Dustin Porier goes too hard in sparring session. Colby is... right?

[Moezao]

Love how sherdoggers want to teach world champions how they should train.

 

[Sakurabaism]

As I remember the documentary, the guy he was sparring was f’ing up at the gym and in life so Dustin tuned him up. At Tim’s approval from the looks of it.

Yes, you got it right sherbro. I'd give your post a like but I got a stupid yellow card.

 

[15089371]

Nah, that was back in the day and I highly doubt he spars like that at a gym like ATT. Also for those that haven't seen the movie, the dude he was beating up had a fight scheduled and literally didn't show up for like 2-3 weeks. The coach told Dustin to test him, to see if he was ready to fight. It was all tough love in the end.

 

[Bilzerian]

This is a full-contact combat sports. What do you expect from it? Wanna be nice? Go to the park, feed the doves

 

[Bovlowski]

This is like 10 years old and was likely put together this way only because the cameras were there filming a documentary.

This is akin to bringing up 10 year old jokes in an attempt to get a comedian canceled.

 

[The Chosen]

kill or be killed

Dustin is one of the realist guys out there and you can tell the dude loves to fight

don't let the nice smile and laid back persona fool you. Dustin is one of the most legit killers in MMA, he's a fucking animal

Then why did Khabib dispose of him so easily?

 

[ccc77]

I guess no one's watched Fightville - the documentary this clip is from. What happened was this poor schmuck was missing gym sessions so the head coach guy had Dustin, the gym enforcer or whatever, beat him up.

 

[SHAZAM]

Looks like light punches, honestly. Just throwing fast but no power behind them. Looks worse than it actually is.

 

[KOPPE]

fake nice

 

[Nightgunner05]

Who cares?

 

[jx820]

Guy runs charity for kids but sparred "hard" one time a decade ago.

Sherdog: "what a prick"

I love this place

 

[NationWideNinja]

Their coach told Dustin to fuck the guy up a bit, to teach him a lesson because he kept slacking and not showing up etc.
Still fucked up, but Dustin was a young guy just following his coach's orders.

Having said that I def see what Colby means with Dustin, and I think hes a lot more douchier and arrogant than he shows.

 

[Tito Tapped]

No.

Most of you probably have never seen sparring and fewer of you actually done it on this sort of level. Are some guys assholes and go too hard? Sure, every gym has them, and you deal with them appropriately. Almost always though you are simply matching the intensity of your partner. These guys were both in it and throwing, everything was totally fine.

 

[Tracav]

Very bad look for Dustin, the angry look says it all

 

[dagfin]

Aren't those guys paid to spar, or is he kidnapping people and beating on them? They choose to be there and can leave if they don't like his sparring.

That's not how it works, in fact the person getting his ass kicked is most likely paying the gym. Imagine your first day in boxing class going against the No.1 contender and he starts wailing on you.. Not fun.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

This is why Conor gets KO'd and gasses, cause Conor goes light and does the bare minimum

Holloway doesn't spar anymore and did you see his last fight?

 

[Gambit MMA]

good ole colby.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

When’s the last time Dustin had a shaved head? Super old video

 

[MyMilk]

This isn’t the clip Colby talked about recently. He showed a clip to Helen Yee of Dustin sparring before the Conor rematch. It apparently shows Dustin knocking out an amateur and screaming «AND NEW!» in his face as the guy lays dazed on the canvas.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

I'd say that was a bit too hard -- not the most egregious intensity, but given his training partner's body language, it seems he could've maybe dropped his level by about 15%. I'd say had he been going with someone closer to his skill level it would be fine, but his partner was either much less experienced or heavily fatigued. If it were wrestling or BJJ, I'd say it was fine, but for striking, especially with MMA gloves, I feel it was a bit much. I don't know the background though -- there may be underlying aspects or context missing; perhaps his training partner uncorked one on him earlier in the session in which case it adds a different dynamic.