This video from MMA4Today is entitled "MMA Is Not Enough," but it could just as easily be called "The Agony of Defeat." It’s basically four-and-a-half minutes of the saddest, most vulnerable moments in the lives of some of the sport’s best fighters. Remember that Sesame Street video "Everybody Sleeps"? Think of this as the MMA version: Everybody Loses. Except Fedor. For the purposes of this analogy, he’s the shark of the MMA world.
After the jump, another boxing knockout, plus Tiki Ghosn gets tough with Rashad Evans in an "Ultimate Fighter" scene from the cutting room floor.
In case you missed it, here’s Arthur Abraham putting Jermain Taylor to sleep with a hard right hand just fifteen seconds before the end of the twelfth round this past Saturday. Note to the referee: when the guy is lying motionless on the canvas and his arms have stiffened up in front of him, you probably don’t need to count.
We previously made light of Tiki Ghosn’s willingness to act like a tough guy despite not ever winning a fight in the Octagon, but apparently he can do more than just laugh at "Rampage" Jackson‘s jokes. In the extended scene from last week’s episode Tiki challenges Rashad Evans to a sparring match, and then to a fight in the parking lot that Evans is obviously not really going to participate in. Not that it’s surprising, but the level of discourse throughout this argument rarely gets above a seventh-grade level. Gentleman, can’t we make fun of each other like adults? Do we really need to resort to accusing one another of being gay? How about jokes about one another’s 401k’s?
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commentsahahha and you, or other posters at this place HAVE done shit?
yeah armfarmer i was thinkin the same thing ahahha actually dont regret reading a long ass post on this site for once.
I think it would have been worth the fine to sucker punch that stupid mouth of his. I don't like Rashad but I think he would have been in the right to just drop that white dude with a cunt on his face-Tiki-bitch.
Thanks...I just think losing in MMA is worse than losing in any other sport.
I saw your post and was ready to inform you no one's interested in the book you just wrote on here, but that was actually a pretty good read. Really puts what these guys go through in perspective. Nice.
You dedicate your whole life to the sport. In some cases you have been training since you were a child. You train your ass off every day and begin to think you're the best in the world and that you're unstopable. You have an image to promote and protect, you're a fighter after all and people in the public will challenge you or will expect things from you.
You practically starve yourself every single day 3 months prior to a fight yet you are amazingly disciplined compared to other "pro" athletes. Everything that you work for comes down to one day, less than one day, 25 mins or less or 15 mins or less. It may be a good day, it may be a bad day, you may feel light on your feet, you may have diarhea, you may be strong mentally, you may be nervous as hell.
The climax of what you are working for is being watched and critiqued by millions of people who will think you suck if you lose. But you protect your image to the very end. You make your way to the cage, thank god you didn't trip coming up the stairs.
You see your opponent and you think he looks smaller than you remembered. You touch gloves and know you're gonna win and be the 8th hero of the night. Jab, kick, cover, takedown attempt.....you're out...in a flash you are out...on the ground, staring at the rafters with a bunch of annoying people gathered around you. You're embarrassed, confused and in a lot of pain. Your opponent is parading around the ring like he just won the lottery, was this a title match?. Oh yeah, the fans are still here watching. This is the worst moment of your life. A nightmare.
Up next, press conference, media interviews, a trip to the hospital. Paycheck wasn't as big as you remembered. Your fight contract is in jeopardy, sponsors?. You wish you could go home, sleep in your own bed. Where are you again? Vegas...fuck. A hangover, more interviews in the morning. All you wan't to do is start training again and stop talking about the loss. You wan't to get back in the ring as soon as possible to prove that you don't suck...And so it begins again.
Edit: You can see ufc.com and tapout on the ring posts so he it was definitely ufc so he won whatever fight that was. I don't know why that was in there.
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