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Daniel Cormier and many others in the MMA community were not pleased with Billy Ray Goff's corner after his TKO loss to Ty Miller at UFC Fight Night 284.
After Goff (9-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) got battered for two rounds by Miller, there was reluctance to start the third round of the welterweight bout at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. Goff's corner sent him out, and almost immediately he got smashed with a huge punch by Miller (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) that sent him flying back to the cage and folded into the canvas at the 0:15 mark of Round 3.
UFC Hall of Famer Cormier, who served as color commentators, immediately threw criticism at Goff's corner.
"You could see his orbital bone is broken – look at his eye," Cormier said on the broadcast. "Look at his right eye. And then when he got hit on the right eye he went down. The coach told him, 'Don't engage, just circle' and essentially run. Why not just stop the fight? ... The writing was on the wall, especially if that's the advice you're giving your guy going into the third round."
Many others in the MMA community agreed with Cormier's take on the result.
After the impressive beatdown from Miller, he also gave his thoughts on the fight going into a third round.
"I didn't think he was going to get off the stool, to be honest," Miller told Cormier in their post-fight interview. "I hit him with some hard shots. But I told myself, 'Don't do that, don't think like that.'
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 120 video: Daniel Cormier rips Billy Ray Goff's corner after Ty Miller TKO
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After Goff (9-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) got battered for two rounds by Miller, there was reluctance to start the third round of the welterweight bout at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. Goff's corner sent him out, and almost immediately he got smashed with a huge punch by Miller (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) that sent him flying back to the cage and folded into the canvas at the 0:15 mark of Round 3.
UFC Hall of Famer Cormier, who served as color commentators, immediately threw criticism at Goff's corner.
"You could see his orbital bone is broken – look at his eye," Cormier said on the broadcast. "Look at his right eye. And then when he got hit on the right eye he went down. The coach told him, 'Don't engage, just circle' and essentially run. Why not just stop the fight? ... The writing was on the wall, especially if that's the advice you're giving your guy going into the third round."
Many others in the MMA community agreed with Cormier's take on the result.
After the impressive beatdown from Miller, he also gave his thoughts on the fight going into a third round.
"I didn't think he was going to get off the stool, to be honest," Miller told Cormier in their post-fight interview. "I hit him with some hard shots. But I told myself, 'Don't do that, don't think like that.'
Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 284 results:
- Ty Miller def. Billy Ray Goff via TKO (punch) – Round 3, 0:15
- Steven Asplund def. Guilherme Pat via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Diyar Nurgozhay def. Bruno Lopes via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:59
- Jose Montanha vs. Louie Sutherland via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:50
- Manoel Sousa def. Richie Miranda via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Miles Johns def. Gianni Vazquez via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:09
- Juliana Miller def. Ravena Oliveira via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:38
- Carol Foro def. Gigi Canuto via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 120 video: Daniel Cormier rips Billy Ray Goff's corner after Ty Miller TKO
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