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KELLER'S BLOG on UFC 101 Thoughts: Forrest Griffin humiliated, but he joins a prestigious club Aug 9, 2009 - 3:07:14 AM
Forrest Griffin is going to take deserved heat for sprinting out of the Octagon and to the back after his humiliating showing against Anderson Silva at Wachovia Center last night. He also might have made the right choice. Accept the heat for dashing away without a post-fight comment. That Octagon belonged to Silva at that moment, Forrest knew it, and Forrest had nothing to say.
Most people go to work and have good days and bad days. Fighters work every day all year, and overtime for about two months, before entering that Octagon. Losing like Griffin lost was something close to a novelist having his hard drive crash and his back-up drive catch on fire when he was just about finished with his 300 page draft. Everything was for nothing (except the payday). So while Griffin is a professional and fans would have liked to hear from him, it's understandable that he just wanted to hold it together long enough to get out of the public eye and then let out his emotions. He's an emotional guy, and there's good and bad that comes along with that. After a great fight, even in losing he's going to give a great post-fight interview. Forrest, though, knew he fell short of even the most pessimistic predictions.
Anderson Silva [artist Cory Gould (c) MMATorch]
SILVA'S CONDUCT
There are some message board comments critical of Silva for showing up Griffin by dropping his hands, egging him on, offering patronizing handshakes, and challenging him to bring it on. That's totally unfair. Silva took heat - undeserved in my opinion, but I respect and understand the conflicting views - for two boring victories in his last two fights. Fair enough. Fans want fighters who are vitriolic, who are demonstrative, who are larger than life personalities. They either want to love or hate you, not "respect you" but feel nothing stronger.
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