For those who haven't seen UFC 229 yet: SPOILER ALERT!
Tony was amazing, as always, congrats brother! The forward pressure, being on the offensive the whole time, switching stances, throwing those "jump from the fence"-punches (I believe they are hooks), really great stuff. I'll talk about this a little bit more in the other thread.
Anyway, the main reason I made this thread here is to talk about what we can learn from some of the stuff that has happened at UFC 229.
We know the whole story between Khabib and Conor, but I'll summarize it for you in more clear terms: revenge after revenge after revenge after revenge. The old damn story... one "did something" to the other, then the other wants to "return the favor", and the whole shit repeats itself again and again, until one or both end up in jail and/or one or both end up dead.
Sure, we could say that Artem "started" it all, but honestly, does it really matter who started it? ALL the people involved have been disrespectful to each other, spread negativity left and right, and went way beyond regular trash-talk (which I don't like either, in general, because it's so unnecessary, but still...). Conor's anger issues have been arguably worse, injuring others in the bus, but Khabib should've been a better person himself. Preaching is not enough, you have to act out what you preach my friend! Shit like this is not what martial arts are about. Martial arts are about peace, about avoiding violence, about helping each other, etc.
Very disappointing behavior!
On the other side we had Tony's fight against Anthony. Both the fight and how they treated each other was pretty much the opposite. They had fun during the fight, but also treated each other with respect, before and after the fight. That's how it should be. Congrats Tony, you've grown again, both as a fighter and a man!
Tony was amazing, as always, congrats brother! The forward pressure, being on the offensive the whole time, switching stances, throwing those "jump from the fence"-punches (I believe they are hooks), really great stuff. I'll talk about this a little bit more in the other thread.
Anyway, the main reason I made this thread here is to talk about what we can learn from some of the stuff that has happened at UFC 229.
We know the whole story between Khabib and Conor, but I'll summarize it for you in more clear terms: revenge after revenge after revenge after revenge. The old damn story... one "did something" to the other, then the other wants to "return the favor", and the whole shit repeats itself again and again, until one or both end up in jail and/or one or both end up dead.
Sure, we could say that Artem "started" it all, but honestly, does it really matter who started it? ALL the people involved have been disrespectful to each other, spread negativity left and right, and went way beyond regular trash-talk (which I don't like either, in general, because it's so unnecessary, but still...). Conor's anger issues have been arguably worse, injuring others in the bus, but Khabib should've been a better person himself. Preaching is not enough, you have to act out what you preach my friend! Shit like this is not what martial arts are about. Martial arts are about peace, about avoiding violence, about helping each other, etc.
Very disappointing behavior!
On the other side we had Tony's fight against Anthony. Both the fight and how they treated each other was pretty much the opposite. They had fun during the fight, but also treated each other with respect, before and after the fight. That's how it should be. Congrats Tony, you've grown again, both as a fighter and a man!
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