Manuel Torres wishes Mike Beltran stopped UFC on ESPN 64 fight vs. Drew Dober sooner
MEXICO CITY – A lot was made out of his co-main event knockout win vs. Drew Dober on Saturday, and Manuel Torres himself sits on the side of the fence that says the fight should've been stopped sooner.
'If you look at the replay, I was watching to the referee, 'I'm making a lot of damage to my opponent,' but he didn't stop the fight,' Torres told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a UFC on ESPN 64 post-fight news conference Saturday. 'So I'm a professional. I kept doing it. But yeah, of course I felt my opponent was a little down even before the stoppage.'
'… Just in certain positions, that can happen. Of course in this one, Drew Dober was looking down, so for the referee, it was hard to watch him (and see) if he was out or not. I think they could work a little bit on that kind of thing, but just it's really specific positions.'
A win is a win. Looking at it from nearly every angle and perspective, it was violent and the biggest of Torres' career to date.
'Of course this is my most important day in my career,' Torres said. 'Every time that I fight here in Mexico, I feel this is the most important day of my career. So tonight, I feel that it was really special.'
'Well, UFC just announced a Mexican card on Sept. 13, so of course I want to be part of that event. I feel that I do a lot of things in the name of Mexico. Yeah, for sure, I would like to fight in Mexico again with a top-15 fighter, a top-15 opponent.'
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