C.B. Dollaway tapped out in his fight with Amir Sadollah. That seemed clear to everyone but Dollaway following the bout. His vague protest of the stoppage seemed to be rooted in the belief that just tapping once wasn’t really a tap. That’s basically the MMA equivalent of trying to tell your girlfriend that it wasn’t cheating because it was with a prostitute. In other words, it’s an argument that’s doomed from the start.
In an interview with MMA Weekly, Dollaway kind of owns up to it:
“With the tap, I didn’t fully commit to the tap, but I did hit him once. I guess they ruled that a tap. I thought you had to go on and start tapping out. I did hit him once. Right as I did that, I felt my arm get into a position where I could get out. At that point Herb (Dean) ruled it as a tap out.”
Maybe the reason he felt his arm get into a better position after the initial tap was because Herb Dean stepped in and Amir began to let him go? You know, since by tapping his leg Dollaway indicated that he wanted to stop fighting. That’s usually how it works.
Whether he fully committed to the tap or not, tapping once is the same as tapping a dozen times. It’s a signal that you want to quit, which is why you probably shouldn’t tap at all if you don’t want to quit.
Good for him for sort of owning up to it in a very oblique way though. That’s kind of dignified almost.
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commentsYES cb did tap it may have been only once but he did tap now had the ref been BIG JOHN McCarthy bet amir would have been knocked out. cause heres the thing Amir will not make it in UFC, Why well here's why and it's real simple. no stand-up his stand up sux. his ground sux. take downs sux the ONLY thing he's got going for him is the armbar. Fuck Gerald would have won the figh against amir but amir got a LUCKY knee that's it however the fact. bet matt brown could beat amir if they fought again.
But all this being said I have all the respect in the world for these guys they train hard fight hard and if you give it 110% and you lose then theres nothing else you can do.
Everyone has there good and bad days.
i just hope i catch someone at the bar or streets talking trash bout cb and how he sux and how they could beat his ass cause ill just bvreak their fucking jaw and be like "c'mon let's here you talk shit now BITCH"
so there it is im sticking up for cb cause hes god go look at his previous fight where he knocked a guy out in 17 seconds.
i score the round 10-6 cb dollaway. considering he only tapped once...
In that show there was a character named Nega-Duck. No relation to CB but I thought it was funny.
Those tricky producers ONCE AGAIN tricked CB into referring to himself in third person at the start of the fight night! See guys, he really isn't cocky, it's those damn producers steady trickin' his ass.
I was just praying for a post fight interview with CB. I took the Vegas over/under line of +/-3.5 third person references in the interview. Of course I took the over...that shit would have been money.
-P.S. I tapped once hoping amir would let go and I could get in a better position, I obviously failed due to the fact that Herb Dean saw it and stopped the fight.
what totaly piece of trash, he got GOT just like I knew he would.
maybe CB should change his nickname to "Douchebag McTap"
FUCKING HILARIOUS.
I was hoping Amir was going to give him a fat lower-lip to match the upper. Spot on with the "fool me once..." bit.
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