Beautiful fighter taps out to save opponent punishment
“We don’t get money, we don’t get paid, and I know that the only thing I’m going to finish the fight is him to go in the hospital or get hurt,” said Mike Pantangco.
In mixed martial arts you can win by decision, knockout, and of course tapout. A tapout comes when the only alternatives are to nap or snap.
However, in a moment that should not be forgotten, Quincy Rice student Mike Pantangco was handily beating Jeremy Rasner in Jackson, Michigan’s Prison City Fight League in an amateur bout.
The Jackson MMA fighter Pantangco was landing a highlight reel of head kicks, a flying knee, a spinning backfist, and more. Rasner is tough and could have provided the crowd with a long and entertaining beating, but instead Pantango dropped to a knee and tapped out.
“I just feel that there’s no point fighting him because he didn’t train against me and I didn’t train for him and I just feel like we’re amateur fighters,” explained Pantango on AXSTV’s Inside MMA. “We don’t get money, we don’t get paid, and I know that the only thing I’m going to finish the fight is him to go in the hospital or get hurt. I just feel terrible so I’m just going to give him the win.”
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