Thales Leites: "It was his obligation to finish me in the 2nd round"

[jojo]

yea I gained more respect for Thales after he got kneed and he wanted to keep fighting right away and not take any time out.

[229GeorgiaPine]

I didnt know much about him until recently, this interview made me an instant fan.

[OmfgWhiteBelt]

Grats to him for winning by Nate getting points deducted.

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Originally Posted by Warheart

Who is to blame for the point deduction? Marquadt.

I blame the current unified rules...

and Nate.

[deadzone]

Originally Posted by OmfgWhiteBelt

Grats to him for winning by Nate getting points deducted.

at least thales was able to follow the damn rules which nate couldnt. i like the hate thales is getting even tho he had to deal with the illegal strikes.

at sherdog we go apeshit if a fighter doesnt say a perticular thing in the interviews or we dont like their personality outside the cage or ring, buts its ok if your break MULTIPLE RULES in the fight.

[jerbabe22]

Thales has always been impressive to me but man did this performance show his true spirit. He's a real tough dude.

[Andural69]

Someone that admits that they were rocked and out of it after the fact. Amazing. Please see Maynard, karo and Houston as some examples of why my statement was made.

[BellyOnKnee]

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Originally Posted by UW FTW

I was surprised by this fight, as I was unaware that Thales Leites has such nuthugging fans. And I am surprised that so many people are compelled to portray Nate as a dirty fighter. In reality Nate is so quiet and unassuming that he comes across as boring.

It is no surprise though that Lietes doesn't want the rematch. A real warrior would jump at the chance to prove he is the better man, rather than let a controversial win stand. Leites knows the elbow was legal, he knows the knee was unintentional and he knows that slam was 100% his fault. He doesn't want to tangle with that again, and Marquardt probably hasn't lost much of his standing in the MW division.

As to that slam, there is an absurd amount of revision. In reality, the slam had an arc and was therefor legal (Nate pushes Thales about 5 feet back), Thales broke the fall with his hands (so he can hardly claim he was spiked), and the entire situation was Thales' own fault. Thales is not the wrestler that Nate is, and he stupidly held onto Nate's legs way too high. Nate responded by trying to lift him, and Leites responded like an amateur. Any decent wrestler would have immediately sprawled and move his hold on Nate's legs lower. This would have dropped his center and prevented Nate from picking him up. Leites stupidly held onto Nate and let his ass get tossed head over heels. In greco he would have immediately lost. It is really difficult to blame Nate for Leites' poor wrestling. And what did you want Nate to do? Should he have set down Leites nicely? If you are stupid enough to get your ass lifted head over heels, you can't really complain about the other guy.

Once again, the throw was completely badass and completely legal. Any throw with an arc is considered legal and is not considered spiking an opponent (spiking implies a linear motion). Nate manhandled Thales, Thales is crawling away with the W and he doesn't want the rematch anytime soon.

quite the warrior spirit.

Hahaha, good thing blaming the illegal move on Leites not know how to wrestle. guess the knee was his fault too due to he should know that it was coming and therefore stood up.

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