UFC
Dana White on finish to UFC 170's Rousey-McMann main event: "I thought it was a good stoppage"
Feb 23, 2014 - 1:15:55 PM Dana White on finish to UFC 170's Rousey-McMann main event: "I thought it was a good stoppage"

DISCUSS ALL THIS IN OUR NEW MMATORCH FORUM

...OH, ONE MORE THING - PLEASE BOOKMARK US & VISIT DAILY!

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"You get hit to the body like that, and regular people who have never been hit to the body have no f***ing clue what that feels like. Believe me when I tell you. She went down on her knees and she turned her head the other way. Could Herb have let her take some shots to the face? When the fight happened when I saw it, I said 'oh man.' then I watched the replay and I thought it was a good stoppage."

-Dana White discussed the ref stoppage by Herb Dean in the UFC 170 main event between Ronda Rousey and Sara McMann during the post-fight press conference (transcribed by BloodyElbow.com).

Penick's Analysis: I think there's a key difference between this stoppage and the UFC 169 main event, also stopped early by Dean, that makes this one less egregious. Dean stepped in after McMann reacted to that gut shot, whereas he stepped in well after Urijah Faber had gotten hurt and at a moment in which he was trying his comeback. McMann hadn't quite gotten to that point, though she could have after a few more moments. That said, had Rousey been the one on that end of a stoppage, there would have been a much larger outcry from White and the UFC. I don't entirely disagree with the stoppage, but there are valid complaints.