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Kattar’s coach defends not throwing the towel: He was ‘coherent’ and ‘still in the fight’

While Max Holloway had one of the best performances of his career at UFC Fight Island 7, Calvin Kattar may have had the worst night of his life. “The Boston Finisher” went through a lengthy beating and absorbed 445 out of the former champion’s record-breaking 744 significant strikes.

Even Dana White, who's been in the fight game for nearly 30 years, was left “freaked out” by what he saw. The UFC president legitimately feared for Kattar’s life and believed the action should’ve been stopped in round four.

Kattar’s head coach Tyson Chartier apparently had the same thoughts during the round break entering the fourth stanza.