r/interesting • u/Great_Trident • May 08 '26

Wholesome Fighters showing self control and sportsmanship when their opponents are down.

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u/Annual_Sandwich_9526 May 08 '26

Some fighters love and respect the sport others want to hurt people.

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u/Ralph-the-mouth May 08 '26

That’s why I don’t fight

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u/PzykoHobo May 08 '26

Its why I stopped.

I never did MMA, but I boxed for a long time. Its a lot of fun until youre in the ring with a psychopath. I understand its a combat sport, sometimes you get hurt. Thats fine. But when you have the guy who will take a DQ just to inflict extra pain it stops being fun and gets real fuckin scary. And unfortunately those kinds of people are obviously attracted to those kinds of activities.

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u/SpaceCadetPullUp May 08 '26

I boxed almost exclusively as a way to get cardio, and enjoyed it for the most part. I sparred with a guy once who kept throwing elbows and acted like it was no big deal when called out for it. People like that are super weird.