"Stitch" Duran on stopping Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry
Cutman Jacob "Stitch" Duran explains why he stopped Nate Diaz's fight vs. Mike Perry on the stool.
Video Transcript
I did.
You know, I, I told Nate, you know, one, he ended up with 15 staples, 20 stitches all together, right?
So he, he was beat up.
Mike Perry was, he was too strong for him.
You know, a- and I always look at it as, as a judge goes and, and George, and at that point he was getting his ass whooped.
He, Mike was just too strong, too aggressive, and he was hurting him.
And then, and then Nate broke his finger, you know, kind of like right about here, and he said, "Man, I, I couldn't do nothing."
And, but the cuts were so big, 'cause this one here, it kept pulsating, and it kept going, and then his nose kept bleeding, you know, the sign of maybe a broken nose and all that.
But, he was just I told, I told Goes, I mean, I told Nate, I said, "Nate, I'm gonna have the doctor stop the fight, man.
It's, it's, you know, it's too much blood and, and you keep bleeding, you know?"
And, I know the referee, "Come on, let's go."
I said, "No, no, no, he's not going out."
And then Nate thanked me.
He says, "Thanks, sis," you know?
I said, "Of course, man.
I was there to take care of him."
So that was a proper move.
You know, you don't wanna A- and the thing about it, he said he couldn't see, and that's always the number one.
So yeah, it wasn't a hard decision to make.
