They'd likely prefer to see an early stoppage than seeing someone get hurt. Derrick clearly fell face and if it wasn't stopped, Sergei will hammer him more in less than a second, the referee didn't wait for Sergei throwing several shots more. Derrick however just felt like he wasn't hurt.
If this fight happened 10 years ago, Derrick may have a chance to win. Somehow I feel like Derrick can recover quickly if it wasn't stopped though.
I remember Congo vs. Barry fight where Congo clearly is about to sleep but recovered quickly. This is one of the fights that sticks in my memory. Big men recovers fast and unexpectedly knocks Barry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMAwOwBB5OQI think Derrick Lewis has seen the replay videos and thinks if the referee would not stop the fight he will surely receive some heavy damage from Sergei Pavlovich that is for sure, I really think it was a clean win for Pavlovich, but it really was an early stoppage, and if many are not in favor for the result I think a rematch is pretty much needed, to clear the doubters,
So Moving on with the UFC 277 and we are back with the UFC Fight Night again, here is the next event for the UFC,
UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. HillWhen: Saturday 08.06.2022
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
MAIN CARDLight Heavyweight: Thiago Santos VS Jamahal Hill
Welterweight: Vicente Luque VS Geoff Neal
Light Heavyweight: Zac Pauga VS Mohammed Usman
Woman Flyweight: Juliana Miller VS Brogan Walker
Heavyweight: Augusto Sakai VS Sergey Spivak
Woman Flyweight: Ariane Lipski VS Priscila Cachoeira
PRELIMINARY CARDLight Heavyweight: Michał Oleksiejczuk VS Sam Alvey
Lightweight: Terrance McKinney VS Erick Gonzalez
Welterweight: Takashi Sato VS Bryan Battle
Welterweight: Jason Witt VS Josh Quinlan
Woman Strawweight: Cory McKenna VS Miranda Granger
Woman Bantamweight: Mayra Bueno Silva VS Stephanie Egger
CANCELLED BOUTShamil Gamzatov vs. Misha Cirkunov - Gamzatov Visa Issues
Nate Landwehr vs. Zubaira Tukhugov - Tukhugov Withdrew
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