Ronaldo Souza was finished in a fight for the first time since 2008, losing to Robert Whittaker by second-round TKO at UFC on FOX 24. But many people criticized referee Mario Yamasaki’s stoppage Saturday night in Kansas City.
Whittaker dropped “Jacare" with a vicious head kick followed by punches, and kept hurting the Brazilian on the ground. When Souza tried to push Whittaker and scramble, Yamasaki decided it was enough and called the bout.
"I re-watched the fight, but I know what I did there, I know what was going on,” Yamasaki told MMA Fighting on Sunday.