Honda Housey vs Meisha Tate SPOILER and PIC

[Mitchell C]

People talk shit about Mario Yamasaki alllll the time, and he's a 4th degree black belt in judo and BJJ.


For as long as mma exists there will always be people complaining about the judging, the fighters, the decisions, the stoppages, the refs, the publicity, the style match ups, fighters making "excuses", and most of all other fans of the sport.

[Sarkis Matossian]

I think the ref could have saved Tate's arm. What y'all think?

Tate deserves enough respect as a fighter to decide how far she wants to take it, including deciding to allow it to break instead of tapping out.

It is like Chris use to say about trying to post your arm to avoid being thrown in Judo "If it is the Olympics, you can risk your arm and try to post to avoid being thrown, anything less, just take the fall and fight another day". I guess the Strikeforce championship is close enough to "MMA Olympics".

[Chris Ludington]

Yamasaki is a veteran of over 180 fights in the UFC, Strikeforce, WEC, EliteXC and Pride Fighting Championships.

Holy shit, I had no idea!

[David Rosado]

Tate deserves enough respect as a fighter to decide how far she wants to take it, including deciding to allow it to break instead of tapping out.

It is like Chris use to say about trying to post your arm to avoid being thrown in Judo "If it is the Olympics, you can risk your arm and try to post to avoid being thrown, anything less, just take the fall and fight another day". I guess the Strikeforce championship is close enough to "MMA Olympics".

Well said.

Nick is right, judges should all have a Blue belt minimum

I don't think that's a bad idea at all.

[Tyler Larsen]

I was terrified and falling in love at the same time.

[Enrique "Kiko"]

refs don't tap out for fighters. if that's how you made your living, i'd think that as an adult, you'd know when to tap. Miesha made her choice.

Agree 100%. This isn't synchronized swimming, it's MMA. Oh yeah, and there's no crying in baseball.