Sean Salmon Equals Dumb and Dumber

  MMA is trying to become worldwide recognized as a sport. You have naysayers who believe that MMA is no more than human cock fighting. Dana White and the UFC have made huge strides in expanding MMA to everybody possible and definitely seperating itself from the bad image of  boxing. In that I mean, the negativity that follows boxing, such as fights being fixed, people being paid off to rank fighters higher then they deserve, and the deaths in the ring that have happened so far.

  White has done a good job to present the public with a good image of MMA so far. Now, you have a fighter named Sean Salmon who openly admits to throwing a fight. How is that going to look on the public eyes and perception they already have against MMA? Somehow, I believe the kick Salmon received to the head from Rashad Evans in their fight not only knocked him the f$%* out, but it also scrambled something upstairs, called his brain. Even if it is true, that Salmon threw the fight on purpose so that he did not get injured and could return to train with the Wolfslair, why would you open your mouth about it to the media?

  Salmon has to be the dumbest fighter walking the MMA world or he did it on purpose to somehow bolster his non-existing fight career. I am not a fan or follower of Salmon, but from the fights I have seen of him, he is definitely no contender or threat to any fighter out there. If that is what the Wolfslair is training and producing, then maybe those fighters need to stay on that side of the ocean.

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Fighter's Excuses....Necessary or Pointless?

  "To be the man you have to beat the man". Fighters step into the ring or cage in order to see who is the better fighter on that night in question. Each fighter trains to the best of their ability to come out victorious on that night, hoping to prove they are the man because they beat the man to gain a win. In training for the fight, fighters suffer bruises and injuries during the process to make themselves better prepared to go to war for at least three rounds with each round lasting five minutes.

  On fight night, a fighter may never be 100 percent healthy for the fight, but they are ready to give 110 percent of themselves in that fight. Unfortunately, there has to be a winner and a loser no matter how good each fighter performs. As a fighter, you go into the fight with every intention to win, but sometimes it does not work that way. The commentator interviews the winner and then sometimes has a chance to get a quick thought from the loser on what went wrong. Now comes the crying, alibis, and what if's.

  Excuses are for losers because they are full of them. Real winners take the loss and use it as a motivational tool to do better next time. They look at the loss as an education on being better prepared. Real winners congratulate their opponent for showing up and putting on a great fight and pushing them to limits they may have never been pushed to. Real winners are eager to get right back in the gym and train harder to make sure the outcome of their next fight is in their favor. Losers tell stories of delusion and come up with all sorts of things that happened to them leading up to fight night. I had the flu, my wife kept yelling at me, the kids would not stop crying, my training partners did not show up. These excuses may have hurt their training methods, but then why go through with the fight if you were not ready and able to compete properly.

  You would have been better calling off the fight and get yourself together, then fighting lack luster and now finding it necessary to come up with excuses. Come to fight or stay home and let the real fighters have that chance to showcase their talents. No shame in losing to a better fighter on that night. The shame comes when you make excuses to the fans, your family, and most importantly yourself for your not being fully prepared to fight and give it your all.