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Originally Posted by bgl
You would never hear anything like this out of Wand's mouth. Or Forrest's. Or Nog's. Or...the list goes on. If at any point a fighter decides his goal is to constantly backpedal just in order to avoid getting knocked out, he should give a verbal tap. Period. With a gameplan like that, the "fight" in the truest sense of the word is over. Running out the clock (literally) is insulting to the fans who paid hard-earned money to see a f-i-g-h-t.
I'm not a fighter. I've never been a fighter. None of that matters, because the situation is simple.
The market allowing MMA fighters to do what they love for a living exists because of the fans. You, the fighter, are the provider of services; the fans are the consumers. If you can't provide what the consumer wants to pay for, you're in the wrong business.
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I couldn't have summed up the last paragraph better, great post!