VIDEO: Fighter gets DQ'd for not fighting.

[The Great Cochrane]

In a rather unique story surrounding referees, one referee actually disqualified a fighter for refusing to engage in any kind of action. Back earlier this month at RFA 15, referee Mike Beltrain disqualified Daniel Aguilar from his fight against Sam Toomer because.. quite simply, he didn't want to fight.

The fight saw Aguilar constantly scoot down to his butt and wanting to fight on the ground but Toomer was having none of it, and apparently neither was the referee. After a series of butt scoots which saw Aguilar flop to the ground and refuse to stand with Toomer, Beltran called for the bell in which Aguilar protested.

Many people may not believe the call was just, however, if one is look deep into the rule of the MMA rulebook it is an actual foul should a fighter fail to engage in any action whatsoever.

23. Timidity (avoiding contact, or consistently dropping the mouthpiece, or faking an injury)

Timidity is defined as any fighter who purposely avoids contact with his opponent, or runs away from the action of the fight. Timidity can also be called by the referee for any attempt by a fighter to receive time by falsely claiming a foul, injury, or purposely dropping or spitting out their mouthpiece or other action designed to stall the fight.

Aguilar has had all 10 of his career wins comes by way of submission. And this time, it seems like he was a little too desperate to get another one. A video of which can be found below.

[video=youtube;o9mKcxTAhxA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9mKcxTAhxA#t=41[/video]

Author: Alex Cochrane
Cited sources: Anton Tabuena (Bloodyelbow.com)

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Wow, that is seriously lame shit right there. It's no wonder I'm so critical of grapplers, you want the fight on the ground? You earn it by fighting on the feet... bitch.

 

[Swinny]

Dude clearly needs to learns some fuckin' wrestling and learn how to take a guy down. It's ridiculous and I like how the guy in on the ground telling the guy to come in and pissed off when he doesn't. Why should he go to the ground if you can't take him there? I'm glad this call was made.

 

[The Great Cochrane]

Dude clearly needs to learns some fuckin' wrestling and learn how to take a guy down. It's ridiculous and I like how the guy in on the ground telling the guy to come in and pissed off when he doesn't. Why should he go to the ground if you can't take him there? I'm glad this call was made.

Even if that was the case, he wouldn't have even taken him down unless the guys feet were planted on the ground or unless he was backing up. That's the whole significance of using striking to setup take downs. Currently I'm studying a style called shoot boxing (not to be confused with Chute Box gym) where if you use it properly, you can take wrestlers who've been wrestling for years down with ease.