The best of fighters have tapped, the best of fighters have been knocked out. We are talking about the greats here. But yet shitting one fighter when he or she does it is absolutely ridiculous. Not tapping is retarded. Nothing to do with tough. Know when to quit is exactly what MMA guys need to know how to do. As for being beaten badly, that it looks so awefule from outside the cage that someone is compelled to throw in a towel, yeah, that's pretty bad to me. Even with Johnson/Khabib that didn't happen.
I agree tapping is smart and the right thing to do and respectable
Imo there is a difference between tapping and quitting
Quitting is when you look for a way out like conor did in the first fight against Nate when he tried to go for a lazy takedown against a legit black belt and gave up his neck
For me personally, it may look horrible from the outside but if a guy has the heart not to quit even when I'm thinking in my head it would be smart for this dude to quit, there is not much I can respect more than that
The guy who does this, is a certified warrior in my eyes
I just can't see how being a warrior is worse than quitting even if the warrior looks worse afterwards from the outside