Mike Davis had an impressive showing against Thomas Gifford at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on Oct. 12 in Tampa, Fla., but the story of the fight wasn’t his performance. Davis put on a serious beating on Gifford , eventually taking him out with just 15 seconds left in the fight. A battered Gifford was in survival mode for the majority of the fight, and had nothing left to give. His corner opted not to throw in the towel, and the referee let Gifford continue. But pioneering referee John McCarthy, like most others, believed the fight should have been stopped before it was, as Gifford suffered unnecessary damage throughout the fight
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