At UFC 224, Raquel Pennington lost to Amanda Nunes in the main event. The pair were battling for the UFC women’s bantamweight title. However, between the fourth and fifth rounds, Pennington told her corner she was done. Rather than listen to her, they sent her back out for the fifth where she was summarily TKO’d.
In this episode of the podcast, we examine the arguments in favor of sending Pennington back into the fifth and demonstrate, one by one, why none are convincing. We also dig into Davi Ramos’s win over Nick Hein. This is the Monday Morning Analyst with Luke Thomas.
2018-05-14
Raquel lose fights all the time B. , She tough right?….. She Be Alright…. – Amanda Nunes voice
When there's brain damage on the line, there shouldn't be arguments against it. Pennington is still a savage, no shame on admitting defeat.
Good breakdown. I agree, after being beaten up for four rounds, how can we expect that she should be able to or even have to articulate why she didn't want to continue? There may have been something deeper going on with her that the coach wouldn't know.
God you talk in such a pretentious way. We get it you have a verbose vocabulary. Fantastic….
Most people who don't agree with her corner have never competed in combat sports. If you never laid it all on the line against another human being, you are not in a position to judge us who have. You trust your corner with your life. I have competed and agree 100% with the corner.
Also, there is a safety word Luke….its "tap." She could have said it to her corner or the ref at anytime!
in direct response to brendan schaubs tweet lol
Another intelligent test being provided by Luke Thomas.
they can already tap to say they're definitely done…
"…summarily TKO'd." Hahaha! ?
I'm torn on this, I get the back lash from everyone, but I also get why the team or coach persuaded her to get back in the cage. If in the future the fighter looks back and wishes he or she never quit, they may never know what could of happened. Her going back in the cage at least she knows that she lost properly without having to know what could have been if she quit after round 4. The fighter knows best and the fighter sometimes doesn't know.. it's really hard to judge or even say. Team wants the best and will push the fighter to it's limit.. some times fighters need that.. some times team doesn't know and the fighter quits.. But it was a brutal finish and she ended up in the hospital to what cost? suffering more damage in the end.. the game is brutal in MMA.