Conor Heun on not Tapping.

[Michael "Mikey" Bunten]

"To the people saying how stupid it was not to tap:

This sport is my job.

If i tapped, not only do I lose half my pay, but i risk being fired.

Plus, fighting is about finishing, and my elbow may have been out of place but i wasn't close to being finished so i kept trying to finish him."
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma....1832058&page=3

[AJ Camacho]

I definitely respect him for it. In the Olympics, it's not uncommon to see Judokas put their hand down when they take a fall, in a last ditch effort to stop the ipon. Some of them will injure or break their arms trying to stop the fall instead of break falling but when you put your whole life into something an injury can sometimes be a small price to pay in order to succeed.

[Andrew Maxwell]

Conor is the man!

[Max P.]

[Ron Almeida]

to me its stupid, if someone finishes you with an injury or ref stoppage you still lose and now you cant train for a long time.

if your caught your caught

[Matthias Sieber]

But he won the fight. It was not a loose-loose situation.

[stlnl]

If pay is a concern, and you end up winning a fight with a badly damaged arm, how much money do you lose recovering and not being able to fight for half a year or more?

[Matthias Sieber]

He needed that win with two losses against KJ Noons and Gurgel. He might had been afraid of losing his job.

He did what he thought is the right thing to do. I can understand that many people would have tapped, but Conor is in a different position and mindset. He wants to be a champion.

I wish him a speedy recovery.

[AJ Camacho]

You could weigh it for yourself.

$15,000 - $30,000 for the win but a potential 9 month gap until your next fight including the 3 month recovery time but you're still in Strikeforce.... OR $4,000 for the loss and then maybe fight again in 3-6 months in Shark Fights to potentially earn $4 -$15K? And looking at his record he's only been getting 1 fight a year for his last 3 fights.

[Michael "Mikey" Bunten]

Conor did what he had to do.

"If i tapped, not only do I lose half my pay, but i risk being fired."

I respect him for that. He knew what might happen if he did not tap. He finished the fight. It might be easy for some to second guess his decisions and say what we would have done. His livelihood was on the line, he did what he had to do.

I have major respect for him. I admit I did not know much about him before the fight. I knew he was a TPJJ guy, that alone was enough for me to root for him. But now I am a fan. He has heart for days. I wish him a speedy recovery and much success.

~Mikey