Ego Costs Male Adult to Lose His Arm to a 15 year old in BJJ Tournament
Tournament mat. Fifteen-year-old girl versus adult male competitor. She gets the armbar locked in clean. He's got a choice right here. Tap early, walk away fine. But ego's a hell of a drug. He tries to muscle out instead. She adjusts, rolls him belly down, and now both his hands are trapped.
Watch his feet. He's tapping frantically on the mat. The crowd's yelling. His coach is yelling. But the ref's not seeing it fast enough. She's holding the submission because that's what you do in competition until the ref stops you. The angle gets worse. The pressure increases. Something's gotta give.
Reddit's BJJ community has unanimous thoughts on this one. Should've tapped the first time she had position. The instructor's wisdom echoes through the comments: you don't tap when your arm's about to break, you tap when your arm's in a position to be broken. Pride heals faster than broken bones.
Will he ever live down getting submitted by a teenage girl? More importantly, will he learn to tap early next time?
Watch his feet. He's tapping frantically on the mat. The crowd's yelling. His coach is yelling. But the ref's not seeing it fast enough. She's holding the submission because that's what you do in competition until the ref stops you. The angle gets worse. The pressure increases. Something's gotta give.
Reddit's BJJ community has unanimous thoughts on this one. Should've tapped the first time she had position. The instructor's wisdom echoes through the comments: you don't tap when your arm's about to break, you tap when your arm's in a position to be broken. Pride heals faster than broken bones.
Will he ever live down getting submitted by a teenage girl? More importantly, will he learn to tap early next time?
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