Sports are emotional, for both the athletes and the fans. Bodies are pushed to their limits, tensions are high and so much is on the line.
In MMA, it’s up to the referee to settle things down if both fighters are getting too crazy. The awkward thing about MMA is that fighters don’t take out their aggression like other athletes do. In other sports, emotional confrontations end in fights. In MMA, well, you’re already in a fight.
Case and point, the lead photo in this article. A seemingly angry Felice Herrig flips off Cortney Casey in the middle of their fight at UFC 218.