first – and what a cheap shot – lost a ton of respect for manny

If thats’ what you have to resort to then you must have no confidence in yourself. He should have just punched him at the weigh ins if he wanted to get the drop on him.

Things happen fast in the ring, but that’s stupid.

You don’t touch gloves, pause, then start the fight. When the ref say “fight”, the fight is on!

Dana should give BJ a few minutes with Manny “British Prostitute” Gamburyan just to rip his girly shoulder apart again.

You’d think he’d be confident enough in his own abilities to beat Jeff Cox without resorting to that. I heard that Manny had a cheap shot at UFN, but hadn’t seen it. What a little punk. If Jeff Cox ever gets to fight in the UFC again, backstage, he should be allowed to run up on Manny from behind and just hit him in the back of the head with all he got.

Karo or Manny being disrespectful or taking cheap shot? Who would have ever guessed? Oh yeah, all of us.

WHATS GOING ON HERE? ARE WE LOSING THE “QUOTE” FEATURE??? Or is the site experiencing some techinical difficulties? I really hope that its the latter of the two, because losing the “quote” button would be a mistake in my opinion, its used to keep conversations going and to point out exactly what we are referring to.

I agree with Tiger Mike. Fuck the sportsmanship, this is a fight. The ref does not say “you ready…..you ready….tap gloves…..and fight”.

Save the love for the weigh in or the end of the fight.

I agree with violentmike I would quote him but there is no button. Anyways, about manny the guy is just a cheater. I bet he is on steroids too.

To feign the touch and then throw a kick is a dirty cheap trick.

I know its not illegal but if he didn’t want to touch he should run out like GSP and take the centre of the ring.

Small things like this set MMA back so far to people who don’t follow the sport than any free fight card will promote it.

That is lame and it was a crappy kick. Congrats.

And on topic…I think its a funny gif, but that would’ve caused a major uproar if it resulted in a KO somehow.

Man that was cheap. What a dick. Who fakes touching gloves. If your not going to touch gloves at least come out with your hands up to show your ready to fight not be buddy buddy.

LAME.

Never have been a fan of the opening glove tap at the beginning of fights. Kinda’ lame that he faked it though.

I dislike it only because he went out and faked that he was going to touch gloves. That’s disrespectful to show a sign of respect and then take advantage of it.

that’s BS. the glove tap or whatever at the beginning of a fight is a good gesture and a show of respect. If he had any skill, he’d be able to throw that kick without it being a cheap shot after faking the glove tap. If you don’t want to tap gloves, fine, but don’t fake it to take a cheap shot.

Wow…Manny, you sneaky little Russian/Almeinian.

What a cheap shot!

WHATS GOING ON HERE? ARE WE LOSING THE “QUOTE” FEATURE??? Or is the site experiencing some techinical difficulties? I really hope that its the latter of the two, because losing the “quote” button would be a mistake in my opinion, its used to keep conversations going and to point out exactly what we are referring to

here here…Copy and paste is a BEEEATCH

You don’t touch gloves, pause, then start the fight. When the ref say “fight”, the fight is on!

You’re right…however there are certain things in life that go un-written, and that is one of them.

A cheap shot is a cheap shot….and THAT WAS a cheap shot!

If i was the next person to fight Manny… Id wait for him to extend his glove out then just kick him straight in the head and attack. What a punk!

I can’t stand Manny or even to a bigger extent, Karo, but with that said, some fighters want to tap gloves after the bell, after any good shot, after the round and at the begining of every round. The only appropriate time to touch gloves is when the ref says “ok touch gloves.” It was a big time cheap shot, but be ready!!!

Is everyone sure Cox hadn’t done something to another opponent that would make Manny think thats a good idea. Hitting someone after the bell or holding a move after a stoppage?

I never saw any hint of him being a cheap shot artist like that before. As a matter of fact I would have expected Manny to be a stickler for respect.

I’m aware that the fight starts when the ref starts it. If you choose not to touch gloves then that’s fine but don’t fake it. Manny was a dirty, boring, lay and pray fighter on TUF5, and it’s obviously he’s still dirty. I can’t wait until he fights someone decent and gets owned.

Manny is a jackass.

haha…that’s pretty lame, but it’s nothin’ that gets the underwear cranked way up my crack like some of you. it’s a fight, the ref says fight, you fight. it’s not like that was a super serious kick anyways…still a little lame on manny’s part though..

Cheap shot, bottom line.

That’s like putting your hand out, pulling it back at the last second, and then taking a free swing at a guy.

You people really think it was that bad? lol It really wasn’t. I mean it would be different if he through a big punch of kick to the head. That kick looked like it didn’t do much more than push Cox away from him. I do agree it was a cheap shot, but it’s nothing to get upset about.

They should just have to touch gloves when the ref is telling them the rules and what not.

“I agree with violentmike I would quote him but there is no button. ”

LOLOLOLOLOL

During Silva/Hendo, Hendo extended his hand but Silva did not. When Hendo pulled his arm back, Silva moved to begin. That’s the way it’s done. Touch.. or not, but faking to touch gloves is not an MMA move. It is cheap, backyard and cowardly.

I understand the instructions to “Protect Yourself at ALL Times”, but to put your hand out to tap gloves then drop it to take a kick…..I can only think of one word……BUSH! I would like to think a guy as talented as Manny wouldn’t need to resort to this childish action to get the upperhand in the fight. Truth be told, he would have won the fight regardless. And the people out there saying that “This is a Fight” and “you don’t have to tap glove, then fight”, that is BULLS**T and you know it. You don’t wanna tap up, FINE, but don’t pretend to then take a cheap shot because any PRO fighter knows, that is BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!

What a cheap shot. I realize fighters need to “protect yourself at all times”, but there is a common respect that if a fighter reaches out to touch gloves, you either touch gloves or wave it off. Manny is a punk.

Very impressive tactic by Manny. Karo should have tried that against Alves.

Are there any other relatives of theirs I could grow to dislike? What a family full of d*cks.

I must say I completely disagree with toms bombs on this one. Just because manny can’t throw a kick any better than stephen hawking doesnt mean the intention wasn’t there. I do definitely agree with DJ about the hendo/silva fight, if you are a fighter that saves the show of respect for after the fight (which i can totally understand) just walk in with your hands up and showing that you are going to bring it. I think after manny’s show of cowardice joey silva should give him a shot at a top contender, i.e. feed that little girl to the wolves. Someone like Thiago Tavares, Spencer Fisher, or Roger Huerta would do just fine.

I had mad respect for Manny but after that incident, it’s completely gone, he’s a piece a shit no doubt about it…If you don’t wana touch gloves before the fight then don’t stick your hand out and then go after the guy..just go after him straight so he knows you aint putting your hand up and he can defend himself…that was extremely disrespectful and embarrassing..

It was obviously a cheap shot that pretty much any respectable fighter wouldn’t do, but all I’m trying to say is it’s not like it was an illegal blow or anything. fighters fight for different reasons, some for the money, some for glory, some to go have fun in a battle, and some just want to win by any means. Do I agree with the kick? No, and I see why it should be frowned upon. But I also don’t think it was that big of a deal, just unsportsman like.

Wouldnt have bothered me at all if Manny hadnt done the whole juke glove tap. If he just came out and threw a spinning back kick first off, then thats good in my book.

not cool manny, not cool bro

IF YOUR SKILL IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN IN A FAIR WAY DON’T FIGHT IN THE UFC MANNY THE BITCH GAMBURYAN

That was a very dissapointing tactic by Manfred. That move was just the way I like my whores, legal and cheap.

Way to lose whatever fans you had – its like a unwritten fighter code to touch gloves, move back to reset, then start fighting

Manny you idiot

hahah manny is a funny guy.

Manny showed no class, guess it runs in the family with him and Karo. Not a good nite for Armenia as there countryman Roman got dominated by serra-trained George Sotiropoulis. While it’s not as bad as Babulu’s keeping the choke on david heath, im sure the ufc will say something to manny. As long as we get to see him have a rematch with nate diaz so diaz can either rear naked or triangle choke his @$$ i’ll be fine.

Manny truely showed himself to be a low class fighter with that move. sad to see

NOTHING wrong with what he did. The fight is on when its on. Plenty of time to tap glove, shake hands, hug, bow, grab a$$, light up insence, after the fight. too bad he didn’t KO Cox with that kick. That would’ve been funny as hell.

It was a poor display of sportsmanship. Another example of Manny being just like his cousin – full of himself and not paying attention to the big picture.

WAKE UP DUMBFUCK. You’re on display trying to sell this sport to the public as a SPORT. Faking a display of sportsmanship and throwing a kick when the guy reaches out to tap up is as WEAK as it GETS. If you want to just scrap and be a retard, why don’t you go bare-knucks with Kimbo on YouTube and stop taking airwaves away from people who give a shit about MMA.

everyone keeps saying “its a fight..” but its more of a sporting event than a fight which means that you respect your opponent. Don’t act like your going to touch gloves and then kick him in the chest… Anderson Silva the classiest guy, didn’t touch gloves with Dan Henderson before they fought but he made it known to Dan that he made no intention of doing so (HE DID NOT KICK HIM IN THE CHEST..LOL)

Not surprised at all.

Cheap move. Would have expected better from Manny.

what a scumbag

People like manny bring the sport of mma down..what a coward..i actually liked manny before..mma is a sport..not about cheap shots

yep, that’s really cheap!

Wow, what a little prick. I know the fight is on once the ref says fight but you don’t fake touching gloves and then throw a kick. Honorless

When you’re going to do a cheap shot, you might as well make it count. That crappy kick hardly landed and the dude wasn’t even defending himself. He’s not only a low-life, but he’s not even good at it. That dude needs to do a self-inventory.

Cheap shot there Manny “little man complex” Gamburyan…no love for this dude anymore..

“You people really think it was that bad? lol It really wasn’t. I mean it would be different if he through a big punch of kick to the head. That kick looked like it didn’t do much more than push Cox away from him. I do agree it was a cheap shot, but it’s nothing to get upset about.

They should just have to touch gloves when the ref is telling them the rules and what not.”
-Toms Bombs

So what you are saying is that cheap shots are okay…unless you knock out your opponent. Manny should just be a dirty fighter until something really bad happens, like hurting someone who is trying to show you sportsmanship, and then Manny should stop those types of antics. Nice logic.

Whether it knocked him out or missed him completely isn’t the point. But you can be sure it wasn’t meant to tickle him. (On second thought, maybe Manny does want to tickle cox.) Cox’s hand was up and Manny clearly tried to take an open shot at that exposed side.

Another point is this was an early undercard. These guys weren’t brought into the center prior and this was their chance to shake hands.

They should feel Manny to Anderson Silva for that. better yet, right after Herb dean tells them it’s on he goes for a coffee & lets Anderon finish that arm for good.

Cheap. GJ Manny, you’ve earned my cheering against you every time you fight. Douche.

That was pathetic. Someone needs to tell Manny to stop calling out Nate Diaz. At this point in their careers Diaz is on a meteoric rise, Manny is still fighting cans, and hitting them with cheap shots. Manny does not deserve to fight Nate again. He was running his mouth about how he took Nate down and was going to pound him out…. I call BS!!! Everyone takes Nate down, pounds on him for a little and then they get CHOCKED!!! Which is exactly what would have happened to manny if his shoulder didnt pop out the socket.

Diaz needs to fight Griffin next, manny would be lucky if he could beat Alvin Robinson!

I believe that fighters should tap gloves when they are talking to the refs, not once the time starts. Tapping gloves started out back when two friends had to fight to show their love for one another.

It is almost cliche now, everyone does it. They talk smack for two months and than touch gloves like they are close friends.

But Manny on the other hand, that was just a flat out PUSSY move, coming out with your hand out and then throwing a cheap ass kick that doesnt even connect.

If your gona do something like that, take a note from Herring and knock the guy out, dont flash, knock the guy out.

If I was Dana, I’d match Manny up with some with really good Kimura’s.

Manny a chicken shit. what a cheap shot. thats a bitch move mos def

People at the Sherdog forums were really complaining about this. Uncontrollably. I came on here expecting that some reasonable people would believe that Gamburyan’s “cheap shot” wasn’t worth the attention it was getting. I’m disappointed to find out that this place is just as furious about it as the Sherdog forum is. Funny thing is, Evan Tanner did the same thing. How often do you hear about his “cheap shot” on David Loiseau? He touched gloves and bum-rushed Loiseau. I think you all will forget about Gamburyan’s “antics” in a month or two. If you carry it past that, well, you’re probably more so a fan of drama and controversy than you are a fan of mixed martial arts. Get over it, people.

Yeah. super cheap. If you don’t believe in touching gloves at the beginning of the match, come in with your dukes up. Don’t go and try to pull a cheap shot. Zero class.

i cant stand that family

karo is a clown who keeps having tantrums

and i thought cheap shot on this one at the time

last time hell have gloves touched

catch me once shame on you
catch me …. cant be catched again

hes not a bad fighter but seems undersized at 155
he is going to use the karo trick of whining over and over again about something hes lost… i hope DW stays strong and refuses him a shot at Nate he hasnt earnt it

If he touched gloves then took the kick…I am all for that.

I think he just mis-timed it and thought he touched gloves. Check out the other guys body language, he knew it was dangerous:

the saying is “touch gloves and come out fighting” NOT “touch gloves, come out and touch gloves, back away an then fight….but hug first”

the other guy

Manny is a real FAGGOT.

And I thought Manny was the likable one of the family. Love him on TUF and was really liking his comeback from the leg injury.

I lost a lot of respect for the guy seeing this.

wat a dick, i already disliked manny, but come on. not that it did much but the fact he actually tried that… thats not only disrespectful but its cowardly. wat a bitch…

Yeah lost alot of respect for manny

Pretty chicken shit..if he would’ve knocked him out, he would probably never be at the very least televised. Real good way to start a war between camps.

i still love manny alot but gosh darn theres no denying that was a very cheap one.

I believe that fighters should tap gloves when they are talking to the refs, not once the time starts. Tapping gloves started out back when two friends had to fight to show their love for one another.

It is almost cliche now, everyone does it. They talk smack for two months and than touch gloves like they are close friends.

But Manny on the other hand, that was just a flat out PUSSY move, coming out with your hand out and then throwing a cheap ass kick that doesnt even connect.

If your gona do something like that, take a note from Herring and knock the guy out, dont flash, knock the guy out.

yes exactly

There’s no denying it was a legal hit. Past that I think he’s a prick, and would like to see his next opponent fake a cheap shot in his next fight. He doesn’t deserve Nate, and should be the guy who gets Edgar back to his winning ways.
Who saw gray winning that fight!?!? I was amazed, and glad I didn’t end up betting on that fight.

its a cheap shot. ofcourse its legal but noone does it cos its a show of respect! he did it cos his stubby arms and legs could have a better chance.

I cant believe that what fighter does that i give him no respect for him at all i wish he lost the fight now but now that he won its just not right to show your glove then take it away like that i wish i could hear the omentary on that by joe and bill

Ryan Bergin
Apr 7th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
People at the Sherdog forums were really complaining about this. Uncontrollably. I came on here expecting that some reasonable people would believe that Gamburyan’s “cheap shot” wasn’t worth the attention it was getting. I’m disappointed to find out that this place is just as furious about it as the Sherdog forum is. Funny thing is, Evan Tanner did the same thing. How often do you hear about his “cheap shot” on David Loiseau? He touched gloves and bum-rushed Loiseau. I think you all will forget about Gamburyan’s “antics” in a month or two. If you carry it past that, well, you’re probably more so a fan of drama and controversy than you are a fan of mixed martial arts. Get over it, people.

people are just wanting to see what other people thought of it to bitching just straight up most people think it was a classless move thats all after im done reading this i dont give a damn about it but for this moment ya i will talk about it everyone will forget about it cause it didnt change the out come of the match but point is everyone has an opinion and there is nothing wrong with people talking about it

This is the same ass clown who ripped Babalu on interviews, and he pulls a stunt like this. I really don’t have that big of a problem with what he did, because the fight starts as soon as the ref says fight. But if you’re going to rip other fighters for cheap shots and take one yourself that pretty much makes you a five star asshole in my opinion.

wouldn’t have been so bad if he didn’t raise his hand to tap before the sucker punch