Subriel Ahmed Matías Matthew vs. Jonathan José Eniz RBR

15-0 (15). 100% KO ratio. Get aboard the Matías bandwagon, this puppy's going places.

 

Can anyone translate Matías' interview?

 

¿Nadie habla español aquí?

 

Yeah, it was both. My point ultimately (which I made in the wake of both the Day & Dadashev tragedies) was that commissions need to be looking at holistic context in fighters' recent pasts when deciding whether or not to sanction them - not just this current system of "were you stopped in the last x amount of time? No? Okay, you're good to go!", which is another example of round-peg good intentions pushed through square-hole bureaucracy and leaving plenty of room for error. You can have a Calzaghe vs. Manfredo stoppage which puts somebody at zero risk health-wise should they jump back in the ring ASAP, but which technically qualifies them for a suspension under the rules as they stand in many jurisdictions. Meanwhile, somebody can have a grueling 10 or 12 rounds (even in a fight in which they went the distance - hell, even a fight they won) and be left just a few dozen more accumulated flush power shots on the brain away from catastrophe. The recency of a knockout loss shouldn't be the sole deciding factor in whether somebody is getting back in with tough opposition too soon. Many other factors (how many rounds did they go in the last few months? How big a puncher was the opponent? What kind of pace was it fought at, what how the punch stats look, etc) ought to be taking into consideration - but aren't.

I know with these in-ring accidents to a certain degree there will always be a measure of control that we don't and can't have - nature of the beast. Those who lace up and those of us who spectate are in a covenant of understanding that "sometimes, this can happen" - but there's a whole lot more that can easily be done, on the preventative end, that simply isn't. And that sucks.