Quote Originally Posted by allmotorking
liddell wins by tko in round 3...the ref seemed to stop the fight prematurely as liddell was punching from the top and ortiz was covering up pretty much only getting hit in the arms...

why wasn't big john mccarthy the ref for this fight??? beats me...
if you watched the replays, ortiz was taking blows into the face from above. the calling of the fight was best explained like this "if ortiz doesnt look pissed for it being called, he was obviously getting his ass kicked"