{"id":206713,"date":"2016-10-10T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T01:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=206713"},"modified":"2016-10-10T18:45:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T01:45:55","slug":"marc-goddard-comments-late-perry-vs-roberts-stoppage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/referee\/marc-goddard-comments-late-perry-vs-roberts-stoppage\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Goddard Comments on Late Perry vs. Roberts Stoppage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Saturday, on the Fight Pass Prelims of UFC 204<\/a>, undefeated welterweight Mike Perry sent England’s Danny Robert’s careening to the mat with a third-round knee and a followup punch<\/a>. Though Roberts was clearly out cold, Perry then chased him to the canvas, where he landed a series of additional blows, while referee Marc Goddard<\/a> watched on as if his mind was altogether elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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In the wake of this refereeing slip-up, Goddard unsurprisingly received a good deal of negative feedback. On Sunday evening, the experienced referee<\/a> took to Twitter to address this backlash, and give his thoughts on the stoppage.<\/p>\n

“I received a TON of messages last night,” Goddard said. “Many personal & insulting but I’m a big boy and it goes with the territory. Expected & accepted.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“But know this,” he continued. “No one alive is more self critical, self analytical and a harsher reviewer of me than me. It’s been a long time since\u00a0I’ve ever felt so reflective, but in an emotional sport my heart’s so invested & I make it my business to teach acceptance honesty & humility. So it’s in my life blood to look back. We deal with inches, seconds, heat beats & emotion so high I could never put it into words.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLast night presented me with an instance that in truth in any other night on earth I\u2019m acting sooner and that\u2019s the truth,\u201d Goddard continued. \u201cThank you all.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See Goddard’s full, Twitter response to the Perry-Roberts stoppage backlash below:<\/p>\n

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I received a TON of messages last night. Many personal & insulting but I'm a big boy and it goes with the territory. Expected & accepted.<\/p>\n

— Marc Goddard (@marcgoddard_uk) October 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n