Honestly, that's one of the things I hate about freestyle and the criteria deciding matches. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but it seems like it would be tough mat side to immediately know who is ahead if the scoring isn't automatically doing it for you. Especially in a higher scoring match. I had heard the same thing about it being a scorer's error with the caution and that being 2 NLWC guys they were kind of hands off, including possibly throwing a brick during the match.
But I don't know how many times I've watched a match and a late score happens and I have no clue who won until I see it on the screen. I'm doing well enough just to keep up with the score, not who had 4, 2, and 1s vs who had 4, 2, 2, and so on. And in the case of this match, it was obvious in those last few seconds that Lee thought he was losing and Bartlett thought he was winning so that time becomes lost. So the end of the match, in this case only 3 seconds didn't allow for Bartlett to make a last ditch effort.
FS rules still don't make a lot of sense to me sometimes. For example, if a guy is defending a shot and rolls his opponent over giving him 2 for exposure then finishes the move on top, why doesn't he get 2 for the takedown? Yet, if he gets a takedown and exposure he gets for for feet to back. I don't get why they aren't the same thing when the same wrestler ends up on top and in control. //End rant/rambling