MMA stars vent their frustrations with UFC referee after he waved off Alex Pereira’s bout with Jiri Prochazka in the second round

• Fans are furious with the early stoppage in Alex Pereira’s bout with Jiri Prochazka
• The fight was stopped just four minutes and eight seconds into the second round
• How do you get the biggest fight for an ailing AJ without huge risk? The Hook 

UFC fans are furious with referee Marc Goddard after he stepped in to wave off Alex Pereira’s bout with Jiri Prochazka on Saturday evening. 

Pereira and Prochazka went toe-to-toe in a highly anticipated bout at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night. 

However, fans were left feeling somewhat disappointed when the fight was stopped just four minutes and eight seconds into the second round. 

They felt as thought Goddard stepped in too soon – despite the fact had taken several hooks and a flurry of elbows to the head. 

However, Prochazka had no objections to the referee’s interjection and actually admitted to being ‘out’ when he took the punishment from Pereira. 

UFC fans are furious with referee Marc Goddard (centre) after he stepped in to wave off Alex Pereira’s (right) bout with Jiri Prochazka (left) on Saturday evening

The fight was stopped just four minutes and eight seconds into the second round

Pereira was delighted with both his performance and the result – having secured his second title win in four octagon bouts

Supporters took to social media shortly after the fight to vent their frustrations, while Merab ‘The Machine’ Dvalishvili called the early stoppage ‘bulls***’. 

Dvalishvili took to X to write: ‘BULLS**** EARLY STOPPAGE!!! MARC GODDARD DOES IT AGAIN!!! WE ARE FIGHTERS, LET US FIGHT!!!’

American featherweight Lando Vannata added: ‘In a fight like that, just let us die in there. That stoppage was wack af.’ 

Terrance McKinney was equally as frustrated and said Prochazka would be frustrated with the decision from the referee. He Tweeted: ‘Happy Alex won but that was definitely an early stoppage’.

While one fan wrote: ‘That was way too early a stoppage!!!’, another added: ‘Well damn. Great touch by Pereira….BUT… That was an early stoppage. Bad call Dan. Nice patience and positioning by Poatan.’ 

Meanwhile, Nicolas ‘Danish Dynamite’ Dalby agreed with the decision. He wrote: ‘I would have love to see 2 seconds more but from the instant replay seeing how Jiri collapsed I think it was the right call by Goddard!’ 

Nevertheless, Pereira was delighted with both his performance and the result – having secured his second title win in four octagon bouts.  

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