Borschev vs Hooper: Was that a tap?

[Only Here for Attachments]

Actually watched this entire fight and didn't see anyone discussing the end. Looked like one to me, but Borschev seemed to immediately go back to pushing or Chase's hip to escape. His corner didn't think so either.

 

[Neck&Neck]

I’ve seen in past fights guys doing a little tap here and there all the time when locked in a sub
So why didn’t all those fights get stopped
Not a fan of the single tap

 

[Substance Abuse]

Whether it was or was not, I don't think much about that fight was going to change if it continued. Slava couldn't defend the TDs. Hooper was cutting through that guard like butter. Slava was taking damage and barely hanging on. Whether it be sub or club, a finish for Chase seemed like an inevitability.

 

[Siver!]

I didn't think it was a tap at all, but I also don't believe it made much difference.

Borsh got absolutely mauled, and showed nothing in R2 that suggested starting standing in R3 would have made any difference.

One of the most comprehensive beatdowns I can recall, a complete out-classing.

 

[Elvis.]

No , it should necessitate more than one touch or tapping motion. Also he was in a choke , ref easily could have let it play out for a few more seconds without risking injury

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

not sure but it was definitely one of the worst performances in ufc history from borschev

 

[TommyBikes]

He absolutely tapped. It was only one but that hand was poised and ready for a few seconds prior

 

[Duke Kensington]

It looked like a tap on the broadcast on the replay it didn’t look as convincing. Really doesn’t matter too much he got beat very badly

 

[FreedomCricket]

Definitely not a tap.

 

[kingmob6]

it was a fap

 

[TheToneZone]

He absolutely tapped. It was only one but that hand was poised and ready for a few seconds prior

End of story. It was obviously a tap. He tapped.

 

[RockyLockridge]

He tapped, he tried a brazillian.

Where he tapped, he had absolutely no real reason to tap there.

 

[GrantB13]

I'd say no. If you're gonna tap once you gotta do it very clearly like Fedor on Werdum; hover the hand, one solid tap, and return the hand to the same position you initiated the tap with. If it looks like the fighter taps once and continues to move and defend the choke it might not have been a tap. I can see how it could've been a fakeout though.

 

[fortheo]

Don't know, but I look at it as a mercy stoppage anyways. That fight was getting hard to watch.

 

[marvinparsons]

That was close enough to a tap, during a sub, after getting a beatdown for 2 rounds, that I think it's on Slava Claus if it was an accident.

I think he might have been getting ready to tap, then thought twice or something.

The refs can't read your mind. Don't do anything resembling a tap.

 

[Muay Thai #1]

No, it wasn't. Hooper didn't even get a chance really lock it up yet

 

[MitMcl]

I thought it was an obvious tap.

 

[whocares]

Nah, incidental contact. Who the hell taps once anyway? If I'm a ref I need to see that motion at least twice to be sure. He's essentially just making contact with the opponent. He may have been getting his clock dusted but that's always a shit way for a fight to end.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

I'd say no. If you're gonna tap once you gotta do it very clearly like Fedor on Werdum; hover the hand, one solid tap, and return the hand to the same position you initiated the tap with. If it looks like the fighter taps once and continues to move and defend the choke it might not have been a tap. I can see how it could've been a fakeout though.

I have to agree with this assessment. Looks like he did a single tap as a fakeout. I would have preferred the ref let him clearly submit in a choke with no arm or leg at risk.

 

[Black Blood]

Even if he didn't tap, he definitely should have.