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Ben Rothwell talked to CageReport.net to voice his displeasure over the stoppage during his fight with Cain Velasquez at UFC 104.

"So what, (Velasquez) was punching me, big deal, isn't that what happens in a fight? The reality of the situation is that I was using the cage to get to my feet and which I basically did and then for some reason Steve [Mazzagatti] decides to step in. Honestly, I couldn't believe it. I mean if the punches had some force behind them I could understand it but those were like soft jabs that didn't hurt at all, it was like he was just hitting me to stay busy rather than damage me.

That's is why I wasn't covering up - the punches didn't hurt and definitely weren't doing any damage, at least not enough to slow me down, but then he [Steve Mazzagatti] calls the fight? Please, my grandmother hits harder that that. Maybe it looked bad to those at home and to those who have never trained but I had worked back into standing position and was ready to fire back some of my own, so how bad could the punches have really been?

Come on, if you would have seen me the next day you'd have hardly thought I was in a fight - I woke up the next day with barely a scratch on my face. Look at some fights I have had in my career, I've been in plenty of worse positions and managed to turn the fight around and win.

You know Shogun wasn't the only one robbed that night. So what If I lost the first round by a small margin, all that meant is there were still two rounds up for grabs, my shoulders were just loosening up at the beginning of the second round - the real fight was just getting started.

It is understandable that Rothwell is upset over the stoppage. It was a premature referee stoppage but Ben Rothwell is skipping over one critical fact. In between rounds one and two Steve Mazzagatti told Rothwell that he would stop the fight if Ben continued to take undefended punches to the head.

Also, forgive WKR for pointing out that Rothwell's version of the fight doesn't quite back up the visual evidence. Allow the prosecution to present the following pieces of evidence: Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C and Exhibit D.

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