As Chris Weidman proved in his first bout against Anderson Silva, there is simply no room for clowning around in mixed martial arts. It’s one thing to be cocky and play mind games with your opponent, which arguably has its own set of advantages and disadvantages.
It’s a whole other thing to be able to back yourself up with your performance.
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Just remember though, if you’re gonna talk the talk, then you gotta walk the walk.
From lavish ring entrances to guys dancing their way to the cage, different fighters take different approaches to getting the crowd riled up for a fight. Sometimes however, things just don’t go the way fighters intended.
If You’re Going to be Cocky, Make Sure You Can Back it Up
There’s nothing more embarrassing than clowning your opponent and then getting your behind handed back to you in devastating and humiliating fashion.
This has happened way too many times in fight sports, and it’s almost always hilarious.
Case in point — SFL 43 Capital Collision — which featured a main event showdown between the quiet and reserved Amitesh Chaubey against hometown favorite “The Delhi Don” Jason R Solomon who walked to the cage to jumpy music and an entourage of tough looking guys.
“Jason Solomon Is a Bad Man”
Solomon danced his way to the cage with complete confidence, pointing to people in the crowd, strutting his stuff and giving each of his guys a hug before he entered the cage.
Once inside, he pranced around like a fool, obviously enjoying the crowd’s favor, but little did he know what was about to happen. The TV broadcasters tipped it off, and mentioned his opponent Chaubey as a big puncher.
The key for Solomon was to stay away from Chaubey’s knockout power, but he either didn’t do his homework, or he just didn’t believe he could get knocked out.
What happened next was pure magic.
