[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5-LXECKSLE[/ame] It looks like Pascal timed him and slashed with his head.
That headbutt was accidential. Dawson would have lost without a headbutt, Pascal was coming on. Want to see an intentional head butt? Watch SOB Ward butt Kessler! His butt came from across the ring like a Billy Goat! Good thing Ward's personal referee in his home town was there. Watch it! I dare you! Ward refused to fight in the tournament unless he got all his fights in his home town, no wonder. Now he and Dirrell are fighting to get fight in their home towns, fight to be canceled? I would not be surprised.
No way dude. Pascal was leaning to the side after throwing a left hook over the jab as a defensive move which makes sense and Dawson pushed right in. In slow motion it looks like he can see him and is timing him but at that speed it was just two people making a reaction in a split second and landing in the same place.
Butt was accidental. Dawson lost, he deserved to lose this fight after that performance. He was clearly the stronger guy as everytime he threw punches they clearly had greater effect on Pascal, than Pascal's punches on him. Too bad he was allowing Pascal to roam around the ring and rest whenever he felt like it. So disappointed in Dawson in this fight.
I'm not sure man, that cut looked pretty bad. But there was only two rounds left in that fight and Dawson looked like he was about to bring the pain on Pascal. Maybe hometown decision to stop the fight? I don't know. Again, this fight was pure disappointment for me.
The cut was long but not that serious IMO. Honestly, I just think of this, Vitali was let to fight even with a 5x worse cut than what Dawson had. Should of given them time to stop the cut, recover, and continue. Bad stoppage.