It’s a hilarious move. I think it was Derek Lewis who faked being hurt and threw a big overhand. Fake a shot to get your opponent to swarm you and then catch him with something. Psychological warfare is underused in mma.
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Because a retarded ref will stop the fight. Ive seen it happen.
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Overeem was doing just that against Francis but teh reff stopped it!
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Muhammad Ali was a master of feigning being hurt during his career & it saved him from a 2nd round KO loss to Earnie Shavers in 1977. Shavers had him badly hurt but Ali played like he was faking it, Shavers hesitated & the moment was lost.
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This is true. I was thinking about that. You’d have to be really careful you didn’t over sell the injury. It would be great to see a guy start fake limping after a leg kick and then pull off a reversal or fake going limp on a submission
I recall two in the ufc, but not huge names so i dont know who they were. In both they were playing possum and the ref stepped in and they immediately started flipping theit shit. Actually, it may have happened to cutelaba at one point if memory serves.
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I remembered this being more egregious than it actually is. He was getting swarmed right there tbh. Absolute dumb time to play possum. Even Bisping thought he was out on his feet.
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