5 Fights in Which Sportsmanship Turned to Farce

We all love to see good sportsmanship in MMA. If nothing else, it helps dispel the still-prevalent notion that mixed martial artists are little more than boorish barroom brawlers.
A glove touch here and a kind word there help civilise a sport that is o…

We all love to see good sportsmanship in MMA. If nothing else, it helps dispel the still-prevalent notion that mixed martial artists are little more than boorish barroom brawlers.

A glove touch here and a kind word there help civilise a sport that is otherwise ripe for misinterpretation by moralizing demagogues.

But just occasionally fighters can go overboard in the name of sportsmanship. After the eighth high five and fifth bro-hug, the in-cage action begins to look a lot less like a fight.

The following list mourns those fights that didn’t quite strike the right balance between respect and violence.

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