Studio 540 Challenge managed to put on quite a show for all present as well as those following the livestream on flo. But prior to the fight sharp barbs were exchanged by Tonon and Kim Terra. You might find yourself surprised that there’s no Gordon Ryan in this story but, in fact, Felipe Pena had banned him across most social networks prior to their grappling fight.
In fact some of the previous smack talk is now backfiring on Ryan as the members of the general public took his submission defeat from Felipe Pena as a good chance to take him down a peg and produce entertaining memes along the way.
But now Tonon says that there is some line even though it’s tough to say:
“From a respect perspective and a way that we look at things as martial artists I totally understand you know how people look at those sort of things… We kind of have groups of schools and teammates and teammates and things…”
Tonon added:
“I believe that there’s room for being respectful and a bit of sh* talking. Having fun, creating some drama, creating a storyline. Where does it cross the line? I don’t know. I’ve always been a huge believer in there never being a line that you can’t cross. We come from Jersey. We just constantly make fun of each other, each other’s mothers. We don’t care.”
Check out Garry’s full answer below:
Do you believe there’s a line grapplers shouldn’t cross hyping a fight? Or should the whole thing be toned down?
