Quote Originally Posted by Lance Uppercut View Post
I didnt think it was a bad stoppage. Lopez was getting hit flush and HARD, over and over again. All he was giving back was pitter padder. That's was the kind of fight where a fighters dies.

It was more the timing of the ref's stoppage, then the actual stoppage, Lopez was getting ripped, but he was still fighting. But I agree, at the time the stoppage looked a bit premature, but in retro, I believe the ref did the right thing. He saved Lopez from further punishment, and Salido was in the process of putting his lights out, live to fight another day.