Listen I am one to love having mental battles with people, but if you are in the middle of a fight why would you want to keep talking trash. No matter what combative sport you are in, or for that matter sport you are in, talking trash can come back and haunt you. (Remember what Richard Sherman said during his game against Tom Brady?)
Now I am not one to say that trash talking should not be done. Let your talking happen before the fight not during it. Now I know that a lot of people will say that it helps them in the fight, to get into the opponents head and throw them off their game, and I would value that opinion. Muhammad Ali (Rest In Peace) was one of the biggest trash talkers in the game. He would beat you mentally during press conferences and once he knew he had you in the fight, he would let you know. But Ali was not immune to getting his loses as well.
Fighters who like to showboat and talk trash during a fight is asking to get knocked out. How do you think Weidman won the fight against Silva the first time...
Weidman just let his hands fly and connected the shot but Silva left his chin out there to get popped and that is all it took. This was back at UFC 162, and there are more instance where fighters have been tagged and KO'd remember this guy...https://youtu.be/P5VrNznDW9M
But in the UFC all of the fighters have that ability to KO the other man, they are considered the "Elite" fighters in the world. They have some tough guys who like to bang and throw down, look at Nate Diaz that man gets bloodied up just about every fight he has. To those who have not fought in a long time talking trash during a fight should be the last thing on your mind, such as Bobby Green. Here is a fighter who was sidelined for 18 months due to injuries who came back to fight, let his opponent know that "he couldn't hit" what happened next was Bobby Green getting knocked out in his first fight since his injury...
Dustin Poirier had said during his post fight interview that he has not going to curse doing his interview but that Bobby had said a lot to him during the fight. Not a good look if you are a fighter who is talking trash only to get KO'd.
Now catching that "L" does not only happen to average fighters in the UFC even the "elites" can help themselves getting beat. Michael "The Count" Bisping has been constantly told he cannot finish guys because of his boxing. Last night when he fought Luke Rockhold (spoiler alert) he may have changed that. Luke said in his fight that The Count got the best of him and he took him for granted. Because Luke did not take the fight seriously and fought Bisping as if he were a stepping stone till his rematch with Weidman, he caught the a series of punches that ended his night in the first round, looked at lot like this...
All I am saying is, no fighter should be talking trash or taking fights easy because you think it will be. Especially if there are fist flying, a puncher's chance is all that is need to turn a fight from nothing into something. Most of these guys had felt that power and got put out on the mat, but too make it easier for someone because you think they are not worth it is ridiculous.
To those who are training to become fighters, who those who are current, and those who are in a street fights (please do not go walking down the street looking for fights); do not be that guy who talks trash in the middle of a fight, you will get caught and you will be KO'd. It will eventually catch up to you and put you down.
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