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Referee Marc Goddard: ‘It’s clear as day’ that Merab Dvalishvili was out at bell against Ricky Simon

If Marc Goddard were sitting at home Saturday night and someone sent him the video of the end game in the fight between Ricky Simon and Merab Dvalishvili at UFC Atlantic City, he said he would feel the same way he does now.

The veteran MMA referee thinks Merab Dvalishvili was indeed unconscious at the bell of the three-round fight, he told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. Goddard said he fully believes that referee Liam Kerrigan, who was the third man in the cage of the bout, made the right call by ruling Simon as the winner by finish.