Resurgent Brit Tyson Fury put forth a masterful performance in his Saturday night WBC heavyweight title fight with champion Deontay Wilder. Unfortunately, the bout was not without controversy.<\/p>\n
In the 12th round of the fight \u2014 which was ultimately ruled a draw \u2014 Tyson Fury was knocked senseless by a crushing Deontay Wilder combination. Miraculously, however, the Brit was able to return to his feet<\/a>, and in the eyes of many onlookers, went on to outperform Wilder for the remainder of the final round.<\/p>\n In the wake of this jaw-dropping sequence, however, some fans pointed out that it seemed to take Tyson Fury more than 10 seconds to return to his feet. These fans argued that this meant Fury failed to answer the referee’s 10 count, and therefore should have lost the fight by knockout.<\/p>\n Veteran MMA referee “Big” John McCarthy took it upon himself to explain to one of these fans how this process works.<\/p>\n 1\/2 Yes sir, I can explain it to you. You need to understand the mechanics for a knockdown which is as soon as the referee calls the fighter down the time keeper starts a count. The referee moves the standing fighter away towards a neutral corner and then picks up the count from https:\/\/t.co\/OWVqdORZuS<\/a><\/p>\n — Big John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthyMMA) December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n