Pennington should leave her camp/Pennington's coach ignored her saying it was over

Watching her coach tell her to go for it after she said "I'm done" and her nose was crushed was heartbreaking. A corner exists to protect a fighter from their own pride and heart and give them a way out of an unwinnable fight. Nothing that had transpired in the 4 rounds suggested Pennington might pull out the W. Sending her back in to then have to look for a way out (when she gave up the back and covered up) was a disservice to her, her health, and the remainder of her career. A fighter known for being tough, who says it's over, should be allowed to do just that. Sending her back out to take additional punishment is gross misconduct. I lack the words to articulate my disdain for this type of coaching. It's a tough sport. I get it. I had 5 fights and prepared for a bunch of others that fell through. I remember not remembering where my car was when I would leave work in the afternoon on a regular basis. Full knee reconstruction. Torn oblique. It is a grueling sport when you prepare fully and completely. Watching her coach send her back in and ignore her correctly deciding that it was over was incredibly hard to watch. In the midst of the fight she was asking her coach to throw in the towel so she didn't have to turn to the ref and wave it off. This is WHY THE CORNER EXISTS. Throwing in the towel was ADDED TO THE UFC because there were times when a fighter could not tap or the corner couldn't see what was going on and the early UFC's the referee was not allowed to stop a fight otherwise. John McCarthy has talked about this at length in discussing the early days of the UFC.

Disappointing to see a fighter outmatched, out classed and sent back in to take more punishment.

MMA's most respectable attribute is that you can submit to untenable positions. Arm going to break? Going to lose consciousness? Submit. Admit defeat. Bend the knee. Anyone wanting to see a fighter go out on their shield just wants to see human pain and suffering. Blood sport. Dog/cock fighting for the same of sadism.