1 week Ago By Christopher De Santiago
The referees at UFC 314 are hearing it tonight.Earlier on the UFC 314 undercard, Sedriques Dumas protested his TKO loss as an premature stoppage to Michal despite the fighter receiving much punishment for nearly 20 seconds.A few fights from the main event between Alexander Volkanovski vs.
Diego Lopes, the prelim headliner Dan ’50K’ Ige hunted for another knockout against a much taller opponent in Sean Woodson.Standing at 6’2′′ tall, Woodson entered Miami on a 7-fight unbeaten streak against the #15-ranked Ige.READ MORE: UFC 314 LIVE: Stream info, start times, updates and more as Alexander Volkanovski, Diego Lopes, Paddy Pimblett and Michael Chandler fightPhoto by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesReferee stops Sean Woodson’s fight at UFC 314Things wouldn’t go Woodson’s way in the Octagon.
In the final round, Ige dazed Woodson with punches inside of a minute. Ige stalked his opponent down, peppering him with more shots.Woodson shot in for a takedown that would lead to his undoing.
Ige fended off the takedown and after firing a near-dozen strikes to the head, the referee stopped the contest right as it looked like Woodson was going to improve his position and move away from the takedown attempt.BACK IN THE WINNERS COLUMN 🤩@DynamiteDan808 gets the TKO in Round 3![ #UFC314 LIVE NOW ] pic.twitter.
com/3QJ7mp8aal— UFC (@ufc) April 13, 2025 Fans disagree with ‘early stoppage’Woodson had his hands out to the referee, protesting the stoppage as premature.Woodson handed his first loss in nearly five years and in questionable fashion, the fighter wasn’t the only one left unhappy with the stoppage.“Early stoppage,” one fan wrote on ‘X’.
“Woodson would’ve made a comeback and wouldve ko’d him horrible stoppage,” another fan wrote on ‘X’.“bad stoppage but woodson was gone anyway. that takedown attempt was weak asf,” one fan wrote on ‘X’.
“Top 5 worst stoppages,” one fan wrote on ‘X’.The UFC commentators were also in agreement that the Woodson stoppage was premature..
