LAS VEGAS – As Norma Dumont watched opponent Irene Aldana’s skin part, she was unsurprised their fight didn’t get stopped due to the gaping gash.
At Saturday’s UFC 306, Dumont (12-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) defeated Aldana (15-8 MMA, 8-6 UFC) by unanimous decision, but a laceration to the latter stole the show.
“Every time I fight, I check who the ref is,” Dumont told MMA Junkie and other reporters through a Portuguese-language interpreter. “Depending on the ref, sometimes I know I can hold the position and they’ll stop the fight. Knowing that was Herb Dean, I knew he was not going to stop the fight. Once I saw that she was cut, that’s why I just kept on hitting because I knew it wasn’t going to be stopped.”
