I'm I the only one who doesn't feel Conor was humble in defeat?

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

He pretended to be humble, but his ego couldn't take it so he kept dropping thinly veiled excuses. It fooled some people, but it's clear he wasn't humble. He didn't beat a much bigger man, he beat an out of shape LW that was getting drunk 12 days before the fight.

Conor was faced with his greatest challenge yet, to be humble, and that challenge knocked him out.

 

[Damon3388]

Why is it so important that fighters are humble in defeat? Why do people care?

Sometimes losses for athletes aren't the soul-destroying, mind-crushing defeats that fans paint them to be. Sometimes athletes aren't especially shaken by it, they just get back on the horse and move on.