Fighters excuses

[DOMMA]

Sad to see Francis Ngannou's list of excuses for his last fight. Fighters need to understand that excuses are always lame....always. A couple of gem excuses:

Tito saying he had a cracked skull after losing to Forrest
Rampage saying he was poisoned
Conor saying he broke his foot before the Khabib fight

There is a bunch or horrible excuse - what comes to mind?

 

[usernamee]

I've seen a lot on the dawg lately about Ngannou's excuses and I wasn't aware of any.

Can somebody give me the rundown on what his excuses are?

 

[goOb]

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Johny Hendricks having "the wrong training partners" for the Wonderboy fight

Weili Zhang blaming politics and racism after getting KO'ed by Rose (2 of about 25 excuses for that fight)

 

[Jackonfire]

Jiri accusing Alex of using black magic was a new one.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Can somebody give me the rundown on what his excuses are?

He implied he was drugged because the Saudis didn't want him to win

 

[OldBoy91]

We all love to make fun of some of the more egregious excuses, but the thing is. You absolutely need to be delusional as a fighter.

Knowing you did all the correct preparation, and was the best version of yourself, and still getting beaten, or worse, outclassed, is one of the most demoralising things on the planet.

I actually felt really bad for Marcin Tybura before the Tuivasa fight because he said something to that effect.

Said he really struggled mentally with the Aspinall defeat, as he was the best fighter he'd ever been for that fight, he'd lost weight and was in his career best shape, and he didn't even have a chance to get into the fight. Tom was too fast, too powerful, and too skillful for him to be remotely competitive. He said he had to have a talk with himself about his future because that's the first time he ever lost where he felt he did everything perfect and the other guy was just leagues better than him.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

 

[RockyLockridge]

Jamahal Hill's "I kicked him in the cup, I deserve a reset!" Is a pretty strange one.

 

[markantony20]

Nog’s are legendary.

But the most prolific has to be the foot was a bewloon

 

[RockyLockridge]

Fought a guy twice his size

TREE TOIMES DA SIZE O' ME

 

[usernamee]

We all love to make fun of some of the more egregious excuses, but the thing is. You absolutely need to be delusional as a fighter.

Knowing you did all the correct preparation, and was the best version of yourself, and still getting beaten, or worse, outclassed, is one of the most demoralising things on the planet.

I actually felt really bad for Marcin Tybura before the Tuivasa fight because he said something to that effect.

Said he really struggled mentally with the Aspinall defeat, as he was the best fighter he'd ever been for that fight, he'd lost weight and was in his career best shape, and he didn't even have a chance to get into the fight. Tom was too fast, too powerful, and too skillful for him to be remotely competitive. He said he had to have a talk with himself about his future because that's the first time he ever lost where he felt he did everything perfect and the other guy was just leagues better than him.

Sometimes they're so embarrassed that they insta retire briefly.

See Holland vs Khamzat or Bryce Mitchell vs Topuria.

 

[Shaddows]

Sad to see Francis Ngannou's list of excuses for his last fight. Fighters need to understand that excuses are always lame....always. A couple of gem excuses:

Tito saying he had a cracked skull after losing to Forrest
Rampage saying he was poisoned
Conor saying he broke his foot before the Khabib fight

There is a bunch or horrible excuse - what comes to mind?

I really don't understand this.
Yes, things go wrong during camp.
Fighters get hurt and brave on, etc.

It is not an excuse if he wins, but it may be a factor of why he lost!

And fighters are the ultimate competitors. They will list EVERYTHING they think may have affected him, and try to avoid it going forward.
And their brain are still processing the loss, finding things that maybe are not there... it's fucking natural!
It's the way all of us think!

So I never understood why people in here feel somehow superior to someone else who fought, lost and is searching for answers himself.

 

[pamirec]

“70% of this game is half excuses”- KenFlo.

 

[cws80us]

The worst is when they say, "I don't want to make any excuses but..." Then they proceed to make excuses lol. I guess these guys in their head just don't ever think they're going to lose, so when they do, it's hard to process. But, they always just end up looking like a fool when making lame excuses.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

I had a bad training camp , injury or staph - every fighter who has lost

 

[dildos]

He implied he was drugged because the Saudis didn't want him to win

This. Ngannou is full off shit.

Such a unsavoury character.

 

[jx820]

Nog’s are legendary.

As much as I loved Nog, the Mir one was the best because Nog was so respected and the Pride > UFC narrative was so ingrained the the fans that it was taken as fact. It was a certainty that Nog would win a rematch.

And to be fair for a moment it looked like he would. Right up until Mir reversed him and ripped his shoulder out.

Greatest rebuke of an excuse, and serving of humble pie I've ever seen. I hate seeing Nog lose, Hate seeing Nog injured, but I LOVE watching obnoxious fans come crashing back to reality.

 

[HHJ]

Fuck this thread.

Why don't you write out a stock list of the only things a fighter is allowed to say when asked how they though the fight went. Since it'd all be the same we can basically do away with interviews entirely

 

[HHJ]

Does it go like " I had the best camp of my life no injuries, he was just better than me, back to the drawing board"

Something like that?