If that's justifiable because he brings money in

absolute bullshit mate

Then this is the new standard set up by the new champion

clearly new to all this, aren't you

After the fight you can turn into a bar fight

yeah nah

Because champion

A good fighter should be able to just go in for the actual fight and not be contractually be forced to participate in such shit talk shows if it's not what is there for.

There *is* nothing in the contract that says you have to talk a certain way, bud

Every fighter is different

Most are hugely confident in themselves and many will talk shit as part of the pre-fight spararing to A) get into their opponents head and B) because yes, it generates interest in the fight

I guess you just like the drama, must be an English first language thing 😄

That doesn't suddenly mean it's okay to leap the cage and attack someone in the crowd post fight (after you WIN, no less)

Oddly enough I haven't said anything about whether or not I 'like the drama'

I've been following combat sports for well over ten years

Some fighters are brash, some are quiet

All part of what makes it such a fascinating sport to watch

Massive variation in the characters that populate it

BJ Penn came from a wealthy family and didn't even need to fight to begin with, but did so because of the challenge it presented

Dana White, the UFC, the House, banks on shit talk and drama to sell tickets

And I laugh at their moral surprise at something like this happening

Almost like they're a promotion or something <:think_woke:378717098681171988>

Yeah, it wasn't their plans

You think someone attacking someone in the crowd post-fight is a regular thing

interesting.

The drama game went to far and all

But don't act surprise when that's the position you people in.

The amount of things I've heard said between fighters over the years, pre-fight

rofl

"he said mean things so it totally justifies my behaviour"

mmmk

Yeah, well, one snapped

Tough luck

heard that from a certain group of people before

should have had a better base level respect

lol fuck off

Go try to do that crap in Eastern Europe

Go shit talk to random russians on the street

Will love to see you cry about freedom of speech 😄

ah, so you're saying Eastern Europe is full of people who can't keep their cool and get triggered at words

cool cool