round after the KD? Didn't count, kind of helped him up for fuck's sake, gave him time to rest and recover, its bizarre.

I don't get the rule though, if you're ruled to have been cut by a punch (which he was but the ref missed it, not the end of the world its hard to tell in the heat of the moment) and the fight is stopped because of that before 4 rounds its supposed to be a TKO. But I read something where in Mexico if its stopped before four its a technical draw either way but then they say something about accidental fouls.

Either way Valdez should get an immediate rematch. Its impossible to say exactly what he would have done without the cut, it happened just over a minute in. Montiel was landing but he was never out on his feet and he was bringing a lot of pressure.

Anyway for those who haven't seen it, strange stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMfAs...eature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDqc0...eature=related

[OumaFan]

Apparently the ref didn't say whether it was caused by a punch or a headbutt. You kind of have to choose one, just be like Laurence Cole and ask the judges