Ben Askren vs. Ryan Thomas - Round 1 - Thomas throwing jabs and straight rights early. One-two combo lands for Thomas, he tells Askren to bring it so Askren takes him down. Askren falls right into a deep triangle but manages to work his way out. Thomas going for a heel hook and Askren collapses on him into half guard. Looking for the darce now and Thomas escapes. The ref stops the fight while Thomas is in a modified neck crank. Thomas is fine, he didn't tap and he wasn't out. Why would a ref stop that fight? It was competitive and Thomas was not tapping. The ref makes a big show in front of Thomas about announcing that it was a submission. That's awful reffing, just awful, awful reffing. Ben Askren wins by submission, round 1.
Ref should have his license revoked permanently
