Radach is appealing his loss to Scott Smith in their Strikeforce fight on April 11. I am already upset by this because anyone who disagrees with Herb Dean disagrees with me. I am sure this is talked about all the time, but honestly was his dad Nostradamus. How perfect is it that his name is Herb.
Regarding the fight, Radach is appealing it on two accounts. First, he believes Smith illegally grabbed the fence to get out of a guillotine choke. Second, he thinks Herb called it too early and he was not knocked out. The fight was amazing and having Smith, who was losing the fight, go for broke in the third and pull off the knockout was awesome. As a fan I was very happy with the fight. However, I do not remember if Mr. Dean had stepped in too early so I will leave the second part of his appeal alone.
Grabbing the fence not only happened, but was a great move by Smith and there is no basis for an appeal. He should have been docked a point, but that would not change a knockout. If a fighter is about to tap or lose a fight he should do everything he can to save himself. I am sure Smith would take a point off his scorecard to continue the fight. It is no different than a college defensive back laying out a receiver to pick up a 15 yard penalty as opposed to a 50 yard gain/touchdown. Radach's appeal has no validity because stopping the fight early is subjective and grabbing the fence was just a smart move.
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