Manuel Torres reacts to criticism of referee stoppage over Drew Dober knockout

Manuel Torres and referee Mike Beltran | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

Manuel Torres scored the biggest win of his career at UFC Mexico, but the finish was not without controversy.

It wasn’t a question of whether Torres deserved his first-round knockout win over Drew Dober, as Torres had Dober badly hurt with a right hand and made sure to seal the deal with a series of thudding hammer fists. But the timing of the stoppage caused some criticism to be directed at referee Mike Beltran.