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
I can't think of any other fight where the fighters says they're done but the coach tells them to keep fighting.
I would've liked Luke's breakdown on what happened at the snacks table immediately after Thunder Thighs Dern weighed in.
Agreed with you on this one Mustard King. To the cavemen saying if she went out and knocked her she's a genius, well show us ONE example in the history of MMA where a fighter has actually verbally said to their corner I'm done and then wins a fight???, end of the forth she got nailed with about 3 vicious knees to the face which ended her…and Pennington was to tough to then disrespect her team and tell the ref she'd quit. She emphasised what it really means to go out on their sword cause she kept fighting and took more vicious damage till she could leave the octagon with absolute respect from her team.
Reminds me of Rory's fight with Lawler-Rory went back for more with a broken nose, but he took another shot there and he sat down-there must be something about badly broken noses
Man f*** that s*** if she wanted to quit she shouldn't got off the store how the f*** are we going to blame her Corner she's a quitter next year if she wins for fights in a row if she fights Amanda again do you think she can be there???? Who gives a f***
This is war, u dont quit
Had Raquel refused to resume the bout claiming "existential crisis", it would have been an unredeemable blow to her brand. Her corner knew it, she knew it. Raquel needed a doctor or referee stoppage which failed to materialize until she was curled-up, disfigured and pouring blood. What part of the hurt game's new here?
i think a fighter should never be in the position where they have to throw the towel in themselfes.. the corner should want to stop it before the fighter does …
especially in a fight like Valentina Shevchenko vs Priscila Cachoeir i think the ref was bad but ultimately i think the corner is more to blame than Mario Yamasaki …
The corner should've asked her initially if she had any left. The fact they believed she had more proves they don't know her. They didn't even offer any advice!!!
Couldn’t agree with Luke more. When that day comes, everybody is going to be pointing at someone else placing the blame.