There were some good fights with good knockouts in the UFC 224. But the one thing that caught my attention the most was the main event. Raquel Pennington, after the 4th round told her corner she was done. That should have been enough for her corner to stop the fight. Instead they pushed her to keep going and give her all.
The thing is that there was no reason for her to continue. Not only was she losing, and losing clearly, she had not shown at any moment of the fight, a possibility of defeating Amanda Nunes. And going into the 5th round she had to either knock her out or submit her, and none of those things were going to happen, Amanda was in great shape and looking amazing. And Raquel was tire and her nose had been broken toward the end of that round, and clearly had nothing left in her tank.
In most sports, keep going after you're done, is not going have any consequences on your health. But in a fight, sure it can, and probably will. She kept fighting as told by her corner and ended up with her nose leaking badly, destroyed. And received a considerable amount of damage (punches) that were totally unnecessary. I couldn't believe it when I heard them telling her to keep going after she clearly said she was done. For a fighter, a great fighter of that caliber, fighting for a belt, to say "I'm done", means that's it, he/she has nothing left in him/her, and her corner should have known better.
The thing is that there was no reason for her to continue. Not only was she losing, and losing clearly, she had not shown at any moment of the fight, a possibility of defeating Amanda Nunes. And going into the 5th round she had to either knock her out or submit her, and none of those things were going to happen, Amanda was in great shape and looking amazing. And Raquel was tire and her nose had been broken toward the end of that round, and clearly had nothing left in her tank.
In most sports, keep going after you're done, is not going have any consequences on your health. But in a fight, sure it can, and probably will. She kept fighting as told by her corner and ended up with her nose leaking badly, destroyed. And received a considerable amount of damage (punches) that were totally unnecessary. I couldn't believe it when I heard them telling her to keep going after she clearly said she was done. For a fighter, a great fighter of that caliber, fighting for a belt, to say "I'm done", means that's it, he/she has nothing left in him/her, and her corner should have known better.
I couldn’t agree with you more, I think it’s absolutely appalling that not only did her corner not stop the fight but made her continue when she told them she was done.FastOne said:
This reminds of when McClellan fought Benn and McClellan’s corner didn’t protect their fighter and he ended up paying the price.
Weather it’s boxing or mma the corner has the responsibility to protect their fighter. After all it’s fighting and it’s a dangerous sport with serious consequences.
Well, I honestly had no idea who should get the win after the fight ended. Only round clear for me was the last one, which Till won, the other 4 were too close. Wonderboy has to start fighting more aggressive and stop letting the outcome of his fights in the hands of the judges, especially fighting the hometown boy.Poker Orifice said:
509fio said:
Yes. All the hand-slapping, high-fiving .. sigh. Good sportsmanship is one thing & he's definitely got a repuation for being the 'good guy' (nice guy).. 'good sportsman' but he needs to step it up with some killer instinct (hence the suggestion for a shot of test).
Aside from all of that, he clearly won that fight.
I’m looking forward to UFC 225, I’ve been on vacation for 2 weeks and get home just time so I’ll be able to watch the fights.
Most looking forward to seeing if Arlovski is going to continue to be impressive and make another comeback, I hope he will. Also interested to see how Meagan Anderson’s debut goes, from the videos I seen of her she looks good but seems to be very slow but we’ll see Saturday if she’s able to compete.
Most looking forward to seeing if Arlovski is going to continue to be impressive and make another comeback, I hope he will. Also interested to see how Meagan Anderson’s debut goes, from the videos I seen of her she looks good but seems to be very slow but we’ll see Saturday if she’s able to compete.