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I've never ever been opposed to tapping to strikes. Ending up like Gary Goodridge isn't something one should exactly aspire to
Appreciate that. Times and opinions change, but your contribution to the thread is the real gift.congratulations for making the millionth thread on the topic.
Tapping to an armbar is fine in your opinion despite the fact that the worst thing that can happen is a broken arm
Even if that doesn't happen though you should reconsider your life choices. Pissing people off who probably are going to do better than you in life is a sure way to get absolutely nowhere in life.imagine if you were the big bad bully at school and you get dropped and tapped to strikes to a kid that's 1/2 your size. Yeah, you should transfer schools immediately and never show your face again.
or just beat the shit out of him in the rematch.imagine if you were the big bad bully at school and you get dropped and tapped to strikes to a kid that's 1/2 your size. Yeah, you should transfer schools immediately and never show your face again.
you won the lottery bud you really did.Appreciate that. Times and opinions change, but your contribution to the thread is the real gift.
Also if you're not a casual.... you would notice that tapping to strikes is just about the same as any other TKO these days. Most the TKO's in recent times the guys literally pretend to be more hurt than they are and look at the ref hoping for him to stop it. How is that any less cowardice lol.
Most fighters do pretend to be more hurt than they are though so the ref can stop the fight and they stop taking damage.Nothing wrong with that fundamentally and obviously not fighter is a coward.
However GOAT means something and it's a perfectly legit argument in this case, especially when most fighters don't tapp to strikes.
Anderson tapped to a heel hook.No fighter is a coward. That being said, GOAT means something and indeed you can't be the GOAT while tapping to strikes.
People are speaking about brain damage, but that's what happens when you lose by KO anyway, so it's a lame argument : when hit in the head, fighters usually lose by KO or TKO but GSP tapped.
A submission or a choke are obviously completely different, so not comparable for obvious reasons.
Most fighters do pretend to be more hurt than they are though so the ref can stop the fight and they stop taking damage.
A blood choke has no lasting effect on your future quality of life, but a prolonged episode of blunt force trauma to the brain can quite literally leave you a shell of yourself, in vegetative state, or cause death.
You’ve never competed in Combat Sports or you would know this. I respect tapping to strikes a lot more than tapping to a blood choke.
Most fighters do pretend to be more hurt than they are though so the ref can stop the fight and they stop taking damage.
Just look at contender series where the guys really want the job so badly vs mid/undercard ufc fighters when they get dropped. The contender guys always try to fight back no matter what. Whereas the UFC guys if they feel too far behind will just pretend to be almost unconcious despite being able to turtle up and reduce damage of the incoming strikes (not talking something like Usman where he was completely out but the guys who roll over and cover their face and pretend to be rocked when they're on the ground).
Remember Jiri vs Glover, if Glover was 99% of other fighters on the UFC he would have found like 10 (idk the real number I made that up) opportunities to quit in that fight.
How could you possibly know this? It’s just a silly assumption by some random. So a PRIZE fighter is going to pretend to be hurt so they can lose out on their WIN bonus and a potential PERFORMANCE bonus?! For what?Most fighters do pretend to be more hurt than they are though so the ref can stop the fight and they stop taking damage.
Sure did and I’ll tel you right now.Fine then you'll have to explain why most fighters don't tap to strikes and either lose by KO/TKO while almost all of them tap to submissions/chokes (if still conscious).
Obviously, you know that because you competed in fighting sports