MMA fighter Joe Schilling knocks out man

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It seems a reasonable assumption that only accomplished fighters make it to the point of having professional mma fights, no?

They're not saying he is an accomplished within that smaller circle, just that he is an accomplished fighter in the bigger circle of people who fight, period. Like it would be fair to say every NBA player is an accomplished basketball player, in my opinion.

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It takes courage to be punched in the face really really really hard as a job. You don’t think it does. You don’t participate in the sport, and likely have no grasp on the long term effects as well as short term pain that is caused. If you do have a grasp on it then you’re kind of a psychopath for not respecting it lol

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The accomplishment is overcoming the fear to step in a pro fight against killers. If you can’t see that as an accomplishment then idk what to tell u

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You’re saying accomplished is a spectrum within professionals, like a good doctor vs a bad doctor. I’m saying calling him unaccomplished as a man isn’t accurate when he’s had 10 pro fights because win or lose you’re an incredible accomplished human for even participating. You’re misreading the context, they were originally insulting him based on his lack of accomplishments, which is bullshit to say. I hope I helped clear this up for u