D241 - No, if I recall correctly, or iirc if you will....
David Heath started it b/c he went WAY personal and wore a T-shirt bearing the recent mug shot of Renato Sorbral who had been arrested for battery and something else, and allegedly spit on a bouncer.
Shit started at the weigh ins, and Renato finished that shit like a G
D241 - No, if I recall correctly, or iirc if you will....
David Heath started it b/c he went WAY personal and wore a T-shirt bearing the recent mug shot of Renato Sorbral who had been arrested for battery and something else, and allegedly spit on a bouncer.
Shit started at the weigh ins, and Renato finished that shit like a G
I was probably one of the ones who defended him and that choke, but I didn't know until now that he was stupid enough to say he did it on purpose, lol!
Babalu, who i am a fan of, deliberately held the choke to long and thus deserved to be punished.
Imo though once the AC fined him i think the ufc should have left it alone.
As it turned out babalu ended up having some pretty nice paydays in both affliction and SF so it wasnt exactly the worst thing that could have happened to him!
We're saying that it got personal at the weigh ins, which was of course started by Heath. The fight was dirty, at one point Heath tried to headbutt Babalu. It was personal the whole way through. I'm not saying I condone it, but I understand it for sure.
Good point about paydays at Affliction and SF. I won't research to disprove it b/c I think you're right.
No doubt it was extremely personal and I do recall the ref warning heath about the headbutt.
Regardless you still have to fight withn the rules even if your opponant isnt.
Thats the risk you take and hence the ref in there to protect both guys.
Regarding Babalus pay, IIRC he made almost $100K for both his wins in Affliction over Whitehead and Sokodjou.
For a guy who made something like $20K for his fight vs Iceman, I would have been pretty damn happy if I were him!