‘Horrible time to stop a fight’: Pros react to Derrick Lewis’ controversial knockout win at UFC Nashville

Derrick Lewis is the king of the knockouts. However he might have had some assist with this one.

Formally, the UFC Nashville important occasion ended with Lewis scoring a TKO of Tallison Teixeira simply 35 seconds into the opening spherical. Lewis gave the impression to be shook early, both by a Teixeira strike or an unintentional eye poke, however there was no pause within the motion so Lewis simply began firing punches wildly in response.

As he recovered, Lewis’ trademark swangin’ and bangin’ type began to pay dividends and shortly it was Teixeira who was reeling. A tough punch rocked the towering Brazilian and Lewis adopted with extra energy punches as Teixeira scrambled to defend himself. Teixeira blatantly grabbed the fance with each arms to get again to his toes and earlier than he may maneuver away from Lewis any additional, referee Jason Herzog waved off the bout.

Fighters on social media weren’t certain what to make of Herzog’s name, with Alan Jouban writing on Twitter, “Horrible time to cease a struggle!”

Regardless, Lewis prolonged his UFC knockout document to 16 and is now tied with Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone for the third-most stoppages in UFC historical past, trailing solely Jim Miller (17) and Charles Oliveira (20).

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