The left-hand counter that Hector Lombard landed just seconds after the horn against C.B. Dollaway at UFC 222 cost him dearly.
A dazed Dollaway was taken from the Octagon on a stretcher, and as a result, Lombard was handed a disqualification defeat. In the aftermath of the ruling, there was plenty of debate on both sides as to whether Lombard was in the wrong. UFC President Dana White said at the post-fight press conference that the final ruling was correct.
“When you watch the replay, you clearly see the referee yell ‘Stop.’ He yells ‘Stop,’ and then half a second later Lombard throws that last punch that knocks him out,” White said.