It just doesn't make sense.

I guess people were thrown off because Andre didn't go limp.

 

Soto punching while Lorenzo was down is also a DQ accroding to the same rules.

But Joe Cortez is taking a lot of **** with that decision.

 

Why would he have faked it? ? ?

 

He was starting to be tagged a lot in those last 2-3 rounds than the whole fight.

 

Ok so here is the question.

In you very own opinion, do you think it was a rightful DQ?

 

I agree. i remember the sotto-lorenzo fiasco. sotto did hit him while he was down, that merits a penalty.however, what penalty is to be determined. If lorenzo came back up and says, "i need some time, but i will continue", that'll merit just a point deduction. But what happened was, lorenzo (clearly can continue) did the bizarre thing we are afraid of, he stayed down. If a fighter says i cannot continue, the ref has no choice but to disqualify the opponent, just like in the concepcion-luevano fight (luevano, according to him, couldn't continue).

so in a sense, those who are calling that dirrel faked it (and i believe he didn't), just wants the same as sotto and concepcion wanted. but as i've said, in this case, it was legit

 

I fault lorenzo more than cortez. Had he continued (which definitely he could), only a point deduction will be slapped to sotto. but he stayed down. cortez had no choice

 

that would be racist.. and funny as hell

 

I agree with most, Carles, but not 4.

That wasn't close to "a full-force power shot ".

Had it been, no way Direll is conscious again that evening.

However, it had some mustard on it, and probably more than enough to do what it did, without any faking.

The DQ was completely justified. And there was little evidence of faking.


AA ****ed up here.

 

Abraham hit Dirrell while Dirrell was on his knees. It doesn't matter whether Dirrell faked his act after that or not. The DQ is the right call.