Mötet mellan Chael Sonnen och Tito Ortiz har fått mycket kritik av fans eftersom matchen ansågs vara uppgjord. Ortiz visade under gårdagen sin frustratiton över detta och kallade desa fans för ’haters’.
Nu har även den inblandade domaren, ’Big’ John McCarhty svarat på anklagserna.
What I would love if I could do it is take people that say that’s a fix (and say), ‘Good, I’m going to put you in that hold that he was in, and I want you to feel it. I want you to see how strong Tito Ortiz really is. I want you to feel the pressure that Chael was under.’ You could see even on the screen how purple his face was starting to get.
That choke was not what we’d say is a perfect choke. It’s not. It’s on one side of his neck. But trust me, on one side, you start to shut down that one carotid artery, it will put him out. It will just take a lot longer.
