Lightweight Bout: Kurt Pellegrino defeated Thiago Tavares via Decision (Unanimous) (29-27 x2, 29-28).
Kurt Pellegrino and Thiago Tavares were each awarded a $60,000 fight of the night bonus.
In the second round Thiago Tavares was caught in an armbar and tapped twice, however he then got out of the armbar before referee Yves Lavigne stopped the fight and the fight continued.
Post fight we now know that while Tavares did tap twice, the referee told both fighters before the fight that they would have to tap more than twice, and Pelegrino said that he did not release the armbar and Tavares got out on his own. So the only question is whether Tavares should have stopped fighting even though the referee did not stop the fight.
Relevance: 2
Action: 5
Skill: 5
Total: 4