I don't think GSP should've been given crap for tapping to strikes against Serra

[Wilmer Digreux]

I saw gsp on theo vaughns podcast and he talked about how many fans and fighters gave him a hard time for that....for deciding the fight is done and not going out on your shield for no good reason. He says all that got in his head pretty bad at the time. And i remember being on here at the time, and tons of YOU PEOPLE were talking bad about him doing that and how weak it was. So i ask you now.....in hindsight do you not think he clearly did the right thing? Look at the condition some of his contemporaries are in now compared to him. Do you feel wrong for shit talking him now?


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Man i'd be like fuck everybody saying he should've gone out on his shield, YOU go out on your shield! These dipshits are the same ones giving Nick Diaz crap for tapping out against Lawler. Or to anybody that taps to strikes. Sometimes it's the smartest thing you can do.


This culture of being seen as a pussy for saving yourself some permanent brain damage needs to go

 

[RockyLockridge]

There is nothing wrong with tapping to strikes.

 

[loisestrad]

He tapped out. Who cares.

Don't try to make it sound as if it was some kind of COOOOL tapping out.

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Fight another day, its okay.

 

[bongwater]

There is nothing wrong with tapping to strikes.

there is if its a manlet!

 

[humdizzle]

it does look like a pussy move

but in reality its the same as tapping to a sub. he knew he was beat and had no escape.

 

[sdpdude9]

It’s a sport, not a life or death situation. Too many seem to forget that. Sometimes you’re beaten, no shame in living to fight another day.

 

[nonoob]

No shame at all in my book. GSP recognized it was Serra's night.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

The GOAT needn't be embarrassed about anything...










except maybe his recent hairdo.

 

[Clark Rogers]

It's definitely a contradiction to say on one hand you're worried about fighters and their brain health, while on the other raking a guy over the coals for doing something that protected that very thing.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

MMA, both the fans and the professionals involved have a very "just bleed" mentality still.

In some thread with Vadim Nemkov some guy was laughing cause he quit on the stool. Like, in boxing, that is normal.

Guys will get their shoulders dislocated and fight a full fight when they obviously are injured and can't win. Couple weekends ago Kevin Holland injured his rib, and his coach was asking him if he wants to quit a million times instead of just calling it near instantly.

Tapping to strikes is fine. It's admitting you've lost, which fighters already do when they tap to submissions. GSP is smart, most people in MMA are not.

 

[Ibm]

Serra would have damaged him bad if he did not tap.

 

[snaportap21]

I saw gsp on theo vaughns podcast and he talked about how many fans and fighters gave him a hard time for that....for deciding the fight is done and not going out on your shield for no good reason. He says all that got in his head pretty bad at the time. And i remember being on here at the time, and tons of YOU PEOPLE were talking bad about him doing that and how weak it was. So i ask you now.....in hindsight do you not think he clearly did the right thing? Look at the condition some of his contemporaries are in now compared to him. Do you feel wrong for shit talking him now?


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Man i'd be like fuck everybody saying he should've gone out on his shield, YOU go out on your shield! These dipshits are the same ones giving Nick Diaz crap for tapping out against Lawler. Or to anybody that taps to strikes. Sometimes it's the smartest thing you can do.


This culture of being seen as a pussy for saving yourself some permanent brain damage needs to go

The only ones who can give st pierre crap about tapping to strikes are other fighters. I never saw a problem with it, it may look some type of way when others are praised greatly for having heart and continuing to try in those positions, but if it’s okay to tap to submissions it’s okay to tap to strikes.

 

[World eater]

MMA, both the fans and the professionals involved have a very "just bleed" mentality still.

Yes we do.

 

[Sonny Qc]

Who was the ref again?

 

[AmericanMMA]

Only pussies tap to strikes

 

[ThePimblettEra]

Life ain't a movie.
There is no code of honour/samurai shit, that's outdated.

These days people are getting knocked out stiff and turned into a meme across the internet for 20/20, shit is dank.

I'd be tapping to preserve some of my mental faculties - that would be required after I'm done in the fight game (which is relatively early in life, let's face facts)

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

So what.... Fedor tapped , Anderson tapped to both strikes and submissions...

 

[SirRealKiller]

Nothing wrong with tapping to prevent serious injury. GSP was so screwed up he couldn't defend himself and he knew it. No reason to get permanent brain damage.

 

[AmonTobin]

Smart fighter did smart things. Next.