Do you agree with the ruling? Soto was disqualified to supposed to be hitting his opponent while on his knees. But Soto's punch seems to just grazed the top of the head and he might not have known that his opponent intentionally went to his knees. I think the bloodied face (Lorenzo's) swayed the judge decision to disqualify Soto.
Worst than the call was the conference Cortez decided to have before making an official call. Can you imagine someone like Bayless being so indecisive? As far as the call, its true that it was illegal because the fighter was indeed down, but it was obviously accidental and not intentional. Thumbs down to an over rated Cortez and to Lorenzo for trying to act as if that grazing glove swipe gave him a spinal cord injury.
the decision to dq was unfortunately the correct one, but the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of cortez, and his indecision. accidental or not, a foul is a foul
I think we should all pitch in and buy Soto a break. Here's a guy who should be fighting the best at 130 and he gets robbed fighting a nobody. Hopefully (not likely) the decision will get changed to a NC. As far as Soto's future, I'd love to see a Soto vs R. Guerrero scrap.
