The MMA Hour<\/a> about Goddard’s stoppage. “Marc did a good job, but you see it when I get up. I\u2019m fine. I was lucid, I didn\u2019t get rocked rocked, I got hit hit against the fence and my thought was, \u2018Escape, laterally, either left or right.\u2019 I went right and as I was going right. It wasn\u2019t because I was rocked, it was my foot. You know the perineal [nerve]? It happened to Michael Chandler, [Henry] Cejudo, our boy, Jimmy Crute, it happened to him as well…<\/p>\n“I was waiting for him to take big shots, so I put my head down; I could see his arms and I could see his legs,” Adesanya continued about the stoppage by Goddard. That\u2019s all I needed to look at. I know where his head is. So I\u2019m just there moving, moving, moving. But to the referee, after two big shots and then I wobble, and I\u2019m standing there looking like that, he\u2019s going to be like, \u2018Nah.\u2019 And he\u2019s being safe. So when he jumped in I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m fine. Aw, f***.\u2019 I was literally just disappointed, I was waiting for him to gas out so I can do my work. I was going to take him down and then beat him up again.”<\/p>\n
Now, taking to social media, Marc Goddard offered a brief statement and said protecting the fighter is most important. He also isn’t going to be thinking about the decision.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcgoddard_uk\/status\/1592385662627753985<\/p>\n
“Thank you to all who understand the role in which we play, protection is paramount. Decisions are over the second they are made, the conscience lives forever. Honoured, blessed & thankful. On the biggest stage there is, of the fighters, for the fighters – they remain the Kings,” Goddard said.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, with Marc Goddard stopping the fight, Alex Pereira became the new middleweight champion. Yet, it seems likely that the two will end up rematching so Adesanya will have the chance to prove he can beat the Brazilian.<\/p>\n
What do you make of Marc Goddard’s stoppage in the Adesanya-Pereira title fight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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