Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
For those that have never seen a fix unfold before their eyes w/o going to the score cards well this fight serves as empirical evidence that such things exist. Nobody shuts off like that. That goes way beyond letting the fight slip away. Banks was getting dangerously close to being Wlads mandatory after the first fight.
This fight was just...strange

Definitely makes you think....

Fights like this, Byrd-Williamson, Klitschko-Ibragimov and countless others is why I wouldn't mind fighters being penalized a portion of their purse for lack of action. Be it from Promoters, Commisssions, or Networks. I believe Pride FC would issue a "yellow" card (10% purse reduction) to fighters for a lack of action.

Then again...if a guy is paid 2-3 times his total purse to throw a fight...a 10-20% reduction is no big deal.