Fighter Bashing: (TMMAC) WE Can Do Better

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silentsinger

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Jun 23, 2015
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I'd like to think we're all adult enough to just take it on the chin by now and not get involved in petty squabbles over people we don't know.
 

Dirty Harry Potter

The smartass formerly known as Geezer
Apr 5, 2018
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I didnt read OP but I agree that we can be better at fighter bashing.
What if we call it "constructive criticism" ?

But seriously, if certain fighters are doing idiotic or awful things, I don't think they should be
off limits; just like celebutards behaving badly. But to trash fighters for no good reason
is completely unnecessary . All this goofy Conor/Khabib bs was amusing for a couple
of days , but it's stretched thin and flat at this point. It's obvious that CM has a loose screw
somewhere, and has definitely crossed the line into activities worthy of getting called out
(if not prosecuted!) for , but he's an exception to the rule of most fighters behaving like
reasonable human beings, and deserving to be treated as such .
 

silentsinger

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Jun 23, 2015
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I knink jason73 @jason73 knocked it on the head. Unless there's intentional eye jabbing, trying to choke after the bell, Paul Daley stuff, it should be fair game outside of the octagon if they're being dickheads.
 

Disciplined Galt

Disciplina et Frugalis
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Jan 15, 2015
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Hey all, Splinty is on deployment and I am working a trade show this week w/ customer dinners in the evening + trying to sell our house and purchase a new one. So I’m out of pocket a bit for the next 5-7 days. Hope the members will help police things in our absence.
I'll hold the fort boss.
 

Filthy

Iowa Wrestling Champion
Jun 28, 2016
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i just indirectly referred to Artem Lobov as a member a group of people who could be considered catamites of Conor McGregor.

Is that sufficiently classy and non-specific?
 

Mix6APlix

The more you cry, the less I care.
Oct 20, 2015
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I'd like to think we're all adult enough to just take it on the chin by now and not get involved in petty squabbles over people we don't know.
People in Hell want ice water. Not gonna happen though. :innocent:
 
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If you want to bash a fighter, I suggest going to their gym and pro training, glove or gi up, and get your rounds in..... Otherwise, shut the fuck up... The WHOLE fuck up.

Now like jason73 @jason73 said, if a fighter commits a real world crime, beats their family, does some public opinion shit, than they are fair game, but if it's because you're some bitch ass nut hugger who doesn't like your favorite fighter's opponent.... Shut the fuck up
 

Mix6APlix

The more you cry, the less I care.
Oct 20, 2015
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If you want to bash a fighter, I suggest going to their gym and pro training, glove or gi up, and get your rounds in..... Otherwise, shut the fuck up... The WHOLE fuck up.

Now like jason73 @jason73 said, if a fighter commits a real world crime, beats their family, does some public opinion shit, than they are fair game, but if it's because you're some bitch ass nut hugger who doesn't like your favorite fighter's opponent.... Shut the fuck up
Does training with Carlson Gracie and Jeff Neal's fight team or Pan Am Gold medalist Mike Rose count?
 
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Does training with Carlson Gracie and Jeff Neal's fight team or Pan Am Gold medalist Mike Rose count?
Yeah, I mean if you have issues with anyone in Carlson's fight team, or with Mike Rose, than you can say it to them and work it out with them (I also can refer you to a number of Carlson's black belts is you have issues with them).... If you think a guy like Nate Diaz is a pussy (a statement made several times around these parts by numerous posters), than role out to NDA and say it to his face (or to Randy, Chris, and the crew there).... Point is, rather than being a pussy bitch (a HUGE trend in this forum.... and BTW, NOT saying that you are one, I'm generally speaking here), put your skills where your shit talking is.
 

Mix6APlix

The more you cry, the less I care.
Oct 20, 2015
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Yeah, I mean if you have issues with anyone in Carlson's fight team, or with Mike Rose, than you can say it to them and work it out with them (I also can refer you to a number of Carlson's black belts is you have issues with them).... If you think a guy like Nate Diaz is a pussy (a statement made several times around these parts by numerous posters), than role out to NDA and say it to his face (or to Randy, Chris, and the crew there).... Point is, rather than being a pussy bitch (a HUGE trend in this forum.... and BTW, NOT saying that you are one, I'm generally speaking here), put your skills where your shit talking is.
I have no issues with any of them. It was an honor to have so many of them kick my ass.
 

Mix6APlix

The more you cry, the less I care.
Oct 20, 2015
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Mike Rose had the most beautiful technical jujitsu I have ever seen in person. So smooth. Made it look effortless. Training with him was a blast, always had some Bob Marley or some Brazilian percussion playing instead of hard rock or death metal. There was zero ego at Brujo jujitsu. It was a great environment to learn.
 

Mix6APlix

The more you cry, the less I care.
Oct 20, 2015
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The first time I ever met Mike Rose was at Carlson's gym in Chicago. There was a brown belt who was just destroying everyone. Mike had just gotten back from Brazil, hadnt had a hair cut in years, hadnt shaved in months. He looked like a hobo. He didnt even go to the lockers, he just put his gi on right there giving zero fucks. Then with no warm up, he calls out the brown belt. He could have been reading a book or taking selfies. There are levels to this. He made it look so easy, against a guy who had made it look so easy. It was beautiful.
 

Yossarian

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Oct 25, 2015
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You can't bash fighter, except when...


The above statement is already bullshit. Whether the fighter has done something disreputable is still going to be something subjective to the author of the post in question. It's a rule, or it is not.

If you bash Conor, Jones, or Raging Al for their destructive behavior outside of the cage, don't be a hypocrite. You are a fighter basher or you're not. None of this shifty stuff, own up to it. And take it when people bash your boy, your fighter. Don't be a pussy.
 

HEATH VON DOOM

Remember the 5th of November
Oct 21, 2015
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This is just what we needed. Another thread reminding us about that other place and how shitty it is.

Maybe we should report and punish people for bringing that shithole up.
 

Ted Williams' head

It's freezing in here!
Sep 23, 2015
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I don't think it's hard to distinguish what is fighter bashing and what is simply an opinion.

If people want to call Conor a scumbag for what he did with the dolly, that's not fighter bashing.

If I say I think Khabib pulled a punk move by confronting Artem 30v1, that's not fighter bashing.

Real fighter bashing should no doubt be banned, but I think some of you are just whiners.
 

Robbie Hart

All Kamala Voters Are Born Losers, Ha Ha Ha
Feb 13, 2015
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I remember sparring with Jacob Ortiz after he lost to lee Murray in that street fight. He wanted to learn how to be completely well rounded in all aspects of fighting.....tbh, he was a good student but the head on him m8, i couldn’t ko him and I was telling him “we’re gonna go light m8” and I was teeing-off on him.......I do fighter bash him though....i text him much worse tbh