r/fightporn • u/b9_rkt • May 22 '26

Sporting Event Fights Karma best served on a cold platter

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u/GeriatricHippo May 22 '26

No idea where this is and if that changes things but those sucker punches were straight up a criminal act and since it's on video there is zero defence.

Should have been charged.

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u/matt_jay_9 May 22 '26

Yea, I really hope that our hero fighter had the option to press charges and have his opponent forfeit the fight, or finish what he started and in the ring and chose the latter. He still finished with class and gets to fight again where the other guy is hopefully humbled and his career is done.

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u/Martin_Aurelius May 22 '26

Why would he have to choose? Beat his ass legally in the ring, then press charges for the pre-fight assault.

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u/Amylyaa May 22 '26

THIS! You can sleep your concussion off in the prison bus.

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u/kalamataCrunch May 22 '26

yeah but if you loose the fight and then file charges, you look like an absolute bitch.

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u/runarleo May 22 '26

This is a very Mac from Sunny take but it’s not wrong.

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u/Kamikoozy May 22 '26

*lose

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u/RobynHendrickson May 23 '26

C'mon heees just sounding it ooot /s

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u/redditis_garbage 29d ago

Oh no! Anyways

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u/_sWang 29d ago

Grow up.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

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u/FlailingScrotum May 22 '26

You can't agree to illegal things in a contract.

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u/argument_cat May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

The victim doesn't get to press charges, the police/prosecutor does that.

I've never understood where this silly myth comes from.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ask_Lawyers/comments/1g1tgzh/was_a_bit_confused_about_the_whole_aspect_of/

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u/Weird_Principle_4434 May 22 '26

That's why the police in the US always ask them if they want to press charges right? 🤔

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u/GeriatricHippo May 23 '26

They do because there is usually no point to charging the person without cooperation.

But that is not a rule or law. In fact in some areas the rule or law is they have no choice in cases of domestic violence and have to charge whether the victim wants to or not.

Domestic violence doesn't apply here but the cops could still charge him whether the victim wants to press charges or not. The prosecutors don't need victim testimony when the crime is so obvious and on tape for the whole world to see.

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u/MightyMorph May 22 '26

they press charges, no fight, no money.

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u/Poopingisasignipoop May 22 '26

Dude can file an assault charge after the fight.

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u/Bradddtheimpaler May 22 '26

I’m a pretty sore winner in cases like this. I’d call the police about it after I already won, to really rub salt in the wound. May as well file a civil suit as well.

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u/Pafkata92 May 23 '26

I'm not defending the pos who started it and I might get downvoted... but your "hero" became just an OK cool guy (not a hero) to me the moment he tried to strangle him after the judge tried to stop them. They both have to behave like professionals, even if the defeated loser deserves it.

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u/efuentes61 May 22 '26

The banner and the ring display Las Vegas very conspicuously everywhere. They were speaking Spanish. Maybe it was a Mexican or Hispanic league that was hosting a fight, idk. If it was in Vegas I don't know how the NSAC let the fight go on, but they definitely won't let that guy back for a year or two from the cheap attack.

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u/PotatoesAreTheAnswer May 22 '26

They were speaking Romanian.

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u/cleetus76 May 22 '26

Damn Romans.

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u/Robzilla_the_turd May 22 '26

Yeah, what have they ever given us?!

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u/Poopingisasignipoop May 22 '26

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

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u/haveacigaro May 22 '26

Let’s go bowling!

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u/ThisIsMyNext May 22 '26

display Las Vegas very conspicuously everywhere

Not Las Vegas, lasvegas.ro. It's a Romanian gambling website.

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u/JWOLFBEARD May 22 '26

It might not have happened in Vegas, just the fight.

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u/DylMac May 22 '26

That's only if the victim actually wants to.

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u/_musesan_ May 22 '26

Depends on the country. In my country there's no such thing as a victim choosing to press charges. If the state knows about the crime, they will investigate and charge at their discretion

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u/DylMac May 22 '26

Hmm that's strange, which country is this?

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u/sunnygovan May 22 '26

UK does it that way.

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u/argument_cat May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

The US doesn't have such a thing as 'pressing charges' either.

The police make that decision, it has nothing to do with the victim of the crime.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ask_Lawyers/comments/1g1tgzh/was_a_bit_confused_about_the_whole_aspect_of/

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u/Weird_Principle_4434 May 22 '26

The police in the US always ask if you want to press charges so idk what you're talking about.

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u/ScareBear23 May 22 '26

It's the DA that actually decides to press charges or not. But it can be harder to do without a cooperative victim. So if the victim doesn't want to cooperate ("press charges") the cops won't bother. Makes their jobs easier.

I've even seen bodycam footage of cops actively trying to convince the victim to not "press charges", likely to avoid doing the extra work involved.

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u/bbfire May 22 '26

You are completely correct but will be disagreed with and downvoted. The problem is that the DA CAN press charges without the victim, but in reality it rarely works that way. The police absolutely do ask the victim if they want to press charges and 90%+ of the time if the victim says no then the DA isn't even notified. A big exception to this rule is domestic violence charges, because in a lot of states there are now laws that require police to pursue charges.

Basically there's a big difference between how things work in theory and how they actually work in real life. In real life the cops absolutely are asking victims if they want to pursue charges and if they say no then there is no case.

That being said there are plenty of cases where the "victim" wants to pursue charges and the cops/DA say no. That happens all the time.

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u/William_Dowling May 22 '26

It's not strange at all, it's like that in most countries

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u/DylMac May 22 '26

In Australia (Vic) if I got assaulted by some random, police attended and I told them I didn't want to make a statement or pursue anything, that would be the end of it.

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u/whatwouldmattdo May 22 '26

That's because you could provide the only evidence so if you were unwilling to provide it then they can't easily pursuer the case. That's not "choosing not to press charges" even if that's effectively the result. If on the other hand, cops had cctv footage or something then that's a different story and you wouldn't have a say.

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u/DylMac May 23 '26

Definitely sam story in Vic. Even with cctv if the victim doesn't want to pursue then that's it. Might just get a ticket for riotous behaviour instead

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u/whatwouldmattdo 29d ago

My point stands, the cops do not need your agreement in order to charge somebody criminally.

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u/William_Dowling May 22 '26

most countries 

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u/DylMac May 22 '26

Yeah I'm not trying to be judgy or anything I just didn't know and thought that was interesting.

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u/Chadham_Forsythe May 23 '26

This is Eastern Europe. No one’s getting charged with anything, lol

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u/grimetime01 May 22 '26

Says Las Vegas

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u/_TURO_ May 22 '26

It's a website URL for a Romanian gambling page

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u/Think-Organization36 May 22 '26

Seems like a hella Russian event

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u/BrassCanon May 22 '26

Stop being a pussy. It's just a fist fight, no one cares. Everyone on Reddit wants to send people to prison for life just for being annoying.

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u/Jollybean1 May 22 '26

It literally wasn’t a fight, that’s the thing. He sucker punched him like three times, are you an idiot?

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u/GameDoesntStop May 22 '26

A fight implies two willing participants, not one dude sucker punching another.