Talking is easy. At the age of 14 maybe 15 one of our friends was being an ass, it blew up with me whilst fishing together. He swung a punch at me, I put him down and held him. He agreed to quit. Upon standing up he threw another punch and instinct whatever kicked in and I lost count how many times I punched him in a very similar position to Ben Flower. His face was a mess thereafter, black/blue heavily bruised etc etc. I cannot tell you how many times I hit him or what state he was in at the time, instinct kicks in.John Ferguson wrote:When you see that it's pretty understandable why he threw the first punch, but the second......cherry.pie wrote:This vine shows how bad the forearm from Hohaia wasthegimble wrote:To be fair though the angle and replays do not show anything that Hohiai did especially on SSN etc. It once you see the forearm to the face you realise Bentham should have sent both off. And that is only shown during the game and half time.
You do see the side on shot and it look innocuous but you see it head on you see the arm in the face.
https://vine.co/v/OAjJjZ0KjTz
We were teammates / very close friends. I think it took 20 years before we ever spoke again.
Shit happens. If you asked Ben he can probably not tell you himself why he threw the 2nd punch or that he knew / had control of himself. Such events happen very quickly but the repercussions last a lifetime.