Filed under: News Following an incredibly late stoppage at this past weekend’s Fight Nights Global 63 event in Russia, promotion officials have declared there was an “obvious” referee error and pledged to press for better performances in the future. Former UFC and Bellator fighter Maiquel Falcao (37-10) was dropped early in his April 21 rematch with Russian middleweight prospect Vladimir Mineev (9-1) in Vladivostok, but the bout continued for an excruciatingly long time as Falcao flopped around while being battered relentlessly. Fight Nights Global officials issued a statement to MMAjunkie in which they were quick to point out that the Russian MMA Union is in charge of overseeing the organization’s fights, but that they don’t approve of how the ending of this bout was handled. “We are very disappointed at the referee’s performance during the Mineev vs. Falcao fight,” the statement read.
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