Kenny Bayless is my favorite ref but....

[armin]

I just rewatched the fight and the stopagge should have come 5 seconds earlier if he was stopping it because it seemed like kats had weathered the storm and actually landed a punch on jmm right prior. However, still can't really say it's a bad stoppage because jmm was going to most likely finish the job sooner or later and I'd rather see a somewhat premature stoppage than a fighter hurt. Kats doesn't ever seem to go down when he's in real trouble, twice now he's been stopped on his feet, would have been smart to just take a knee perhaps and regain his bearings fully.