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Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:25 pm EST

No one takes a knockout smiling like Pete Sell

By Steve Cofield

Wow! That was an ass kicking. Maybe Pete Sell can thank referee Rick Fike for the beating he took over 90 seconds from Matt Brown. Fike blew it earlier in the evening during the Shane Nelson-Aaron Riley fight when he called a quick stoppage. Fellow ref Yves Lavigne was seen shaking his head at the premature ending. Apparently, it stuck in his memory as Brown and Sell entered the cage.

Brown landed two head kicks, one with each leg that rocked Sell and followed it with a left-right combo of punches that floored Sell. The New Yorker looked finished at that moment. Lavigne motioned like he was going to stop the fight, Brown backed off and was shocked when it wasn't called. He then threw the kitchen sink - knees, kicks, uppercuts, jab, crosses, hooks and straight punches - at Sell. Brown looked at Lavigne and threw his hands up to say "stop the fight". Sell was so out on his feet that Brown simply pushed him backwards and he fell to his back. Sell looked up and smiled before Brown had to deliver two more punches right to his grinning grill. Lavigne finally stopped it at 1:32 of the first round.

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  1. Alex
    1. Posted by Alex Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:50 pm EDT

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    damn!!!!!! matt brown beat the crap outta sell
  2. Tee
    2. Posted by Tee Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:04 pm EDT

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    can dana please spend some $$ and either get better ref's or at least train the ones they have better ? sad
  3. robert w
    3. Posted by robert w Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:42 pm EDT

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    yeah sell sucks always has ... but it a great card a night of knockouts
  4. Mr. Big
    4. Posted by Mr. Big Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:00 pm EDT

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    Talk about a mismatch. At least Sell seemed ok but Lavigne needs to be confronted on his decision to keep the fight going after he initially pulled Brown away from the first knockdown.
  5. Mr. Big
    5. Posted by Mr. Big Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:00 pm EDT

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    Or should I say the many opportunities Lavigne had to stop the fight after he let the fight continue.
  6. o
    6. Posted by o Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:43 pm EDT

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    weird...isnt this the ref Dana doesnt like because he lets fights go on to long
  7. Garlo
    7. Posted by Garlo Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:06 pm EDT

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    They need to bring back John McCarthy!!!!!! I know he & UFC had some differences, but he's the best in the business period!!!!!!!
  8. Karl A
    8. Posted by Karl A Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:47 pm EDT

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    Lavigne needs to fired...OK maybe that's a little extreme but at least placed on probation. If Sell had somehow recovered and came back and won the fight it would have been an fuked up.
  9. nino b
    9. Posted by nino b Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:39 pm EDT

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    hands down, fight of the night knock out of the night; period....
  10. Mainevent
    10. Posted by Mainevent Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:50 pm EDT

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    Sell was out of it for almost the whole fight.
  11. Mainevent
    11. Posted by Mainevent Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:50 pm EDT

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    btw, watching that entertaining was hell.
  12. Jimmy D
    12. Posted by Jimmy D Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:50 pm EDT

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    this is for comment #2
    Referre's are assigned by the athletic state commission so its not the UFCs job to train them...
  13. Steven W
    13. Posted by Steven W Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:47 pm EDT

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    is the athletic state commission a bunch of athletic politicians?
  14. MMA4Life
    14. Posted by MMA4Life Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:28 pm EDT

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    I say no refs are needed just collars the fighters wear that can shock them out when you want them to stop.
  15. joet
    15. Posted by joet Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:33 pm EDT

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    I've benn watching from the beginning, when they wore nothing on ther hands., and you'll never guess who was there from the start?. Thats right BIG JOHN McMARTHY I dont know the story between the two,(UFC and JOHN) but if its money give the guy what he wants and LETS GET IT ON!!!!
  16. AikiJoe
    16. Posted by AikiJoe Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:56 pm EDT

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    Man, that was a horrible call by the referee. Damn glad that Pete Sell didn't get taken out on a stretcher for that dumb ass call by the Ref! I hope some kind of statement is made by the Ohio Commission about the ref's poor performance...
  17. stimp
    17. Posted by stimp Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    How bout getting Big john back from Affliction...What happened there anyway ? Did they offer him more money ?
  18. stimp
    18. Posted by stimp Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    I don't even buy the fight's anymore...they are too expensive to purchase twice a month. I think they need to lower the price so more people will watch.
  19. Christina
    19. Posted by Christina Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:11 pm EDT

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    yea they wern't bad at 30 bux a piece . and they had good refs then . Dana u suck
  20. Mainevent
    20. Posted by Mainevent Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:50 pm EDT

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    Matt Brown by murder
  21. colin c
    21. Posted by colin c Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:50 pm EDT

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    This fight was an embarrassment.
  22. Michelle M
    22. Posted by Michelle M Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:05 pm EDT

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    holy fricken crap!!!!
  23. Easy E
    23. Posted by Easy E Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:51 pm EDT

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    Comment #2: Dana White has nothinf=g top do with the referees. It is whatever state's athletic commision who provides the referees, not the UFC
  24. MAX_IN_MISSOURI
    24. Posted by MAX_IN_MISSOURI Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:07 pm EDT

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    I couldn't believe how bad he got beaten......I guess you got to give him props for taking it with a smile though
  25. MAX_IN_MISSOURI
    25. Posted by MAX_IN_MISSOURI Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:07 pm EDT

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    Is there anywhere I can find the video? I caught it live but I didn't notice it was such a ridiculous stoppage as everyone seems to say.....no videos on youtube

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