I feel bad for the guy, and lean towards the side most do in saying the fight really should've been stopped. But at the same time it's hard for me to ultimatly blame the ref cause there is not any real consistancy when it comes to stopping these fights. Some get stopped to early and fans bitch, some get stopped to late and fans bitch. This fight and that last m aronutis (if that's how you spell it ) are two that looked like they went way too long. But this is a tough sport and as long as the guy is fighting back you'll always have those who belive in the "one great punch" that usually never lands but everyone tries to belive in. Tough call either way if you're the ref. I seriously doubt any ref intentially let's these guys go too far and gets off on guys dying or ending up in the hospital. I blame the corner more than anyone but this sport needs to look at making it more clear when these things should or shouldn't be stopped, cause hell i've seen darchiniyan beat the crap outta people just as bad early on and none of the fights were ever stopped.