Pinoy MMA fighter taps out to save opponent

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Mike Pantangco, a Filipino mixed martial arts fighter (MMA) now residing in the United States showed sportsmanship by sacrificing a sure victory to save an opponent from being badly hurt.

Pantangco was against late-replacement Jeremy Rasner in the Prison City Fight League in Michigan. The Filipino was dominating the fight and was peppering Rasner with punches, elbows, knees, and kicks.

“I just feel that there’s no point in fighting him because he didn’t train against me and I didn’t train for him,” the fighter said alluding to the fact that Rasner was a late replacement.



“We don’t get paid and I know that the only (way) I’m going to finish the fight is him to go in the hospital or get hurt,” Pantangco said. “I just feel terrible so I’m just going to give him the win.”

Pantangco, however, did not get all positive reviews. Some said that he disrespected his opponent by not giving him the opportunity to fight back.

“I am sorry for all you guys think I did him wrong or disrespected him,” Pantangco said as quoted by Conner O’Brien of The Courier-Mail. “But guys (we’re amateur) fighters. We don’t get paid and if I would keep going I would’ve hurt him more and maybe he gets serious injuries and maybe that will make him stop doing what he loves to do.”

This is not the first time when a Filipino fighter showed mercy against an opponent. Manny Pacquiao, who rearranged Antonio Margarito's face in their super welterweight title fight, also showed sportsmanship by repeatedly looking at referee Laurence Cole, asking him to stop the fight.

With the referee not taking the hint, Pacquiao barely touched Margarito in the last two rounds to save him from further damage.

http://youtu.be/RyBZQlJ8VeA


https://ph.sports.yahoo.com/news/pinoy-mma-fighter-taps-out-to-save-opponent-from-getting-seriously-hurt-044321079-mma.html

[caligula]

Why tap? This is MMA so you can submit your opponent with little or no injury.

[iceprince]

For me, may point naman siya na hindi nga sila binabayaran...

So, wala siyang makitang point para tapusin ang kalaban...

Puede din ngang mapasubmit yung opponent...

Pero additional moves yun na puedeng magkasakitan silang dalawa...

Namili lang siguro siya nang mas madali...
 

[monde8]

Dehins ko din gets kung bakit siya nag tap.

As a fighter myself, pagpasok sa ring ay gusto ko tapusin as fast as possible ang laban kung kakayanin ko. Meaning na kung kaya ko patulugin ang kalaban sa isang suntok ay gusto ko yun. And siyempre plus factor din kapag fighter ka tapos may record ka ng knock out or referee stoppage.

And gaya sa sabi ni sir Caligs, dapat tinake down niya nalang at tinapos with a submission.

I haven't been in his shoes yet though kasi wala pa naman ako nakalaban na sobrang naging lango kagaya ng sa laban niya. The closest I got to getting a knock out is a round three throwing in of the towel nung dalawang beses ko napatumba ang kalaban ko and my opponent's coach didn't wait na para itumba ko pa ng pangatlong beses so they simply surrendered.

Another point is, when people watch MMA and combat sports ay kasama sa thrill and excitement nila ang may nakitang nanalo at siyempre natatalo. At mas grande kapag naitumba ng nanalo ang opponent niya. Just imagine how you feel kapag nanood ka ng laban and the turn out is a knock out as compared to a win via decision. So kung lahat ng fighter ay tutulad jan, nako po baka pagbabatuhin tayo ng kamatis niyan ng mga fans.

Ewan ko ha, pero ako kasi kapag lumalaban ay gusto ko din na naeentertain ang mga fans. Whether on the winning or losing side, as long as naentertain ang mga nanonood ay okay sakin. Bakit kanyo for entertainment? Kasi pag hindi na entertain ang fans, pano nalang mag eevlolve at patuloy na sisikat ang sport?

[Parabola]

Kawalan ng disiplina sa sports yan para sa akin at insulto na din sa kalaban niya. Sinusunod niya dapat yung rules. Hindi niya dapat inaagawan ng trabaho ang referee, may bayad man o wala, umasta dapat siyang isang tunay na fighter, puwede naman niyang sabihin sa referee na kung puwede ihinto na yung laban kasi mukhang di na kaya ng kalaban niya bakit siya pa yung nagtap, nakakatawa lang isipin eh. Example diyan yung aldo vs kz, alam ni aldo na injury na yung braso ni kz pero yun pa rin yung pinuntirya niya at di niya tinigilan si kz hanggat di itinitigil ng referee yung laban, yun ang tunay na puso ng isang fighter.

[dennis magtulis]

maybe MMA is not the place for him kung maaawa siya sa kalaban niya?
try other sports yung di ka makakasakit..hehe