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"knee to the inner thigh" - well thats a euphenism I havent heard before.
Lets be honest, this MMA fight represents basically the following:
Timbo comes out punching wildly and inaccurately, trying to shake Mercer up
Mercer covers up, pops out a few jabs, biding his time
Timbo knee's Mercer in the groin
Timbo trips the winded Mercer down
Timbo twists one of his joints, Mercer taps out
The ref tells Timbo to release the hold, but he refuses for a few seconds, then releases
Mercer tries to complain to the ref
The ref shoves Mercer flat on the floor
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To be honest, the whole exhibition didnt strike me as a contest of manliness, but as seedy, cheap, bush league.
As for Timbo not released the grip when the ref told him to for a couple of seconds... just classless. Do things like that happen in boxing? Of course - emotions runs high... but when you strike someone in the groin, the fight should have been paused, the ref deducted a point and given a final warning to Timbo, and Mercer given 5 minutes to recover from the cheap shot.
But in MMA its considered fair game, and the fans tell us it was the "inner thigh" that was struck!
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