Drew Dober celebrated his twenty fifth UFC look Saturday, however there wasn’t a lot to cheer about by the point his struggle was over.
The light-weight veteran was knocked out in underneath two minutes within the penultimate bout of UFC Mexico after being clipped by a Manuel Torres proper hand after which battered with hammer fists. Making issues worse, referee Mike Beltran was woefully late in stopping the bout, permitting Dober to soak up a number of unanswered blows to the top regardless of displaying no indicators of recovering from the preliminary knockdown.
On Sunday, Dober reacted to the loss by way of a social media assertion:
Properly, that sucked. A superbly timed one two by Manuel Torres. There’s not a lot to go off of apart from, sadly, stepping in entrance of the rear hand of a protracted energy puncher.
— Drew Dober (@DrewDober) March 30, 2025
“Properly, that sucked,” Dober wrote. “A superbly timed 1-2 by Manuel Torres. There’s not a lot to go off of apart from, sadly, stepping in entrance of the rear hand of a protracted energy puncher.”
Dober didn’t touch upon the controversial ending, which noticed a dazed Dober spring up shortly afterwards and resume a preventing stance, seemingly oblivious to the bout being stopped.
It was the third knockout lack of Dober’s UFC profession, together with a lower stoppage in his struggle towards Jean Silva this previous July. The 36-year-old has now misplaced three straight and 4 of his previous 5 bouts.
Dober isn’t any stranger to amassing UFC bonuses, having gained eight in his profession, however this time it was Torres cashing an additional $50,000 for the knockout. That’s 4 bonuses in 4 wins for Torres now.
