Nelson: Illegal knee broke Lentz’s eye socket
“It’s the illegal knee that basically knocked Nik Lentz out so he could get his back and hook him,” Nelson…
“It’s the illegal knee that basically knocked Nik Lentz out so he could get his back and hook him,” Nelson told MMA Fighting on Monday evening. “I mean, he was clearly down. That knee broke Nik Lentz’s eye socket, so it was not a soft knee. He took his time, held the back of the head, wound up the knee and then let it go. …It was a super hard knee that ended up doing a lot of damage.”
But the referee for the fight — Ohio’s Chip Snider — didn’t intervene after the illegal blow, which shocked not only Nelson, but also observers at ringside, he said.
“All the other referees were jumping up, guys from the commission were jumping up, I was jumping up. A lot of people were wondering what was going on, why the fight wasn’t being stopped, because it was so blatant. Then the crowd, when they saw the replay, it was doubly obvious to them.”
