Pennington's corner 100% did the RIGHT thing. Stop whining.

[Siesta]

I see a lot of people whining about the fact that Pennington's corner wouldn't let her quit. Ariel is on Twitter crying about it like someone's grandmother.

For some reason people forgot that this is the fight game, and one of the main jobs of a coach is to motivate their fighter and get them through adversity. It's a gruelling sport and fighters will reach the point where they want to quit in camp and in fights, and a good coach gets them through that.

There's no reward without risk, and if you're not willing to risk it in a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT, when will you risk it? Obviously their risk did not pay off, but they did the right thing in sending her out there. Hindsight is 20/20, but if Pennington managed to pull off a victory, they'd be legends right now. Guys like Angelo Dundee and Teddy Atlas became legends with their motivational corner work that willed their fighters into territory they probably couldn't reach themselves.

If this was a male fighter challenging for a title, and he went back to his corner and said "my nose is broken, I'm done", he'd get CRUCIFIED by the fans, but because it's a woman, everyone is acting like someone's grandma. Get over it.

I gaurantee you Rocky will be glad she went out on her shield instead of quitting in the corner. I think she deserves major props for soldiering on.

Hey smart guy, if a fighter has no more and is sent back out, they can get seriously hurt and shorten their career. There was no point going back out, she had nothing left. Not everyone can take a beating and comeback to win the fight. And those who have, I guarantee they weren't asking to stop the fight.

 

[thewhiterooster]

if Pennington was really DONE, she shoulda woulda coulda just REALLY said she's done. this whole argument is not "on" the coaches. it's on Raquel. if Raquel wanted to end the fight, she coulda shoulda just ended it. ultimately she's the boss.

 

[Zanmato]

The corner are there to make sure she gets out safely, and offer adhoc advice to her to help her do that. They are not there to decide that she goes out and take another beating that she does not want to face.

They want to line their own pockets pushing her as a "warrior". They should be fired, if they haven't been already

 

[th Fireball Kid]

They just white knighting for her. If it were a man in there, they’d call him a pussy

 

[catnap]

Terrible decision

 

[PurpleStorm]

LOL holy shit just woke up here (UK) did she really say she wanted to give up over a broken nose?

Good god thank goodness i didn't waste my beauty sleep to watch this

No. Watch the whole fight.

 

[Sean]

Whats always separated MMA from the brutality of boxing is the ability of a fighter to quit without penality. If she had been in the fight and was one round from a win it would be understandable. But down four rounds with a broken nose this is reminiscent of UFC 2 and Scott Morris cornerman.

 

[Rvd Slmr]

I can understand both sides. Pennington said she was done but title shots are hard to come by and Nunes has questionable cardio

Nunes was very obviously the fresher fighter all fight long. She hasn't gassed or slowed down in quite some time.

 

[Head Movement]

She was mentally broken already, Corner should have saved her from a further ass whooping and got her out.

 

[Bubba32]

I didnt pay 65 dollars so a fighter could quit on the stool. If you really want out tap. Otherwise get out there and go out on your shield.

lol at the candyass media crying over this.

 

[The Witcher]

Yeah its WMMA, nobody cares

 

[puppybird]

WMMA is like prostate cancer.

It might be there but you don’t want to check for it

 

[Jbulldog1x]

That's a tough one. She might regret later quitting on the stool but at the same time she went back out and got whooped. Kinda torn on this one... when do you let your fighter quit to protect themselves and when do you push them to finish the battle that they aren't going to win.

Raquel at least can accept the loss with no regrets. No, "maybe I could've won if I went out there" lingering in her brain for years to come. I can see how the guy said to power through, in the end, good decision in a bad situation. What does not kill me only makes me stronger.

 

[CBohl]

I didnt pay 65 dollars

 

[Mr hanky]

I didnt pay 65 dollars so a fighter could quit on the stool. If you really want out tap. Otherwise get out there and go out on your shield.

lol at the candyass media crying over this.

Yeah, I heard her corner saying after 4th round: "Raquel listen to me, Bubba32 paid 65 dollars for that shit, so go there, get mauled and come back on your shield and pronto"

 

[MayhemMonkey]

 

[smiles mma]

$65? I watched it for free and still skipped that shit

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

If you paid $65 for this PPV, then the joke's on you, my friend.

Raquel got beat on and outclassed for four rounds. The corner should have stopped it once she said she wanted to be done. There's a difference between giving up and knowing you're beat.

 

[HEADSTONES]

Bruh...

All respect to Parillo. He looked after his guy. And it was easily worth the $50 I think the price was back then.

 

[IJ25]

The poor girl deserves head trauma because OP was stupid enough to pay for that shit.

Sound logic son.