Why it’s okay to tap

[Davey Crockett]

To answer this question, we have to ask what MMA represents. If this were a thousand years ago, the losing gladiator could be fed to the lions. In the current sport, and even though MMA encompasses all martial arts, - the ruleset makes it another somewhat limited version of fighting. An mma fight is no longer a hypothetical life and death situation. If you’re in the street and someone starts to try to choke you out, you can bet you’re gonna try to eye gouge or bite or heel to the balls ala Rutten. You're going to try things that will enable you to break free or create a scramble. It's obviously more admirable to go out cold or get your arm snapped like Big Nog in the cage, but in a real life scenario there are other solutions that aren't available in mma, so in this sense, it's okay to tap, because one man has to lose under that ruleset, and the ruleset prohibits any other avenue to survival. It's like trying to triangle choke a guy in real life when he can lift you a couple of feet off the ground, not even rampage powerbomb level and still do serious damage on the concrete. Some things only work on a springy canvas in a cage and fighters are restricted so much that mma doesn't really represent true fighting.

 

[UFC178]

This is where these prefix thingies are annoying because you have people like this that misuse them

 

[Mortal Wombat]

Wtf is this confirmed shit?

 

[AceCooch]

Its ok to tap if she's at least a 7+/10

 

[Olir]

Poking someone in the eye when they have you in an rnc... Ever been in an rnc?

 

[ArabPride99]

#Confirmed

Tapping is for bitches

 

[Paulsp]

Fedor, Anderson, Aldo, gsp, Cain, ect... have all tapped but apparently it’s only funny when Conor does it

 

[Reach4theSky]

This is why its okay to tap..

Shit like that^^, can and will happen..

 

[SimonNova]

Tapping is alright. Admitting that you are a McGargler and that you spend every night crying thinking about your hero getting his ass terraformed is alright too.

 

[Fight Professor]

Conor taps quickly only to win the rematch.

 

[wilKO]

It's ok to tap because this is a sport and their job. They need to prolong it as much as they can to make money for their families. Not tapping can equal serious injury which means no money.

Rumor

 

[octagon888]

paragraphs are not things these days I see.

 

[Breaking]

Of course it’s ok to tap.

But if you parade around pretending to be unbeatable, and your idiot, hero-worshipping, cock-gobbling, fans actually believe that bullshit, and then you get embarrassed and mauled, and then you quit—you bet your ass that you and your horde of irrational fucktards are going to hear about it.

Is normal.

 

[TheMaster]

Idiots who have never trained a grappling art and never been put in a submission hold question tapping.

It is keyboard warrior signature talk.

The issue is really how much do you fight the sub and resist before tapping?
In Mcgregs case if you fly across the ocean to throw a dolly and talk that much shit for months on end, offering your back then tapping to the facelock with no resistance after 3 seconds is gonna get to people.

 

[Erocthadon]

 

[Paolo Delutis]

To answer this question, we have to ask what MMA represents. If this were a thousand years ago, the losing gladiator could be fed to the lions. In the current sport, and even though MMA encompasses all martial arts, - the ruleset makes it another somewhat limited version of fighting. An mma fight is no longer a hypothetical life and death situation. If you’re in the street and someone starts to try to choke you out, you can bet you’re gonna try to eye gouge or bite or heel to the balls ala Rutten. You're going to try things that will enable you to break free or create a scramble. It's obviously more admirable to go out cold or get your arm snapped like Big Nog in the cage, but in a real life scenario there are other solutions that aren't available in mma, so in this sense, it's okay to tap, because one man has to lose under that ruleset, and the ruleset prohibits any other avenue to survival. It's like trying to triangle choke a guy in real life when he can lift you a couple of feet off the ground, not even rampage powerbomb level and still do serious damage on the concrete. Some things only work on a springy canvas in a cage and fighters are restricted so much that mma doesn't really represent true fighting.

Who said it's more admirable to get ur arm broken lol? Or choked out...this is a flawed take on the samurais code of Budo..it has been bastardized over the years to fit whatever narrative but the original warriors believed in no surrender in mortal combat in defense of their shogun or lord..MMA is not mortal combat nor is it in defense of one's lord.. so this does not apply also to me it looks worse if your unable to get up after being attack ..you look more like a bitch when ur left napping on the mat and your opponent walks then tapping and giving props that u were beaten..that's more honourable ..same with getting limbs broken..oh he's so tough because he let his arm get broken?? Lol I believe it's the opposite what an idiot ..now he's never going to be the same and has taken years of qauilty life away from himself or herself ..there's no honour about getting beat this way if your life or someone else's isn't on the line..

 

[FinalConflict2005]

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But his jaw was going to explode!!!

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Fedor, Anderson, Aldo, gsp, Cain, ect... have all tapped but apparently it’s only funny when Conor does it

Conor's taps are way funnier than any of those others guys', to be fair

 

[fecalpoint]

“Confirmed” lmfao. Man this site looks weird now with these retarded thread starters misusing the buttons.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

I really hope the mods come back to reality and get rid of these stupid tags