UFC 74: Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. David Heath Video
UFC 74: Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. David Heath (Video)
The UFC’s cleaning lady will be sending a stiff bill to Dana White after cleaning up this mess. David Heath’s forehead split open and began gushing blood one minute into the second round after Renato Sobral gave some nasty elbows to the face.
Normally one would feel that losing a few gallons of blood by way of blow after blow to the face would be punishment enough for the disrespect Heath showed by wearing a T-shirt with Sobral’s mugshot on it from a recent arrest would be enough. Apparently Sobral didn’t feel it was…
Sobral said that he needed to teach Heath a little respect, and he felt that this would be best shown by completely knocking Heath out after he had already tapped out. Sobral held on to his anaconda choke for roughly three seconds after the tap, even with Mazzagatti trying to get him to release.
What do you think of the whole situation? Personally I think Mazzagatti let the fight go on for longer than it should have, that is struggling self defense while being blinded by blood that Heath was doing, not “intelligent defense”.
It’s a tough call, Mazzagatti let it go on a little too long, but regardless what Sobral did was unprofessional and uncalled for.
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