For those of you that don't know, I am a fight fan. My wife I watch the sport all the time. (Increasingly, we are watching more MMA, Mixed Martial Arts)

Tonight was the Zab Judah & Joshua Clotty fight on HBO. The fight was highly touted as a must win for both 30 year old contenders. Judah mentioned in the prefight that a lost would be tragic for him at this stage in his career.

It seems Judah has wasted away a potentially great career by not fully committing himself to the sport and the opportunities he has had. A former champion, he definately has the capabilities of rising to the top again.

Clotty, a rough and tough, defensive specialist really needed a win versus Judah to potentially get another fight agains Antonio Margarita. Margarita is coming off a big knockout win versus Miguel Cotto last week.

The battle began with Judah begining well and fighting Clotty. Clotty displayed his defensive abilities and eventually began to take Judah apart in the middle rounds of the fight. It seemed that the fight was going to end in a dominate fashion for him.

Well, in the 10th round Judah received a cut over his right eye that seemed not to effect him very much. I will admit that it was in a nasty location, but he could have continued.

The ref asked him how many fingers he was holding up and Judah said, "Three!" LOL! I began laughing and looking at my wife because the ref was holding up two fingers. Judah didn't have blood in his eye, but he had Clotty in his head.

Judah was done fighting and didn't want anymore. He quit! It was a terrible moment that will cap off his career. It is said because as Max Kellerman said during the broadcast, this was the hardest Judah has fought in years. It really seemed like he wanted to win this fight and get his career back on track.

Unfortunately, he fought an opponent that was bigger, better, stonger, and willing to keep fighting for all 12 rounds. Judah gave a solid 5 rounds and expected to win. When Clotty didn't whither and continued to fight, Judah took the opportunity to bail out of the fight.

You may be wondering: WAS THE CUT A RESULT OF A HEADBUTT?

Not a chance! It was obvious that Judah caught a left and right hand, the cut appeared, and Judah backed away clutting his eye.

In my opinion, he gave it his best shot. Clotty was beating him up. The cut happened and Judah took it as an opportunity to get out of the fight before he got knocked out.

Zab Judah is soft and Clotty exposed him. It has been a nice career for Judah, but now he will live in the realm of the above average fighters and not that of a champion.

As for Clotty, he is on the rise. If Magarita gives him another shot at the championship, he will have all he can handle.