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bermuDa · 10-26-2007, 10:11 AM

That's a pretty foolish stance to take in a street fight, unless if you are so confident in your ability to continuously knock him down until he does concede. Foolish at best, and extremely dangerous at worst.

As I said before, I think you are mistaking the rules for boxing for a sense of honor. The boxers don't strike each other when they get knocked down because that is the goal of the fight; once your opponent is down, the only thing left to do is let the ref count it out, or wait for him to get back up and try to knock him down again. In MMA, knocking someone out is only one of the ways to win, and when it does happen it's much like boxing. If someone gets clearly knocked out, the ref will automatically separate the fighters, but if they just lose their balance or get taken to the ground, it's all a part of the game and the fight continues until there is a knockout, submission or concession. In a real fight, there's no ref to get between you and count to ten, and there's no victor declared when someone falls down.

Being a boxer doesn't make one a gentleman, and being an MMA fighter doesn't make one a lout; let's not confuse rules with values.

10-26-2007, 10:11 AM	#32 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	That's a pretty foolish stance to take in a street fight, unless if you are so confident in your ability to continuously knock him down until he does concede. Foolish at best, and extremely dangerous at worst. As I said before, I think you are mistaking the rules for boxing for a sense of honor. The boxers don't strike each other when they get knocked down because that is the goal of the fight; once your opponent is down, the only thing left to do is let the ref count it out, or wait for him to get back up and try to knock him down again. In MMA, knocking someone out is only one of the ways to win, and when it does happen it's much like boxing. If someone gets clearly knocked out, the ref will automatically separate the fighters, but if they just lose their balance or get taken to the ground, it's all a part of the game and the fight continues until there is a knockout, submission or concession. In a real fight, there's no ref to get between you and count to ten, and there's no victor declared when someone falls down. Being a boxer doesn't make one a gentleman, and being an MMA fighter doesn't make one a lout; let's not confuse rules with values. __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman. Last edited by bermuDa; 10-26-2007 at 10:13 AM..