How can you boo JDS? Really, how can you? Did the entire arena that booed JDS at UFC 155 in his losing effort against Cain Velasquez realize they were booing:
A. One of the nicest guys in the sport?
B. One of the most hardworking?
Or
C. They were kind of booing for no reason? I can’t recall the last time someone got booed for getting beat up for 25 minutes. What a weird moment that was. I couldn’t believe it then and I still can’t believe it now. Junior dos Santos shares this sentiment. He shared this to MMA Junkie:
“The truth is, I didn’t understand the booing, It did get me down.
“It was a hard loss,” dos Santos said. “It was very tough for me, but I want to be clear. It wasn’t hard because I lost. Losing wasn’t the hard part. Cain was superior. He fought hard and he deserved the win. That was clear to anyone who watched the fight. I felt bad and I had a hard time because I felt like I didn’t perform. You train for months, and then you go in there and I didn’t execute anything that I’d prepared to do. It was very frustrating to feel that I didn’t give what I had.”
“It’s already motivated me to learn new things, change my training, and it’s strengthened me,” dos Santos said. “It’s strengthened me as a person and as a fighter. I think I definitely see things clearer. I appreciate things more. I know what I have to do to get that title back.”
“I don’t think I’ll get booed again, I hope not.”
I am in the belief that fighters should very, very rarely be booed. I’m also of the beleif that a fan paid their money to sit in that seat, but let’s don’t perpetuate stupidity here people. There is no reason to boo a guy who is fighting his heart out.