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Published 09:44 17 Apr 2017 BST
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"I knew he was out, but I don’t stop until the ref stops me," Cummings said after his victory. "It’s a tough thing because I’ve had fights where they’ve tapped, I let go, and the ref didn’t see it. It’s happened to me personally. "It’s one of those where I knew he was out, but some guys play those little games where they’ll start breathing weird, or they’ll do stuff, and you’ll loosen up, and they wake up real fast. Really, I don’t stop until the ref stops me."The win was Cummings' sixth in the UFC and came via his second consecutive submission. The 32-year-old admitted that it is a frightening thought that referees can take so long before saving unconscious fighters but also insisted that he has no choice but to keep fighting until he is sure that the contest is over.
"He was out quite a while, I think, before they stopped it," Cummings added. "I knew I had it immediately, but I was just happy to get it before the bell rang. "I hate it. It scares me. But I don’t stop. You can’t do it."
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