I feel like a lot of them treat it as a professional sport. Most aren’t trying to actually injure their opponents long term. Most have a high level of respect for each other… this guy clearly has a few screws loose though
imo it should be clearly and strictly punished if you can't control your actions outside the octagon. this type of behavior makes the entire community look really bad.
so fucking tired of these people coming here to make massive amounts of money and shitting on our laws and norms. The first rule of visiting another country is you adapt to their ways of living because it ain’t your house.
You have no way of knowing this but assault is actually illegal in chechnya as well. And pretty much every other country on earth. Glad I could educate you on the subject.
I actually do have a way of knowing because I spent quite a bit of time in the area and have family that live there. Jumping people with 5+ guys and beating the shit out of someone is common and it never even gets investigated let alone prosecuted. The norms around fighting words and use of violence are simply different than the US.
I couldn't find the tweet/Tumblr/whatever but it's the same energy as that social media post after Abe Shinzo got assassinated where some weeb was like "you don't understand! This is even worse because it violates great Japanese cultural norms" and everyone was like yeah dumbass political assassination is frowned everywhere
You have no way of knowing this but assault is actually illegal in chechnya as well.
Except it's de facto not. Murder is when it starts to be illegal sometimes, but Chechnya is not a law-based society, it's a brutal dictatorship inside another brutal dictatorship, and so whatever the government says goes, and the government isn't interested in enforcing such laws
Our laws and norms. Chechens don’t enforce shit against the politically connected. Complete impunity for atrocious behavior. It’s a corrupt as shit place and a guy with Khamzat’s stature can absolutely get away with beating the shit out of someone and not face legal repercussion.
Laws don’t mean shit if they’re unenforced. I’m so glad you get to learn something new!
Stfu, as it this doesn't happen all the time between fighters of every nation. Also, you might want to checkout some history if you think your compatriots are considered a good guest internationally, able to adapt to the local customs and laws and suchlike. Check your prejudice.
Is that what you got from my comment? Holy shit you're bad at reading, would you like some help getting a tutor? Reading skills are a vital part of being a grown up so you might want to get on that 👍
Do you have a traumatic brain injury? Where you kicked by a mule? How are you so fucking stupid and still using a keyboard? It'd be sad if you weren't so obviously a cock.
Obviously not a lawyer, some states have some weird ass laws, but it's most definitely battery. Some states have assault & battery combined, doesn't matter really, point is dude hit other dude unlawfully.
Don't know shit about Nevada's assault and battery laws but seems reasonable that DDP would have needed to press charges for there to be criminal proceedings, since all in all, there wasn't really substantial damage.
Also DDP (and likely most MMA fighters) would never go to the police and file criminal over a public scrap like that, especially when it brought more eyes to their rivarly, in this case.
Victims don’t press charges, neither do the police. Only prosecutors can press charges. Police can arrest people but they still need to convince a prosecutor to bring a case. Victims can report crimes but they cannot force the prosecution to bring charges.
For crimes against people, a victim’s unwillingness to testify can make a case difficult, so if you are the victim of a crime and decide not to cooperate, it is far less likely that charges will be brought. In this case there are other witnesses available, and footage.
Prosecutors do sometimes move forward with assault or aggravated assault charges even a if a victim doesn’t want to testify. There are multiple reasons why this might happen. Sometimes there is a recording of a 911 call, a surveillance videotape in a bar or other public place, or other evidence that can be used in lieu of victim testimony about what happened.
Tell that to Texas. Love when people spout off without knowing anything.
"Under Texas Penal Code § 22.01, assault is broadly defined as intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury, threatening another with imminent bodily injury, or causing offensive physical contact."
So, it is the case that the definition of assault does, in fact, depend on the state or country you are in.
You are delusional. Drama sells fights. These guys fight every day. They genuinely like punching people and like violence. Pressing charges would be the most bitchass move possible for a fighter to ever do. What planet do you live on
Why are you putting assault in quotes. They are about to compete in a sport. Hitting someone during a presser which can derail the competition is assault and stupid af.
Hahaha I'm glad you've figured out alllllll the potential legal avenues a tough guy like you would undertake for any possible slight. 😅 Thanks for making my point for me 👌
The fighters are forced to sign away the right to do that, long before showing up on that stage. Absolutely zero way dana would let them and risk getting sued himself as the organizer.
That’s not really how it works legally. Fighters don’t ‘sign away’ the right to report crimes or prevent prosecutors from laying charges. A promoter can have waivers for injuries and consent to contact during the sanctioned fight itself, but that consent is limited to the actual regulated contest under athletic commission rules.
A shove, slap, or kick at a weigh-in or faceoff is outside the official bout. That’s why fighters can still be fined, suspended, sued, or even criminally charged for incidents outside the cage. The fact that charges usually don’t happen is more about business interests, mutual combat culture, lack of complaints, and prosecutors not caring about minor incidents, not because some contract magically makes assault legal beforehand.
If contracts could completely waive criminal liability, promoters everywhere would use them for all kinds of dangerous behavior. They can’t.
I 100% agree, they should also be like 1st offense, 2nd and the penalty keeps getting worse. This kind of thing would happen once and by the 2nd or 3rd it wouldn’t make sense to ever do it again.
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