I'm ok with the saying "there's no crying in baseball" because really there should not be crying in baseball ever. No one in baseball has to worry about or suffer from broken eye socket orbital bones, mango sized hemotomas on their face, or disgusting skin piercing bone breaks. As a matter of fact, I don't even want to see a baseball player involuntarily tear up from getting dirt in his eyes after an awkward head first slide into second base. Man up, man-its only baseball.

If anyone ever tries to apply the 'there's no crying in' rule to MMA I want them to be beaten about the head by Hector Lombard until they realize that yes in fact there IS crying in MMA. Anyone that goes through the rigors of months of training and dieting and weight cutting and the intense physical demands of actually getting into the cage and taking and or giving a beating deserves the chance to have a tearful release at the end of the day. It is a wonder we don't see more of these guys welling up with emotion in interviews or during post fight celebrations or defeats. Watching a fighter well up with tears after a win or a loss is one of my favorite things ever about our sport. It humanizes the fighter who we tend to put on a pedestal and expect an almost machine like emotionless performance out of. A tearful post fight exchange let's us see a little bit of ourselves inside of these skillful warriors.

Last night during the post fight interviews at UFC on FUEL TV 3, Ariel Helwani did an excellent job capturing and an emotional moment with Dustin Poirier after his loss to Chan-Sung Jung. Hats off to both Ariel and Dustin for a delivering a truly raw and heartfelt interview. Here it is: 

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+8 # FreeLeeMurray 2012-05-16 08:36

That'll tug on your heartstrings like the end of The Warrior. Dustin Poirier is a great fighter he's still young and he just didn't perform up to his own standards. There's no shame in that. Zombie will beat Aldo, he's just incredible.

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+9 # Sidecheckkick 2012-05-16 09:07

Sorry bro he wont, i like korean zombie, i like this whole underdog story, but not only he will get annihilated against Aldo, i doubt he can score a single takedown.
Aldo will take his leg away in 1 1/2-2 rounds Jung Chan-Sung( this guy deserves that we finally learn his proper name) will hang in there as a true warrior he is and will get K.O.-ed -most likely with a knee.

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+3 # Guest 2012-05-16 13:36

Don't count Zombie out yet man. There is a good chance Aldo won't be able to finish him, and will literally wear himself out beating on him. Then Zombie will be very dangerous for him.

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+7 # CanadianHour4 2012-05-16 19:01

otherwise known as the homer simpson tactic

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+7 # Guest 2012-05-16 08:41

After watching Fightville I feel emotionally invested in Dustin Poirier. Future champ, will come back stronger. Only 23!

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0 # Guest 2012-05-16 08:49

Does Zombie leave all his opponents crying? Mark had an emotional post-fight interview asweel. Never doubt the zombie people.

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+21 # Guest 2012-05-16 09:28

Mark teared up about his coach dumbass

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-6 # Guest 2012-05-16 12:37

I think you need to go watch the scrum again.

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0 # Guest 2012-05-16 09:41

mark was prolly crying because it was his first fight since his coach and friend died. also, i dont recall roop crying after he put the zombie's head on the upper level.

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+10 # Guest 2012-05-16 10:07

Quoting red rocket....yuuum!:

mark was prolly crying because it was his first fight since his coach and friend died. also, i dont recall roop crying after he put the zombie's head on the upper level.

was that the same upper level that you found roops mouth piece in after the cub fight?

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0 # Guest 2012-05-16 12:56

Quoting 310:

Quoting red rocket....yuuum!:

mark was prolly crying because it was his first fight since his coach and friend died. also, i dont recall roop crying after he put the zombie's head on the upper level.

was that the same upper level that you found roops mouth piece in after the cub fight?

haha probably! it's not like a huge roop fan, turd nugget!

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+2 # Guest 2012-05-16 14:45

Quoting red rocket....yuuum!:

Quoting 310:

Quoting red rocket....yuuum!:

mark was prolly crying because it was his first fight since his coach and friend died. also, i dont recall roop crying after he put the zombie's head on the upper level.

was that the same upper level that you found roops mouth piece in after the cub fight?

haha probably! it's not like a huge roop fan, turd nugget!

his mouth piece wasnt a huge roop fan??? noooo way...

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-24 # Guest 2012-05-16 08:53

Stop crying you big girl.

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-7 # Guest 2012-05-16 09:29

duushe

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+9 # Guest 2012-05-16 09:30

fail lol

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+7 # noreaga 2012-05-16 08:54

this article was written by a woman so hard.

jkjkjk

i seriously cried after a roll where i got triangled. combat sports are so rooted in symbolism and cultural/emotio nal/sociologica l connotations that, even in my limited, amateur experience, it's difficult to find that line between athlete and human being. and we know that people fight for validation; that's why warrior was so good and that's why people flipped when randy couture said, "not bad for an old man."

it's fucking sad to see poirier crushed by this especially in contrast with how happy chan sung jung must be (remember his facebook message from before the fight?). mma is so cool that it sucks that there has to be a loser.

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+2 # Guest 2012-05-16 09:06

he'll get better,hes still young and didn't look like himself but i think he should of took the aldo fight when offered since he might never get the chance and the division is growing

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-15 # Guest 2012-05-16 09:18

Cryin like a scallywag ass mark buster bitch

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+9 # Sambro 2012-05-16 10:57

This is Cat's best article.

What an awesome fight.

The first time I got my ass kicked, I cried like a bitch.

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+2 # TIMinBALTIMORE 2012-05-16 11:01

Poirier is a beast and he'll be back. He's probably 2 fights away from a title shot now, not the end of the world. KZ was on his game last night and he would have beaten most featherweights.

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-2 # Guest 2012-05-16 11:21

He is one fight away, fights the winner of Koch / Aldo confirmed by Dana

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+3 # Guest 2012-05-16 13:42

That fight was how every UFC fight should be, an all out war with one guy trying to finish the other. It was GREAT!

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+6 # BigEyeGuy 2012-05-16 14:09

im a fan now, no bullshit from Dustin just letting us know exactly how he feels. he also put on a great fight!

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+2 # Guest 2012-05-16 19:08

Awesome fight, big fan of Zombie, honestly thought that he would get dominated by Poirer so hats off to him

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+1 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-05-17 10:24

You can tell he had that shit on his sleeve. Great fight, great performance, heart, all that. I hope he's gonna be around for a long time.

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-1 # Guest 2012-05-17 17:35

You just got zombied bitch he acts as if he was ever in the fight at any moment...oh i let myself down blah blah he basically discredits KZ's win which is bs he had nothing for the Zombie on the feet or the ground so he really needs to stop crying an give zombie some credit

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