Chael Sonnen was going to throw the towel in for Colby Covington
“When we as fight fans, we as tough guys, think the doctor should’ve stopped it, we’re talking about it doesn’t really matter how bad the cut is from our perspective, as long as it’s not going in the eye,” Sonnen continued. “If it’s blinding the guy, it doesn’t matter if it’s a little or a lot. If it’s in his eye and he can no longer see out of that eye, it’s the same thing. It’s the exact same thing. If this much blood, a flood of blood still stops you from seeing. This was bad, and it was in the eye. I literally, I stood up so I could see what the Doctor was doing. I told Charlie the number two, and I said ‘Hand me that towel, I’m stopping this.’”
Sonnen says the ref and doctor did the right thing in stopping the fight as the cut above Covington’s eye was bad and hindered his vision.
With the loss to Joquin Buckley, Colby Covington fell to 17-5 as a pro.
