Marquez-Vasquez II, Round 5 - Knockdown or slip?

SLIP.

It's like you guys are watching some different alternate reality of a fight... there was no punch landed during or right before that slip.

 

from the replay that i saw in between rounds, it looked like a slip. the ref made the right call at that point.

 

Knockdown. And props to the poster above for posting the clip. Not to say the punch hurt him, but Marquez caught him just leaning in and it was just enough to start that loose footwork.

Al Bernstein seemed off last night. IMO, he got both the 'slip' and the stoppage calls wrong.

 

i still say that its a slip but it is close.

that left does land but you can also see Vasquez's foot did slip afterwards. it could fall under a knockdown under the rule specifications, whatever they are.

 

Please... that left hook did land but it didn't seemed to be powerful enough to put Vasquez on his ass.
A round ago, Vasquez took a full body weight straight right hand with a straight left hand and he came back like it was nothing.

That left hook didn't put Vasquez on the canvas. It was a slip.

 

I think the stoppage was early. Marquez was not done, the ref could have at least give him 10 sec to see if he was really finished.

 

Honestly, it's a true judgement call, because I saw that punch on the replay, and that could certainly be rulled a knockdown becuase it started the whole thing, but the fact that Vasquez looked like he was still in a stance that would allow him to stay up, AND his foot on the EliteXC sign looked like it slid out of nowhere, I certainly don't think it's a crime to call it a slip.

 

He has two feet, ya know. One foot is definitely on the logo, and while the punch certainly took away his front foot, the canvas looked like it helped with the back one.

 

Umm.. he slipped when that left hook hit his arm.

 

Not necessarily. Watch the replay, his front foot kicked out from under him - up and straight ahead from his own forward force that he generated landing those hard shots on Marquez. If your legs are in front of you, basic physics dictate that you will fall backwards or to the side. If anything, he probably would have scored an earlier KD in that exchange had he been more set. He landed a few clean shots and this made him go wild and abandon concentration on his footing. There's really not much mystery here.

 

He gets caught with a left hand. What is wrong with you?

 

The left hook lands while IV is lunging. He was made to pay for being out of position and off balance. A legit kd.