Media 'That's not who I am': Igor Severino apologizes for bite, hopes one mistake doesn't define career

The reaction to this has been deranged and hysterical, which should be expected from MMA fans. It was a really bad, shitty thing to do and he deserves a lengthy suspension.

But it's a fight. People can snap. The bloodlust to see this guy ruined forever is a bit much.

We have fighters who we all know deliberately cheat in basically every fight, including threatening the vision of their opponents.

To jump from doing absolutely nothing about repeated dangerous fouls vs outright crucifying a guy for a bite seems like nobody has really thought their moral outrage through.
 
Dr Fong said:
The reaction to this has been deranged and hysterical, which should be expected from MMA fans. It was a really bad, shitty thing to do and he deserves a lengthy suspension.

But it's a fight. People can snap. The bloodlust to see this guy ruined forever is a bit much.

We have fighters who we all know deliberately cheat in basically every fight, including threatening the vision of their opponents.

To jump from doing absolutely nothing about repeated dangerous fouls vs outright crucifying a guy for a bite seems like nobody has really thought their moral outrage through.
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I think part of the reaction is trying to gauge what Dana will do lol

My guess is he will be arbitrarily banned from the UFC forever because Dana White just randomly does that from time to time.
 
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Either it's a first episode of batshit insanity, and then I can't begin to imagine how devastated and lost he must be ; or he knew that he wasn't exactly stable, but still tried. No point in blaming him eternally.
 
BEATDOWNS said:
Mickey Gall took a bite out of Diego i guess you didn't see that one.

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wait, Gall lost against post prime diego? damn
 
Well, now that I think about it... Didn't Luis Suarez continue to play for Barcelona and Atletico, despite having fucking beaver teeth for a weapon?

It seems to work like that, when you're a nobody it's an instant perma ban and otherwise it's always "that's not really him, we've had a serious discussion about this and everybody deserves a second chance".
 
Siver! said:
I think part of the reaction is trying to gauge what Dana will do lol

My guess is he will be arbitrarily banned from the UFC forever because Dana White just randomly does that from time to time.
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Of course. The wife beater is a hypocritical cunt. A no-name guy like this gives him a chance to thump his chest and assert hia arbitrary authority. The idea that one of his slaves will suffer from his decisions wouldn't even cross his mind.

And of course nobody in the MMA media will dare ask if it makes sense that a man who beats his wife in public received zero punishment yet a biter is blacklisted forever.
 
Final Say said:
I think our modern society needs to be a lot bigger on second chances. People do dumb shit, we shouldn’t crucify them. Not worth it.
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listen, i get it about compassion and all that, but these days it seems like bad actors don’t fear consequences. we’re in an age where people who follow the rules get shafted because people who break them get off easy. this guy made a decision that fucked up his ufc run. as bad as it is for him, it’s a slap on the wrist. everyone should learn from him. don’t bite in fights. frankly i wish they’d do this with eye pokers.
 
Dr Fong said:
The reaction to this has been deranged and hysterical, which should be expected from MMA fans. It was a really bad, shitty thing to do and he deserves a lengthy suspension.

But it's a fight. People can snap. The bloodlust to see this guy ruined forever is a bit much.
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Not all MMA fans are out for this guy's blood.

I had no problem with it, myself.

Did Chomporino get a little hungry and bite the guy? Sure he did, but, look, we've all been there.

And that was a card that had been a whole lot of stinker fights with guys getting in there and just point fighting. But oh, let's get rid of the guy who was actually trying to do some serious damage? I think not.

For his efforts, I would have given Chomporino a bonus, and either a fight night main event or a co-main on a PPV. In my eyes, he earned at least that much.

I'll be following Chomporino's career outside of the UFC, and I eagerly look forward to his next meal.
 
TCE said:
Igor Severino’s life isn’t the same as it was one week ago.

As of now, the 20-year-old ex-UFC fighter doesn’t know if it’ll ever be even similar after he bit opponent Andre Lima during their March 23 fight at UFC on ESPN 53 in Las Vegas.

The highly unusual and flagrant foul disqualified him from the bout, cost him his spot on the UFC roster, and made international headlines far beyond the combat sports bubble.

“It’s been crazy – some crazy days,” Severino told MMA Junkie, through an interpreter, as he spoke on the incident for the first time publicly since it happened. “One day, I was fighting in the best promotion in the world. I was making my dream come true. The next moments, I’m banned from the promotion.”

Severino’s face appeared all over social media as the video went viral. His accounts were flooded with comments and messages, many of them unpleasant.

Severino remained out of the public eye and ear over the past six days until now, as he processed why and how he did what he did. Severino said he still hasn’t figured it all out, and isn’t sure he ever will.

“I come from humble beginnings,” Severino said. “I’ve been working since a very young age. I left my home as a teenager to come over to train and to get here. Then, to see all of this go away and in the way it did, it’s something that is not part of me. It’s not who I am as a person. That’s not who I am as a fighter. I just feel very regretful. It makes me very emotional and sad about it.

“My dream became a nightmare overnight. I’m very regretful to my opponent. I apologize to (Lima), to Dana (White), to the Nevada Athletic Commission, to Sean Shelby, who spoke to me after the fight, to Mick (Maynard) – everyone in the organization – and the fans. Sorry to everyone who was watching that on TV. They didn’t deserve to see that.”


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The fact that this is so rare in MMA, even when tempers are hot and adrenaline is pumping and guys are laser focused, tells me that this is exactly who he is
 
Dr Fong said:
The reaction to this has been deranged and hysterical, which should be expected from MMA fans. It was a really bad, shitty thing to do and he deserves a lengthy suspension.

But it's a fight. People can snap. The bloodlust to see this guy ruined forever is a bit much.

We have fighters who we all know deliberately cheat in basically every fight, including threatening the vision of their opponents.

To jump from doing absolutely nothing about repeated dangerous fouls vs outright crucifying a guy for a bite seems like nobody has really thought their moral outrage through.
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It's the difference between sanctioned and the street...If it's allowed then state it. Be a pro or go to bum fights.
 
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