"... Dan stepped in, I got up, I thought I won," recalled Nelson, who went to help Frevola back up thinking the bout was finished. "Then Dan's like 'no get back to your corner.' Nelson believed he was simply being separated from a fallen foe with the bout still complete; his coaches and even his fiancé had entered the octagon."
""We're still thinking we won, we're halfway through the break, they're like 'no, you're going back in.' So we didn't even get the stool, didn't really get a chance to slow down and control my breathing and stuff. We just kind of went right back out into the second round. That said, there's no hard feelings on Nelson's part it seems. It probably helps that the Huntsville, Ontario-born fighter went on to win a unanimous decision, even if robbed of a TKO finish."
Referee Dan Miragliotta appeared to wave off the action with three seconds remaining in the opening round after Kyle Nelson landed several unanswered, undefended blows on Matt Frevola. UFC VP Marc Ratner called the moment a "referee error" on the broadcast, but local athletic commissions control officiating and the fight continued. Nelson and his team briefly believed the contest had ended, with coaches and his fiancé entering the octagon, then were ordered back to resume without a stool or full break. Nelson secured a unanimous decision and expressed no hard feelings toward the referee, looking forward to moving on.
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