LAS VEGAS – The Adam Lopez-Adan Ochoa rematch came to an anticlimactic conclusion Saturday night before it really got started.

Ochoa suffered a nasty gash on his right eyebrow in the first round that led to their featherweight fight resulting in a no-contest following the second round on the Terence Crawford-Shawn Porter undercard at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino’s Michelob ULTRA Arena. An accidental clash of heads caused the cut and Ochoa informed referee Allen Huggins that he couldn’t answer the bell for the third round of this eight-rounder because he couldn’t see.

Lopez felt he was wearing down Ochoa and that Ochoa simply chose not to continue. He had won the first two rounds and was ahead 20-18 on the scorecards of judges Chris Migliore, Steve Morrow and David Sutherland.

“Man, I was just getting started,” Lopez said. “I landed some good shots and was busting him up. He was looking for a way out.”

The 25-year-old Lopez (15-3, 6 KOs, 1 NC), of Glendale, California, had hoped to decisively defeat Ochoa 4½ years after they first fought. The 23-year-old Ochoa (12-2, 5 KOs, 1 NC), of Compton, California, lost that four-round bout by unanimous decision in April 2017 at Marriott Convention Center in Burbank, California.

“This is so frustrating,” Lopez said. “I want to get back in the ring as soon as possible. I’m still ready to take on anybody in the featherweight division.”

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.