UFC flyweight Lauren Murphy has taken more than her fair share of flak for her lackluster performance against Jessica Andrade at UFC 283. Murphy was heavily outclassed over the course of all three rounds, and many fans wondered why her corner didn’t throw in the towel. Murphy vociferously defended her team via Twitter, calling out the “double standard “B.S.”.
“All the podcasters and fans screeching about ‘LAurEn MurPhy NeEds A neW CoRnER’ and ‘TheY ShOuLd ThRow In ThE ToWeL’.
Lauren Murphy Stands By Corner Despite Criticism: “Miss me with this double standard B.S.”
Is anyone arguing that Glover [Teixeira’s] corner should have stopped it? I saw him after the fights and he looked way worse than me. Both his eyes are closed and he took a ton of unanswered shots.
“hat about when Brian Ortega got a boxing lesson in the middle of the fight from Max [Holloway]? Look at Darren Elkins’ entire career. It’s a fistfight. Sometimes we get beat up. Sometimes it might make you uncomfortable. That is your problem.
Where were these people when Joanna [Jedrzejczyk] looked like f****** Megamind in her fight with [Zhang] Weili??” she continued. “If they’re concerned for safety, why weren’t they screaming for her to be pulled? Competitive or not, shouldn’t her ‘safety’ have come first? Miss me with this double standard B.S.”
Murphy continued, pointing out that she’s a fighter in a violent sport. She signed up for it, win or lose. “I signed up for this!” Murphy said. “I got beat up, not murdered! I have two black eyes today and that’s it. I’m gonna be just fine. Getting my ass kicked is part of the job sometimes! I’m okay with it and if you’re an MMA fan you should be too”
Murphy called out a certain element of the fanbase who failed to understand her competitive mindset. “I can’t stand it when people say, ‘She had no chance of winning, so just stop the fight.’ Where is the spirit of competition in that?? Y’all drive me nuts because we’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t!
Cynthia Calvillo’s corner called it and y’all messaged her to kill herself. I’m so over people criticizing my corner. I changed it after the Valentina [Shevchenko] fight and it’s still not enough for you. It’s more than enough for me. These guys are some of the best coaches I’ve ever had. I’m so grateful they let me fight until the end. I AM tough and for me, it’s a joy to display my heart to the whole world. Most of you won’t have any idea what I’m talking about, and that’s fine.
Most media and half the fans will find a way to s*** on it, as they have for most of my career. I’ve never let it deter me before and I won’t now. Tell y’all what. When you guys compete and coach at a high enough level that you end up in the corner of a Top 5 UFC fight, you guys can corner any way you want.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-bOc0kRy_8
