UFC Quick Quote: Forrest Griffin's speedy exit at UFC 101 'wasn't really a big deal'

if u lose u stick around, only children run away to cry to their mama.

I dunno why u all insist on chirping forrest…anderson woulda been doing that to anyone that night….forrest leaving the ring didnt stop me from loving the match, like i really needed to hear rogan- " o so you got blown outta the water forrest , what do you haft to say"
   Nothing was needed to be said

Nothing could ruin my night after seeing that stunning display from Silva but it’s more about showing good sportsmanship to the winner, Forrest has pulled this stunt before and it’s getting ridiculous. If you lose you should stick around and congratulate your opponent, running away and crying is not what this sport is about, it goes against everything martial arts stands for.

Sportsmanship. Plain and simple. It’s about respecting your opponent, yourself, and the game. If you loss, so what? Shake hands, thank the fans for their support, and thank god that you are one of the luck few who gets to do what they truly love for a living.

one of the best posts today cole!

If you would’ve stuck around if you won you should suck it up and stick around if you lose.

I hate to say it, but there is some unwritten code that you should stay after the defeat.

FOREST should Man up and give a post fight interview. That shit he pulled out only tells me that he’s a freakin CRY BABY! Go cry to your mommy

it is that simple, he cried like a baby when he got knocked out by jardine and he ran away to cry like a baby in private this time, he is a crying baby..

yea, the dude gets on my nerves, and he’s been all hyped up this whole time for nothing! Im glad he’s done!..

lol do you guys really care? sportsmanship is great and all… but after the fight is over, who cares if he leaves? he did what he came there to do, try and beat someone, and he lost, what else do you want from him? would you rather have had him trash talking? saying he got cheap shotted or that anderson greased or roided or whatever? who gives a flying f after the fight is over

Hey if you want to know what real respectful fighter thinks….go to bjpenn.com

All this hate for Forest, I feel bad for the guy, he’s one of the nicest guys in mma while also being smart and funny. He’s not the best and he’s more than aware of it, but he fights the top competition and pulls off a few wins here and there. And all this “sportsmanship” and “being respectful” you guys are goin on about is bs, just trying to justify your hate for the guy, he’s a better man than the lot of ya. Hope he comes back from this loss, it’ll be a hard one to get over.

Wow, listen to all of you NON fighters talk about sportsmanship and all that. What do you guys know? Just because you watch mma or train at a local gym, doesn’t mean shit. I watch football and play in a local flag league, let me call Peyton Manning and tell him how its done. Jesus Christ, the guy trained his ass off for months and got completely handled, you all would run out to, so stop talking like you have a clue to what your talking about.

I agree. It is too easy to hate. He deserves to be alone after that DEFEAT. You guys that are calling him a “Crybaby” have probably never failed at anything, probably never worked hard for anything, and certainly never gotten your ass kicked in front of millions of people who either count on you or despise you. He has every write to cry about it. He deserves respect for showing up. Silva is the greatest fighter in History wether he admits it or not. Griffin isn’t going anywhere.

I don’t really understand all this talk of sportsmanship. While it’s nice to see fighters shake hands post fight it’d not compulsory. The guy was on the end of probably the most embarrassing beating in MMA history, it’s not surprising he wanted to get out of there as quickly as he could.

 No one seems to care about Anderson baiting and taunting him mid fight when it was clear to anyone that Forrest could barely stand. Good sportsmanship?

Griffin said he pulled his groin after the 2nd punch

I dont have a problem with fighters leaving after a loss. They are there own men if they want to leave let, just because its not they way you would react or the way you think they should act doesn’t make it wrong. I lost in my first fight, the thought of losing had never crossed my mind so when it happens your really crushed. I got up and Ill admit through a little fit and immediately walked out of the ring. I wasnt mad at my opponet just myself, very disappointed in myself. When I saw my opponet back stage I went right over and shoke his hand and congradulated him.

shoke?

no, he got his hand raised and said go to BJ penn dot com. big difference, he shook hands, got announced winner and plugged his source of income!

I’m not talkin about last week…but he has left before

all oyu forrest better not try to justify his actions. its was about as unproessional as it gets

bj ran to the back as a celebration right away(awesome) but he came back out to get his hand raised and say go 2 bjpenn.com

Yes you are thinking of when he knocked out Uno in like 10 seconds then ran to the locker room, only to return a minute later and get interviewed. Tito did a similar thing after his fight with Vitor, he ran to the top of the stands, only to return to the octagon to hear he had won a split decision, one I still think he lost! That would have been great if he hadn’t eeven won after all the theatrics!

I LOVE THE FANS!

I LOVE HAWAII!

The thing about that BJ fight was Rogan ran to interview the loser first… Spencer Fisher if I remember correctly. BJ was a touch pissed so he pimped his own website and left.

it was accualy the first fight he ko’d uno and the second was the draw

Forrest wasn’t injured and he wasn’t bloodied, he’s just an untalented g@y..

that’s not even an opinion or atleast it shouldn’t be cause you’re flat out wrong DoctorSamson, pre fight hype is part of the business to get the fans excited for the fight and nothing else..

well said SoCal….its hard to feel sorry for millionaire athlethes who don’t know how to lose

No you are missing the point. Just stop chastising the guy for not acting in a way that you deem “classy”. It is self rightous. Don’t you understand that? I am sure he isn’t proud of it. But he doesn’t owe anyone anything other than a congratulatAnd nobody feels sorry for him. Feeling sorry for him has nothing to do with it.

yea 4 real you didnt see de la hoya run out of the ring after pacman beat him. its just professional courtesy, you stay in the cage/ring, win or lose, til someones hand is raised and then if you wanna blow off the interview just bounce.

He’s a grown man whose chosen to fight for a living despite having a glass chin. Gimme a break. Good thing he had the sense to stop being a cop. There are alot more instances in life where you have to keep your composure and emotions in check.

“he doesn’t owe anyone anything” Boom, we’re probably not going to agree but yes he does owe somebody something. He owes the UFC, his fans, AND his sponsers. How the hell do you think he made his millions?

I’m not justifying it, but I believe Forrest was just plain embarassed and made a poorly concieved decision. I’m not convinced even he thought he’d win the fight, but the cold hard reality is that Silva made him look extraordinarily lousy. At some point before the last knockdown Forrest knew he was toast and essentially he wanted to disappear…..mug pretty much still intact. Looking ahead however, this type of loss will be extremely difficult for him to rebound from. How does a fighter (who’s had the belt) convince himself he can still be a major player in the division, after someone who moved up in wt schooled him that bad?

"he doesn’t owe anyone anything" is a crap argument, without the fans being interested in the sport or the UFC to promote/push the developement of MMA he would still be a nobody. Everyone acts like if we weren’t here, paying money to see him fight, he’d somehow still come up with a boat load of $$$ and all kinds of fame.

haha…ya because he is a writer…LMAO!!

panties in a bunch??? relax man…its an article and we are giving our opinions. Thats what happens here

I wouldn’t say it upsets me. That may be going a little far Roy. Annoys me might be a better way to put it. I’m actually not even a Forrest Griffin fan but I think it is completely self-righteous for people to sit there and say, “Shame on you Forrest. How could you disrespect the sport and your opponent this way? You should be ashamed of yourself. Blah. Blah. Blah.” Stop preaching. I am willing to bet that none of the people speaking from their soap box on this issue have any idea what it is like to train and fight at that level so until you do, spare me the speeches on sportsmanship.

Are you saying you know what’s it like to train and fight at the level of a former UFC LHW Champion??

If so, enlighten me, who are you?

yeah i reeally didn’t care, i thought it made him look a little stupid but thats his problem not mine. i was a little more disappointed in bj saying go to bj penn.com to hear what he has to say, shit people already bought tickects and paid for ppv he should have answered some questions and than plugged his site.

so Forrest says nothing, storms out like a child and you’re ok with it, BJ plugs his website (which has ads and generates income ,I’m sure) and you’re upset. You lost me there roy!

Come on SoCal. Don’t you get it? That is exactly my point. I don’t know. You don’t know. So we shouldn’t judge people based on what we know nothing about dude.

you must get lost easy kevin, how are you not upset with that? i don’t like that forrest ran out i thought it made him look stupid or unprofessional like you said but i really didn’t care, its worse that the winner wouldn’t say anything(he basically ran out of the ring as well) he should have answered some questions and than plugged his site.

I guess, the winner can plug what he wants. whats the difference from when joe asks a question and the guy answers it by listing his sponsors instead of answering the question. We see that every ppv and i’ve never heard anyone complain!

I have a comment in moderation roy, but basically, guys avoid Rogans questions all the time to plug their sponsors, BJ did the same thing, but because it’s BJ, you guys jump on it!

actually your wrong, i hate foresst and am a bj fan, i didn’t care that much about what either of them did but i was more disappointed in what bj did because he gave nothing but his plug, most guys answer question and than plug or plug and than answer questions but he gave nothing but a plug and ran out.please show me when someone else has done that, i can’t think of one.neither one really upset me that bad forrest looked stupid and bj gave nothing(my internet was out at them time as well probally factored into not liking that).

I agree, i was more interested in BJ. Actually on wec sun someone did it 9I don’t recall who). The guy asked “tell me your thought on…” the guy said I’d like to thank so and so and mma wharehouse etc.
I see where your coming from roy, you obviously have a computer, if you’re interested in what bj says, go to bjpenn.com
im headed their now!

I’m not going to defend BJ’s interview either, but at least he shook Kenny’s hand instead of walking off before the official announcement. BJ always pulls stunts like that, he’s the least reliable fighter when it comes to interviews.

Forrest acted like a tool, he showed no sportsmanship and made a mockery of himself and the sport. Even children are taught in all sports to congratulate the winner/commisserate the loser, no matter what their personal feelings towards the opposition. For someone who is supposed to be a classy guy to run away and cry after being beaten two times, yet gets paid a lot of money to compete, it is poor that he showed less respect to his opponent than a child would.

I LOVE THE FANS!

I LOVE HAWAII!!

and i’m a HUGE forrest fanboy for the record!

I get what your saying…but don’t compare an athlete who has made millions doing what he loves to us clowns who sit at desks and type our days away

I don’t care if you’re Forrest or mcarthur, if you train or love the sport of mma, you know that the respect level is at a high compared to all other sports!

I agree…but have a hard time with this as he’s made millions and will be comfortable for the rest of his life yet he hasn’t the courage to face his fans, or employer after getting KTFO!!!

Kev – I actually think we’re in agreement here

i think so too mac!

Forrest was abused like a rag doll.

must be tough to sit there and listen to Bruce Buffer say:

“Winner by rag’dolling… Anderson Silvaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

Really, because it wasn’t a main event and I’m 100% they would have interviewed forrest
2. I’ve been all over Diaz these last few days for being immature, a moron and a drug addict that is throwing his career away, and
3. Bj made an excuse for GSP 2 that was caught on tape 9although I say HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH OUTCOME), Hughes 2 he separated a rib, but I never heard him mention it.
so why don’t you go back and read, my stance has never changed (except to go against Diaz, who I’m a fan of).

I agree with you about Diaz and Penn. If you think what Forrest did was disrespectful, yet defend either of those two, then you have evaluate your objectivity.

In Kevin’s defense, he has called Diaz out on his latest issues.

I try to be consistent. Unlike John, I look at the issue and not the fighter. Diaz is wrong, I’ll call it out, even though I’m a fan.

This is from Rampages twitter page. Jackson says “I’m just sitting here in Hollywood minding my own business and I look over and there is Forrest, he is still running!”

Classic Rampage

yeah, I guess running after a loss is better than running over a bunch of people!
classic Kevin

LMAO!! That IS funny…raises a question too. When will we hear what Forest has to say?

Easy to make fun of someone who beat your ass, eh Page? Frigging criminals have all the best jokes now a days.

Yes he has been on Diaz’s case lately. I’m just trolling a little and rattling his cage. No declaration of war issued.

not rattled, I’m not John, I’m here to debate rationally and sensibly!
here’s a john type rant if I were john and hearing about nick diaz
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they should change the rules for Nick. I think he should be able to hit the bong in between the 1st and 3rd rounds and eat pot brownies in after the 2nd. how is that not allowed!!!

Too funny. Surely you could have worked Fedor nuts@ck in there somehow though.

my bad

Fedor has already proven himself, I’ve always wanted to watch him train so I can’t wait to see the King sparring with Mousasi whilst getting high with Nick, fock the CSAC for not letting Diaz smoke he can roll around with King Fedor and Gegard as high as he wants for all I care. How’s that?

Only joking around john too tempting, you make intelligent posts but when it comes to your favourites you’re even more biased than I am with Andy.

Who is this Fedor guy? Is he in the UFC?

thats funny but also very true…Forest took his fame and wealth for granted

If that were the case robby, I’d agree. Kids (mainly) look up to the thugs and guys who break the law and the rules. If more kids ooked up to GSP, Tom Brady orTiger Woods, we’d be better off, but they are too busy looking up to Michael Vick or in my day Dennis Rodman!

There is a difference between looking up to somebody for athletic skills and looking up to someone for their character traits. How the phuck can you look up to someone that you know next to nothing about. You don’t know what kind of people (husbands, fathers, brothers..) those athletes (or any other public figure) are.

great post Adam.

Best sports role models:

1. Michael Vick
2. Big papi
3. A-Rod
4. Brock Lesnar
5. Ron Artest

pac man jones!

I’m sorry, Pac Man jones is actually #1 by far.

I didn’t include him because he is so obviously #1.

Mac, if anyones kids look up to athletes more than their parents as far as guidance and how to act, I feel bad for the parents. My son love Tony Hawk (who is one of the few worthy of being a “role model”), but he doesn’t know anything about Tony Hawk other than he skateboards. But he has manners and is a nice “young man/little boy” because of myself and more so my wife!

Maybe for kids without loving parents. My father has always been my hero and I’m a huge sports fan. Kevin is right and unfortunately for a lot of kids you are to McArthur.

I agree adamt, I still look up to my dad!

thats great and I agree…fact of the matter though is that nobody expected Forest to do that…fighters often don’t make the best role models as their emotions run high…Lebron seemed to be a good role model until…Forest seemed to be a good role model until…Hawk IS a great role model but who knows what goes through their head when emotions run high…you can’t censor everything and it only takes one word, or gesture to influence a young mind…athletes are usually on LIVE TV so regardless of what YOU or I teach our kids or allow them to watch there is ALWAYS the chance they will see something we’d rather them not see…its something only the athlete can control as it happens in split seconds…primarily it is up to the parents to decide whats best for their kids and what they can watch but like I say…TV personalities are often volitile and unpredictible making our jobs as parents more difficult

that being said…I would hope an athlete who is educated like Forest would make better decisions but I realize its easier said than done

listen, there are always situations when your emotions are tested, how you respond to those situations dictates what kind of person you are. People cut the line at great america all the time, I let it go, stand with my son and show him the right way to handle something. Not saying it’s only these people, but the ghetto kids bussed in start cussing and making a stink like the extra 5 second wait is going to really affect their life…why, because they learned that behavior from their parents!

I know but its impossible to monitor every little thing that happens…thats why I hope that those who are SUPPOSED to be role models, will be

well, you’re SUPPOSED to be, and seem like a good guy, so my guess is your kids are gonna be fine!

really? do you watch everything your kid watches? do you know every little thing that might impress him? do you sit beside him in school and show up at recess? do you know what he’s thinking 24/7? Don’t be naive. YOU are the #1 role model in your kids life but not the only role model.

hopefully your not the one teaching your kids English

calm down mac, as long as you’re #1, your all set. we are talking about the kids that see athletes or celebs as their #1 role model!

it’s obviously not his first language mac, look at the spelling, my guess is italian is his first!

or dutch

Dang Mac, why you always gotta be so hard?

it was written in jest bro…I’m calm, I’m calm :cool:

so google it, they post every fight in vegas and CA and you fools bitch every time, that was my point, I wasn’t berating you personally!

Take it easy Kevin

Yea okay

yeah, I made that up!