MEXICO CITY – So much was made out of his co-main occasion knockout win vs. Drew Dober on Saturday, and Manuel Torres himself sits on the facet of the fence that claims the combat ought to’ve been stopped sooner.
“When you take a look at the replay, I used to be watching to the referee, ‘I’m making lots of harm to my opponent,’ however he didn’t cease the combat,” Torres advised MMA Junkie and different reporters at a UFC on ESPN 64 post-fight information convention Saturday. “So I’m knowledgeable. I stored doing it. However yeah, after all I felt my opponent was a bit of down even earlier than the stoppage.”
“… Simply in sure positions, that may occur. After all on this one, Drew Dober was trying down, so for the referee, it was laborious to look at him (and see) if he was out or not. I feel they may work a bit of bit on that type of factor, however simply it’s actually particular positions.”
A win is a win. Taking a look at it from almost each angle and perspective, it was violent and the largest of Torres’ profession so far.
“After all that is my most vital day in my profession,” Torres mentioned. “Each time that I combat right here in Mexico, I really feel that is a very powerful day of my profession. So tonight, I really feel that it was actually particular.”
“Nicely, UFC simply introduced a Mexican card on Sept. 13, so after all I need to be a part of that occasion. I really feel that I do lots of issues within the identify of Mexico. Yeah, for certain, I wish to combat in Mexico once more with a top-15 fighter, a top-15 opponent.”
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