{"id":279678,"date":"2018-06-30T09:33:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T16:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=279678"},"modified":"2018-06-30T09:33:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T16:33:07","slug":"thiago-tavares-feared-he-fractured-his-manhood-in-pfl-2-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/thiago-tavares\/thiago-tavares-feared-he-fractured-his-manhood-in-pfl-2-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiago Tavares feared he fractured his manhood in PFL 2 fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thiago Tavares’ PFL 2 fight could not have gone much worse for him. After absorbing a low blow in the second round, he was given five minutes to recover. When he still wasn’t ready after five minutes, the bout was then ruled a TKO win for his opponent\u00a0Robert Watley. Had the fight occurred pretty much anywhere but Illinois, the bout would have been ruled a no-contest, but the bizarre Illinois rules meant a loss for Tavares.<\/p>\n

The good news is that Tavares escaped the bout without any serious damage to the contents of his cup. This is something he was worried about after the blow landed.<\/p>\n

To put it bluntly, he thought he broke his penis.<\/p>\n

\u201dI thought \u2018My God, I\u2019ll look at my penis and it will be broken or something like that. Something happened.\u2019 It was scary,\u201d Tavares told MMA Fighting<\/a> this week. \u201cAnd then the referee looked at me and said \u2018if you don\u2019t come back I\u2019ll rule it a TKO.\u2019 When he said that, I thought it was impossible, maybe the camera angle didn\u2019t show how bad it was and they want to rule it a TKO. I tried to stand back up but I felt so much pain I sat down again and the doctor stopped it.”<\/p>\n

\u201dAnd they still rule it a TKO due to accidental low blow, man,\u201d he continued. \u201cHow can someone knock someone out with an illegal kick? And they still write it down in the result? It\u2019s like a World Cup referee validating a goal with a hand and write it down that the player used his left hand. It makes no sense. If he thought he scored the goal with his head, okay, it\u2019s only one mistake. A grotesque mistake, but only one, like giving this guy a TKO win. But they went ahead and actually made it official that the method was an accidental low blow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, Tavares is hoping to appeal this result. More than anything, however, he’s hoping for a change to Illinois’ MMA rule-set. Without changes, after all, fighters might as well just start kicking each other in the groins without hesitation.<\/p>\n

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\u201dPeople were joking afterwards that they will start training eye pokes and low blows,\u201d Tavares said. \u201cYou win the first round and then aim for the low blow or eye poke. It\u2019s scary, man. A grotesque mistake. If I fight again under this commission, just aim for the low area and I\u2019ll win the fight. How can you prove it\u2019s accidental? Imagine a tournament final, winner gets a million dollars, and it ends with a low blow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Whatever the case, it’s good to hear that Thiago Tavares emerged without any long-lasting damage downstairs.<\/div>\n
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