Thierry Sokoudjou pulled out of a two fight losing streak at the Dream.9 show with a stoppage against 353-pound Jan Nortje. But Sokoudjou’s win was tainted by his failure to obey the referee’s commands, as he continued delivering blows to the downed Nortje from side control despite the refs attempts to shield Nortje from more damage. To his credit Sokoudjou has maned-up and apologized for his conduct.
While Dream is a Japanese promotion, this type of thing is a real problem for MMA. People have a enough trouble with the groundfighting and submission aspects of MMA as it is. Seeing a fighter out-of-control (even for just a few seconds) and not obeying the referees commands will turn people off to the sport permanently. In my opinion, it is also a serious breach of the implicit covenant between fighters to respect submissions and referee stoppages. If MMA fighters want the recognition they deserve as professional athletes this type of behavior cannot be tolerated, period.
Sokoudjou seems like a decent guy, but at the very least he should be fined and disqualified from the tournament. I’ve attached the YouTube clip of the fight below.
I don’t know what organizations you watch but I watch dozens of fights a week between Spike,HDNet,MSG,NESN,etc. and I rarely see people going on after a bell unless an arm or leg are cocked and unloading as the bell rings and even that is rare. Occasionally some punk spouts off a little too much and needs to be taught a lesson. Even then it’s usually something minor like the other fighter not letting go of a lock for an extra second. You don’t see fighters continue punching someone in the face after a ref yells stop. You are way outta’ line.
Not sure what you mean by being out of line. I agree, during most of the fights that I watch the fighters obey the ref’s commands. My point was simply that Sokoudjou clearly didn’t obey the ref’s commands and kept going when he should have stopped. That is unacceptable. It may not be widespread, but that doesn’t mean that it should be tolerated on those rare occasions when it occurs. One thing you can bet on is that those who dislike MMA will seize on these rare occurrences to bash the sport.
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