MMA fighter quits so opponent dont get beat up

[CubanGuyNYC]

Keep in mind this was an amateur fight and a huge mismatch. Saying the guy who was winning needs to find a new sport is a bit over-reacting.

The ref should have stopped it. The guy getting beat on turned his back to his opponent TWICE. That alone fits the definition of 'not intelligently defending yourself'.

Good post. I completely agree. Both Pacquiao and Mayweather have done this. I remember Mayweather did this to Cotto, in I think round 11, he hurt Cotto really bad with an uppercut I think and instead of jumping on Cotto he just backed off completely and let him recover. I can't remember which opponent it was for Pacquiao but it was a complete blowout and Pac kept looking back at the ref as if to tell him to stop the fight... I think it might have been Cotto too..

One vital detail about those May and Pac stories: they both won their respective fights. This kid forfeited the win. There's no comparison. Holmes was beating the piss out of an old Ali and famously motioned to the ref to stop the fight...but he didn't stop ****ing on Muhammad's head. lol

[CubanGuyNYC]

Probably should re evaluate why he is in the sport of beating your opponents ass.

lol Exactly. What's the point of competition? I can understand the kid easing up and cruising to victory against an overmatched opponent. But giving up the win because you feel sorry for him? Time to find a new line of competition, son.

[KaL-EL]

like he said, they werent getting paid for the fight. They must be in the first levels of amateur because amateurs get atleast $200-1000 a fight but in this case they dont get paid.

Great news for him because now he is getting tons of exposure and promoters would want to book him

[Holy Hatred]

Does this look like an MMA forum to you?

[Croyd]

Bad move , when he goes PRO will he tap out to save the other fighters life?
He mustn't have any ambition to go pro if he is forfeiting when he wins.
Why is he in the ring anyway??If your not going to fight to win , GTFO of the sport.

[smoothsmg]

Does this look like an MMA forum to you?

just based off what you said, this is one reason why I miss ESPN boxing message board. We used to have nice conversations about many topics, but I guess that is forbidden here. Sad honestly. It would probably help eliminate the first page being nothing but Manny and Floyd threads.

[1nonlymre]

lol Exactly. What's the point of competition just be realized that there is no money involved her, it an amateur fight. I can understand the kid easing up aging ruising to victory against an overmatched opponent. But giving up the win because you feel sorry for him? Time to find a new line of competition, son.

I get that and I picked your quote but many have a similar sentiment. It should be noted that there is no purse involved and it is an amateur bout. It was a total mismatch, and the winning fighter knew he was a mismatch in high proportion. If a prize fighter does this then shame on him or Shane in the red fornnot seeing the defeated fighter. However, in this case the red failed. Winning fighter was beating the other guy at will and realized he could unnecessarily hurt this guy. Good on him.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Bad move , when he goes PRO will he tap out to save the other fighters life?
He mustn't have any ambition to go pro if he is forfeiting when he wins.
Why is he in the ring anyway??If your not going to fight to win , GTFO of the sport.

Have to agree. Those are not the actions of someone who's fully committed to his sport. I've seen rabid competition in every endeavor and at every level, let alone the fighting sports.

[Holy Hatred]

just based off what you said, this is one reason why I miss ESPN boxing message board. We used to have nice conversations about many topics, but I guess that is forbidden here. Sad honestly. It would probably help eliminate the first page being nothing but Manny and Floyd threads.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of MMA but this site has an MMA forum specifically for threads like this.

[CubanGuyNYC]

I get that and I picked your quote but many have a similar sentiment. It should be noted that there is no purse involved and it is an amateur bout. It was a total mismatch, and the winning fighter knew he was a mismatch in high proportion. If a prize fighter does this then shame on him or Shane in the red fornnot seeing the defeated fighter. However, in this case the red failed. Winning fighter was beating the other guy at will and realized he could unnecessarily hurt this guy. Good on him.

I don't think anyone will argue that this doesn't seem to be a good, kind-hearted kid. I don't think that's really the point, at least not the point worth debating. My belief is that true competitors are, without exception, relentless in their pursuit of winning. Not everyone is a true competitor, and "competing" doesn't make you so. Failing to win (and the lack-of-mindset to relentlessly pursue victory) in other endeavors isn't likely to get you hurt or even killed. But in combat sports, it's potentially dangerous.