Gotto love the douchebags who are questioning Bowles’ heart .

I’ve suffered a few broken bones and trust me… its the most painful shit EVER.

Yeah, when you’re talking about broken bones it’s kinda hard to fault a fighter too much, at least in my opinion. I’ve seen boxers suffer broken hands, orbital bones and jaws retire from contests. The fact that a minority don’t shouldn’t disparage the majority of us mortals that would.

I think you guys are letting how likable Bowles is cloud your judgment. He was clearly getting beaten to the point he was looking for a way out. Does that mean he has no heart? Not in my book. Does that mean he’s not a good fighter? I think Miguel Torres and I would agree that he’ s a good fighter. Does that mean he’s not a great fighter? I don’t know but i think it’s reasonable for people on an MMA website to discuss that.

In the post-fight interview he said all he could think about was his hand and not the fight. Rather than saying that Cruz fought a great fight and that he was completely frustrating him the entire time, this is why he says he was losing the fight. In addition to the countless number of people who have fought through a broken hand or two, you know who else was able to? According to Loretta Hunt, Dominick Cruz was able to last night.

Also, you need to consider the significance of this fight. If this were just a regular fight, I don’t think anyone outside of the Sherdog forums would have disagreed that it’s better to not take unnecessary damage. However, this was a fight for the title. For fighters, this is it. This is what years of training and sacrifice were for. In the bantamweight especially, this is it. I think people are not being unreasonable when they say that they’d expect someone to put up more of a fight before that title was taken away from them.

The point I’m trying to make here is that people need to stop getting so upset when people raise these questions about Bowles. This does not mean that I don’t like Bowles or that I was rooting for Cruz. I’ve actually been a big fan of his since I saw him fight Charlie Valencia. In fact, as Kelvin could attest, Brian Bowles and I have almost the exact same haircut. I’m not saying this makes me the president of his fan club, but I think it at least entitles me to a seat at the table.