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Originally Posted by Gary
Maybe I'm crazy but the knockout of Mendez just didn't look right at all to me. He had Connor on the ground pounding him with elbows for most of the round. He tried a guillotine choke that failed and they stood up. To Connor's credit he jumped right on him, but shortly before the knockdown and stoppage Mendez just dropped his hands completely down almost like he was looking for a punch that would take him down and he IMMEDIATELY just covered and it was over. When they got back up Mendez was fresh and hadn't taken any punishment really at all that round. He did take a couple of shots but nothing that would have led him to just drop both hands to his waist and slowly move to the side with his chin up. It just didn't look quite natural...especially after seeing how technically sound Mendez fought against Aldo.
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I didnt think Mendez looked like himself from the start. Looked fatigued after a round and wasnt explosive at all