Yin and Yang: Moments of Colliding Energies

[WoozyFailGuy]

What are your favorite moments of two opposing energies colliding? Moments like when Conor met his match in Nate Diaz, as the verbal sparring had absolutely no effect on Nate's cognitive function.


Or moments like Luke Rockhold being short circuited by Bisping,


All time classic in Tito not being scared of being beat into a living death by Ken Shamrock

 

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[fedorthegoat777]

I think that by the time you become a professional fighter, verbal sparring makes no difference to any fighter and is only done to increase ppv sales.

 

[Bob Sagat]

verbal sparring makes no difference to any fighter and is only done to increase ppv sales.

take your avatar down for such an embarrassing take cmon man

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

What are your favorite moments of two opposing energies colliding? Moments like when Conor met his match in Nate Diaz, as the verbal sparring had absolutely no effect on Nate's cognitive function.


Or moments like Luke Rockhold being short circuited by Bisping,


All time classic in Tito not being scared of being beat into a living death by Ken Shamrock

 

[fedorthegoat777]

take your avatar down for such an embarrassing take cmon man

You really think a guy who either excelled in some form of martial arts or little street fights, did well, then joined the amateur ranks and then did well enough to become a pro fighter and then fought well enough to be a pro fighter in the biggest stage. And then beat more champions to make it to the main stage is really going to go home scared because someone like Conor makes some witty wise cracks at a press conference? Really??

Fighting a great champion in the cage doesn't scare them, but some jokes and a mean mug crushes the spirit.

Hopefully these fighters never go on Sherdog and find mean comments about them, they would certainly be completely deflated and retire with a crushed spirit.

 

[Bob Sagat]

You really think a guy who either excelled in some form of martial arts or little street fights, did well, then joined the amateur ranks and then did well enough to become a pro fighter and then fought well enough to be a pro fighter in the biggest stage. And then beat more champions to make it to the main stage is really going to go home scared because someone like Conor makes some witty wise cracks at a press conference? Really??

Fighting a great champion in the cage doesn't scare them, but some jokes and a mean mug crushes the spirit.

Hopefully these fighters never go on Sherdog and find mean comments about them, they would certainly be completely deflated and retire with a crushed spirit.

speaking of conor, don't you find it funny that he stopped training with ido portal after nate sizzled him with the 'touchbutt in the park' line?
or that aldo didn't totally lose his cool in the first few seconds of the conor fight?
or that even the famously stoic khabib lost his composure because of trash talk and flew out of the cage marring his career defining win?
that's the three easy ones from conor, but other fighters lose their cool all the time too. it's such a cartoonishly impossible statement to say that professional fighters aren't affected by trash talk.

 

[Johnnny]

 

[fedorthegoat777]

speaking of conor, don't you find it funny that he stopped training with ido portal after nate sizzled him with the 'touchbutt in the park' line?
or that aldo didn't totally lose his cool in the first few seconds of the conor fight?
or that even the famously stoic khabib lost his composure because of trash talk and flew out of the cage marring his career defining win?
that's the three easy ones from conor, but other fighters lose their cool all the time too. it's such a cartoonishly impossible statement to say that professional fighters aren't affected by trash talk.

My definition of "Affected by trash talk" is saying things to a fighter that is going to change the outcome of a fight.

Obviously a fighter will change how they behave as a result of said talk.

The touch butt in the park line was epic, and of course that changed, it looked silly, no impact on the fight.

Of the 3 conor examples you provided, Khabib smashed Conor and barely said anything. Diaz won the first and some say the second, and Aldo got knocked out cold. No rematch.

Sure the touch butt game disappeared and peoples feelings got hurt, but the results of the fight stayed the same.

I will concede that if a fighter is able to get his opponent over emotional so he makes mistakes while he plays it cool, could be used as an advantage, but this same tactic can be used as a disadvantage. Picture a worked up Khabib training extra hard in camp or a Floyd who is going to stick to his game plan. Did trash talk impact him?

 

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[fighters_respect]

My favourite press moment
Cejudo with the snake Arghh

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

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"Protect yourself at all times"

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Unstoppable force meets immovable object.

 

[Uber_Noober]

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[Egészségére!]

Gaethje put a little extra in that follow up for that Homer Simpson comment