Big Nog can **** off with his excuse-making.

From his official website:

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Go back and watch the tape. I did after reading that quote.

Herb Dean doesn't say anything about Mir's neck. Very clearly he twice says "Don't hit the back of the head", and Nog is full of **** when he says he was hitting only to the side of the head. He clearly landed 4 or 5 shots to the back of the head, which drew two verbal warnings and rightly so.

I like Nog but that is a bull**** quote. He mouths the words of giving Mir respect, but in the same breath he disrespects the man who stopped him twice by blaming something else.

Okay a staph infection is certainly a serious thing but you still stepped into the cage, so STFU because the loss counts. Even though we can forgive a little bitching about how you weren't at your best.

Saying that you only got submitted and had your arm broken because Herb Dean ****ed you and otherwise you would have won for sure, that's not a respectful way to conduct yourself. :-(

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Whatever man, Nog is perfect and above even the slightest criticism, great argument you make there with your two smileys. :good

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I like Big Nog. I respected the way he interacted with his guys on TUF, and I respect his legacy as one of the sport's true greats. I've never talked a word of **** on him until now.

I don't like his habit of excuse making.

You can call me a PRIDE hater, but I'm not. I'm just not a PRIDE fanboy.

This quote of Nog's is bull**** excuse-making. I was disappointed to read it. It's okay to acknowledge that it doesn't read well. You can say that Nog shouldn't have posted this and that doesn't mean that you've betrayed him or PRIDE. :-(

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The question of why Nog went for the sub is legitimate. Certainly agreed there.

Posting a statement on your website more than a week later where you complain that you went for the sub only because the ref told you to cease with your perfectly legal strikes, when the plain fact is that the warnings were appropriately delivered for repeated illegal strikes, that is not legitimate. :good

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At his age and experience, he should know better than to try to throw the referee under the bus when in fact that referee performed his job well. When Nog says that he looked at the footage and it shows that he only landed punches to the side of Mir's head, he is flat out lying and causing harm to Dean's reputation.

It's not the excuse in and of itself that is the problem. You are right, fighters make excuses.

It's trying to pin the loss on Herb Dean ****ing him with bad instructions, when in fact Dean did nothing wrong. That's bull****, it's not a standard excuse, and Nog should know better. :bart

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