Another UFC fight card for the year 2019 has been marred by controversy because of the referee’s decision. It happened during the main card opener at UFC 234 between light heavyweights Sam Alvey and Jimmy Crute.
Alvey walked into a straight right hand and dropped to the canvas in the final two and a half minutes of round one, and thinking that the fight was over, Crute walked away. Alvey got back up on wobbly legs and initiated a scramble, but ended being turtled up and on the receiving end of punches.
As he was covering his head with his right arm, referee Marc Goddard stepped in to stop the fight, which for Alvey, came too early.