As Dallas said, that was more related to strict interpretation of hands-to-face calls. And the loss to white wasn’t a bad loss. I’d take nine more starters just like him at the other weights any day.

What would it take for Mekhi to impress you?

In my eyes and probably the rest of the diehard fans, he’s a cornerstone of our program’s future and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s in the finals in March.

Besides, dude TF’d his opponent pretty quickly today. A pin would have been better but maybe his taped knee precluded him from further impressing you