Throwing in the towel doesn't end a fight and it might even hurt you. Let us explain.

[@3PlC3R1C]

The animators must really be going through it if they drew a bunny ready to end it all when Seth was discussing about the concept of quitting. The bunnies are cute tho.

[@peruserprecurer1446]

You don't have to be suicidal to reference the act of suicide. I see what you're saying, though.

[@BrynC100]

Maybe they've just been reading the book of bunny suicides

[@theREALchriszito]

Am I crazy or do their “bunnies” look like a cheap barstool pirate dog ripoff from 2014

[@selfishstockton6123]

@@theREALchriszito just you

[@jjleblanc8151]

“There’s an I in win, but there’s also an I in quit” -Ben Simmons probably

[@pedrowalker5085]

Great comment! Lmao

[@maccabeeog]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@niteporter]

As a Die Hard sixers fan, you aren't lying

[@JacksonMack3742]

"BOOM! Roasted." -Michael Scott

[@WestsideVakay]

2 I’s in millions

[@LilCurtisKeepASwitch-m9r]

I like how excited Seth was to show his Space Jam towel lol

[@jst25]

So excited he missed the super obvious "Want to play a game? Want to play Show and Towel?" pun.

[@davidfalterman8713]

Seth has clearly been waiting for a towel-themed SB video since 1996 😂

[@LeDardeursPalace]

The main thing with throwing in the towel in MMA is you can't get slept and just be given a good ol 10 seconds to get up. In boxing they have more rounds, larger amounts of hits and the 10 seconds to get up. There will be more occasions where the towel throw makes sense in boxing because of these factors.

[@sethh5106]

right, thats where i thought he was going. the fight in mma is supposed to end as soon as a fighter cant defend himself. Theres very few times in MMA where a fight shouldve ended that necessitates a towel, because the ref likely shouldve already stopped the fight

[@diegolarrea7932]

Also hey could you guys do an episode of weird rules on “ruckgate” it’s essentially the French national team exploiting rugby laws so hard world rugby had to change the laws to a fundamental part of the sport

[@bigpoppa1234]

Italy not France.

[@fnnhh]

Italians, against the English

[@rahmatramadhan9874]

1. It's Italy, not france. 2. This will be an amazing episode. Get on it, SB.

[@RugbyRyan]

It was Italy and it was stupid because Italy did something genius

[@RatzaChewy]

Defining a ruck to a layman is hard enough at the best of times. Explaining why these tackles that looked like they were rucks but WEREN'T rucks would be incredible to see.

[@sw0rdhyd350]

Why are all the animations bunny themed? Im not complaining, it is adorable!

[@blacklite911]

Branding

[@ZorakGoesOn]

The extensive references to Danpei from Ashita no Joe is greatly appreciated.

[@O4C209]

I'm really surprised they didn't talk about the couple times in the past few years where the ref tossed the towel back out of the ring and had the fight continue.

[@Biid21]

Didn’t know a ref could do that

[@gezeo750]

Wait what!? 💀

[@Ramboost007]

​@@Biid21If throwing in the towel is a foul, the ref can choose not to penalize it, in this case by throwing out the towel

[@route2070]

I have thrown in the towel many times. In amateur wrestling depending on the ref or the event, you can tell the ref the period is over by tapping the ref with a towel, or throwing the towel in (folded and taped up). This is for tournaments where you may have 4, 6, or more matches going at once

[@williamapodaca8614]

They use pool noodles often!

[@route2070]

I think I have seen that a couple of times, but then you got people who "tap" the referees too hard on the back, so I think at the time they moved away from pool noodles for a while.

[@josemeraz4428]

Lmao you threw in the towel for a wrestling match… trash

[@ronnie3044]

@@josemeraz4428 A lot of wrestlers do. I did. Dont regret it at all. But you are an idiot who knows nothing about wrestling so of course you would say something moronic. Id bet anything that youd be in tears by the end of a meet. There are many times where the smart move is to throw in the towel. I have 3-4 other matches that day and coach will make sure that if i have no way of winning that the match needs to be over. That could be the difference between losing one match that day and losing 3 that day.

[@CuddyTG]

Imagine getting your face bashed in so your corner throws in the towel, and the ref is just like "nah"

[@_MrMoney]

8:06 The way Jeff just runs off all excited like a 7 year old to get his towel lmao

[@markwhi1]

Hey, Seth showed his coolest towel -- where's Will's coolest towel?

[@Edgemaster72]

He quit the coolest towel competition cuz he knew he was beat

[@amplesstratleholm7609]

@@Edgemaster72 you can say... He has thrown in the towel

[@egadgo]

"The towel doesn't excuse you; I do." -Ref

[@peterboadway5557]

"It's called Soft Michael" And he took that personally

[@LunchboxenBradley]

But real, another great video. Yall are doing great and I love the animation. Go bunny boxers

[@jamesgoforth3802]

shoutout to whoever does the animations for these videos, always super fun

[@kstxevolution9642]

my favourite "throwing in the towel" moment: Ken Shamrock, one of the toughest SOBs to ever come down the pike, in Pride, asking his corner to throw in the towel. The reason? He thought he was having a heart attack

[@RobertJW]

.... And was he?

[@looc546]

@@RobertJW yea he died

[@SuperSohSo]

@@looc546 one of the saddest deaths in sports . It's a shame Noone really talks about it anymore

[@caracalfloppa4997]

He's still alive, these clowns are cappin

[@RobertJW]

@@caracalfloppa4997 That I know! Heart attacks are survivable!

[@Treivax]

I'm always looking forward to a new Secret Base video. Love the animation in this one!

[@Edgemaster72]

Well I certainly wasn't expecting to see a Space Jam towel named "Soft Michael" when I clicked on this video, no judgment though.

[@jayburditt9184]

I think there's a rule in the MLB where a base runner cannot touch the 3rd or 1st base coach during a play otherwise it's an out. This happened to the Rangers in a game against the Twins in the mid 2010's.

[@88porpoise]

There is no rule that a base coach can't touch a runner, however it is illegal interference to physically aid a runner. So giving him a high five or a congratulatory pat as he passes is fine (and not uncommon), but physically stopping him or pushing him would be interference and an out. Note, this is per MLB rules, maybe other rule books are different.

[@AlQbyob]

god damn, I love the drawings so much in this one

[@trap0xf]

Shoutouts to the animators making the coach Danpei Tange from Ashita no Joe.

[@williamblackfyre4866]

'It's call soft Michael' is the funniest line of the bit.

[@kourii]

Yo I was digging the bunnies in this one, nice. Also it was adorable how stoked Seth was to show off his towel. Man's ready to hitchhike the galaxy

[@TdotBOOGIE_]

My best towel is one my fiancee and I got from a thrift store: featured a big-headed caricature of a kid doing 5 different sports at once, and it says it's for "Jared's Bar Mitzvah 2000"

[@Sku11Leader]

I feel like I've been robbed of a coolest towel presentation.

[@spookyboi8446]

"If the corner throws in the towel, get they ass too" -Sun Tzu, Art of War

[@Rasausa]

This better explain why Rocky didn't throw in the towel to save Apollo

[@robertreed340]

He gave his friend what he asked for and it cost him his life, that'll bother anyone of us the rest of our lives 😔😔😔

[@CDaTyrant]

The bunny animations were hilarious

[@miradrgn]

we didn't see will's coolest towel! give us the towel reveal!!!

[@rchaunceys]

I have always thought the challenge flag in football is funny. "I think you got the call wrong... here pick this up"

[@rossradtke]

"Show & Towel" - my 8 yr old kid immediately upon overhearing y'all doing show and tell with towels.

[@cakewolf44]

tell your kid i said shut up

[@TheDXJC56]

For the record, when you throw in the towel you can tie a knot in it first to avoid the issue Seth was describing 😂

[@psymar]

Yeah I was thinking something like that or have a weight attached to one end like NFL penalty/challenge flags

[@manofgray5239]

The animation in this one... SO GOOD

[@nikolaswaney9187]

obsessed with the bunny animations

[@John_Locke_108]

You're supposed to throw the towel at your opponent. He then becomes blinded and you bite his leg off.

[@VinegarPotato]

This was really great. The towel show and tell at the end was a nice touch

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

If someone has to throw in the towel, then the ref is incompetent anyway. I mean, seriously, think about it because it means they noticed something the reff should have already noticed. So, any referee that continues to ignore the danger of the situation that's going on instead of calling the match and deducting a point is proving further that they need to be fired as reff.

[@diondrehall9263]

Back in June 2010, Miguel Cotto vs Yuri Foreman. Foreman was the WBA Middleweight champ and came into a fight with a brace on his right knee. In the 7th round, Yuri collasped onto his injured leg. Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. told Foreman to "suck it up" when the fight should've been stopped. In the 8th, Yuri Foreman's corner threw in the towel due to their fighter fallen down again because of the injured knee. Mercante immediatley picked up the towel and attempeted to throw it out of the ring. It didn't make it. It landed on the top rope and draped over the middle rope. Yuri Foreman was eventually TKO'd in the 9th to a left hook to the body. Miguel went on tom have a Hall of Fame career and retired in 2017. Foreman last fought in June 2021, losing a majority decision.

[@vitoravila9908]

Also, in MMA you have options to avoid punishment, like clinching and grappling in general

[@edward1313]

I have something big for you bro !!!’

[@blacklite911]

That’s if your opponent can’t/won’t stop you from doing that

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

Fighters going for a panic grapple usually just eat more shots.

[@Prod_Xanta]

MMA also has tapping where as boxing doesn’t and the fighter can easily end the fight themself

[@SES4L]

Bob Sapp is the clear example of tapping

[@joshmorgan5933]

You can do the exact same thing in boxing by just taking a knee and allowing yourself to be counted out. It happens all the time.

[@denistuohy2535]

I feel like Seth can convince me he was James Franco or related to James Franco

[@jordanleighton6893]

Seth was so ready to show off that towl lmao

[@Wyrmwould]

It was in between rounds, but in the Pride FC Grand Prix 2000 finals, Rorion Gracie threw in the towel to end the fight between Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba.

[@Ironman1o1]

If you have a good ref, you shoudn't need to throw in a towel.

[@mixturebeatz]

MMA having less corner stoppages isn't really because MMA lets fighters fight in worse shape. Quite the opposite. Because fights continue after someone is knocked down the dropped fighter usually gets hit a few more times and the fight is stopped pretty quick. Not always but thats pretty much most fights. In boxing if you get dropped and essentially knocked out as long as you get up before 10 seconds you're good to keep going. Especially in the early days of boxing most fights did not have the maximum number of knockdowns per fighter per fight ending rule they do now. so if your guy is out on his feet the ref would just let them keep going sometimes and he would just keep getting knocked down and getting up. Think pat berry vs kango but like 5 times in a fight.

[@russellst.martin4255]

This one may have had the best banter out of any of these.

[@APrimusHokie]

Edwards just took that biggest comeback in a ufc fight history last Saturday 😂

[@fishflake1209]

Boxing matches in the UK can only be stopped by the referee, which was highlighted in a lightweight bout between Graham Earl and Michael Katsidis in 2007. After being knocked down early in the second round, Earl was quickly backed into the ropes by Katsidis. Earl’s corner threw in the towel in an attempt to shield their boxer from further damage; Mickey Vann, the referee, simply tossed the towel out of the ring without taking his eyes off the two combatants. A few seconds later, Earl connects with a punch on the button, causing Katsidis to buckle to the canvas. A great referee knows when a fighter still has some fight left in them.

[@devinosland359]

Yeah but that's also kinda scary like if this ref has a big ego in that they claim they can always tell how a fighter is doing then they will just ignore the corner trying to call the fight off, I would think the coaches of w fighter know the fighter better than the ref does, if they think he's in serious danger then they should be able to end the fight because the fighter doesn't have the capacity to do that at that moment

[@lockdown550]

So basically throwing in the towel is a suggestion to the ref and doesn't obligate him to stop it

[@angelcanez4426]

The UK also let Danny Williams fight with a dislocated shoulder & he somehow won that fight by KO 😂

[@ObservationofLimits]

Yea no. Referees don't know "how much fight someone has left in them".

[@AspynDotZip]

​@@ObservationofLimitsI'm having flashbacks to Mario Yamasaki's bad rulings

[@Iggyboyblue]

Love the bunnies. Can they always be bunnies from now on?

[@SMbigpapi]

watching Rocky 4 as a kid what's the first time I've ever heard of the whole throwing a towel thing

[@kristinefisher3404]

Along with towels, can you also look into other forms of MMA equipment that come under scrutiny for different reasons, specifically mouthguards and sharp, tape-edged, fingerless gloves?

[@ObscuraGrey]

I was always under the impression that the towel was thrown between rounds, and was kinda: "our dude can't go back in, so we're sending in the towel instead, to signify that we're done."

[@kironthompson5181]

They forgot to mention a lot fights can be called in between rounds by the fighter or the corner in mma you can also verbally tap or just tap at any moment and lastly the doctor can stop a fight as well

[@mrillmakeit]

Episode was gold!

[@EclecticBuddha]

This very much needs a follow up with Charl Sonnen. He has been extremely vocal about the corner's responsibility for stopping the fight and protecting their fighter. He's spoken about it quite a bit.

[@EclecticBuddha]

Chael Talking about the corner's responsibility. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYKnkKh_YrmNqLsm

[@EclecticBuddha]

More Chael. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/roCunWeLj7CDhqs

[@EclecticBuddha]

Chael specifically talking about the role of cornermen in depth. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5yQd4VubtWdd68

[@oliverlane9716]

I think it's the opposite. In boxing can get a lot more hurt and still continue the fight as they're given the opportunity to go down and get a 10 second break and can hang on an clinch. In MMA any seriously hurt fighter will be stopped very soon if they don't immediately recover.

[@thedlc7344]

will responded to my tweet also to do a josh hamilton home run derby rewinder and never did it, still the peak of my life

[@mrmemeseeks6841]

Any ref that didn’t call off the fight on seeing the towel, would be railroaded out of the sport so fast by coaches agents media etc. Interesting that its at the refs discretion at all

[@spyone4828]

See other comments here for multiple stories of refs throwing the towel back out of the ring and having the match continue.

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

I live for videos like this... Learning the value of giving up, and oh man if you are LUCKY enough to also get to do nothing but still live a happy comfortable life. 🤣🤘

[@SurriSama]

MMA has a lot better defensive options than boxing as well. If you are getting beaten up you can shoot for a takedown or clinch to stall the fight and give your self time to recover. Once you start getting mauled in boxing it really can only get worse and worse.

[@Atnat57]

The animations were on point this episode

[@pbagosy]

I feel completely robbed of not seeing Will's towel.

[@TrustTheShooters]

Lol that intro chunk

[@matthewforbes2969]

Collapse: how injuries age and tragedy brought down the Larry bird Celtics Collapse: how Arsenal went from the kings of England to middle of the pack in the premier league Rewinder: Travis ishikawa’s walk off to send the giants to the World Series Rewinder: the miracle of Istanbul Beef history: Mike ditka vs buddy ryan Beef history: George Steinbrenner vs Billy Martin Rewinder: 2010 World Cup final The worst: World Cup loss, Brazil getting hammered in their own backyard Collapse: how the Philadelphia flyers went from contenders to mediocrity Collapse: how the Buffalo bills failure to win at least one of 4 straight Super Bowls led to two decades of failure Rewinder: deshaun watson’s last second touchdown pass to win the 2017 national championship Collapse: how the fo fi fo 76ers fumbled the bag on a dynasty after playoff domination Rewinder: army vs navy 2016, navy’s win streak over army ends Untitled: Ted Williams Untitled: pavel Bure Untitled: Don Nelson as a coach

[@kvngof0634]

A "The Worst" vid would actually be great they haven't done one in at least 3 years

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Well, The Worst for Brazil wouldn't just be Brazil 2016, but Brazil 1950 too, maybe you could run the two together as a sort of curse that Brazil will never win when they're hosts.🙂😉

[@charliemirus4124]

No way he should quit this job! You guys are awesome!

[@rasmusdegn9690]

My inner weeb is deeply appreciative of the corner-bunny clearly just being Danpei from Ashita no Joe.

[@vaughnrussell5772]

Boxer Yuri Foreman fought with a bad knee and kept injuring it throughout the fight and was getting pummeled. Corner threw in the towel and the ref ignored it and kept the fight going. He was coaching Yuri throughout. Which is a no no....

[@_zachmcall]

people applauded that ref at the time. only recently has it been widely accepted that the ref did almost everything wrong

[@vaughnrussell5772]

@@_zachmcall yep.... Biased for whatever reason. May e he wanted him to win for a bet or maybe he wanted to see him get wrecked ... Who knows....

[@metaljay77]

I've never seen a man so happy to show off his towel

[@jorgesanchez5097]

You should see Pete Sell vs Scott Smith. Best come back/ turnaround.

[@epidehl9137]

Yooooo I have that SAME Space Jam towel!

[@LazurBeemz]

love the Ashita no Joe references!

[@bigredmachine423]

Not sure how it's a weird rule. The unified rules state that "Only the referee can stop the fight." I'm surprised you didn't mention the Michael Katsidis vs Graham Earl fight. When Earl's corner threw in the towel, referee Mickey Vann responded by throwing the towel out of the ring and not stopping the fight. Seconds after that, Earl, down twice in the previous round and on his way out, knocked down Katsidis and fought for several more rounds before Earl's corner stopped it after the fifth.

[@cainking7943]

Sorry but biggest mma comeback was chael sonnen vs. Anderson silva, try again later

[@alk34eva1]

Love when I see a new secret base video

[@mimicranch]

We didn't see Will's coolest towel :(

[@88porpoise]

I think we can all agree that throwing in the towel should be replaced by the cornerman equipping fan-man fear and lifting their fighter out of the ring. We could call it Szyslaking.

[@lainewiens]

So stoked!

[@roshango125ab]

I can't believe they didn't make a reference to Moe flying in with the fan to fly Homer out of the ring. The ultimate way for a corner to DQ their battered fighter

[@EebstertheGreat]

It makes sense that losing on purpose would be generally illegal for any game on which people gamble. If people are allowed to bet against a fighter who concedes a match, it isn't hard to see the cheating potential. In fact, boxing seems almost perfectly designed to scam betters in this way. I think historically, that is exactly what happened.

[@TJ20232]

Remember when Mickey Vann threw the towel out of the ring at Earl v Katsidis? Quality moment especially when Earl smashed him with a massive shot seconds later.

[@kyle.m935]

you guys should make a fumble dimension where every pitcher is a maxed out knuckleballer and every hitter is a 0 ovr or vice versa

[@theotherjared9824]

There is a recorded instance of a ref throwing the towel back into the corner and continuing like it didn't happen.

[@grimtea1715]

Collapse: 2005 Chicago White Sox Collapse: Buffalo Bills after Music City Miracle (the drought starts) Deep rewind: miracle in meadowlands Untitled: Dekimbe Mutombo

[@krambone]

Note 📝 to self, don’t take Seth or Will on any non-bailing missions 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[@boredincan]

And Will's towel? WILL'S TOWEL?

[@dantaylor8197]

“A fighter can continue in a worse state in MMA than in boxing?” I’d definitely argue the opposite. The ref in the UFC is put there to stop the fight upon any signal of KO. In boxing, boxers are given to ten to stand back up- that’s why we’ve seen a ton of boxers DIE in the ring compared to the relatively small number of MMA fighters die in the ring. Now, boxing also have, ya know, a hundred years on organized MMA so.

[@paysonfox88]

The most famous example of the towel being thrown in was from a 1938 boxing match between Joe Louis and Max Schmelling.

[@aznskills90214]

Wait, but we didn't get to see Will's towel??????!!!!!!!

[@reedturpen357]

“No you aren’t being fired but I think you should quit this job”

[@silkyz68]

You should do a bit on Sumo injury rules, or the lack there of

[@thexen3120]

Recently most of the athletic commissions will allow the fight doctor to stop a fight mid round by simply instructing an officer of the athletic commissions to go up on the apron and order the fight stopped and the referee must do so. It's come a long way from endless rounds, no neutral corner on a knock down.

[@anthonybass998]

It's like a before and after you comb your hair 😆😆😆

[@seriomarkj]

Love the bunny animations

[@jraymond1988]

Did you guys do a Weird Rules on the 4th out rule in baseball? That came into play in a Washington/Pittsburgh game recently and cost Washington a run in a game they lost by one I believe.

[@benediktotto6191]

If you as a corner man are planning on jumping into the Cage and stop the fight, you could announce your actions by leading with the non threatening gesture of throwing in your towel first.

[@raccoonhatcity7627]

Damn, my cool towel is space jam related as well.

[@Pavlinka__]

Very cool towel!

[@derrickwhite3207]

I mean I don't know for a fact but I would assume that's how throwing in the towel originated. A corner wanted to end the fight and threw an object for disqualification just to stop the beating. I would assume that's why the rule stating you can't throw a towel exists.

[@qwertyzxcvbn3174]

Every video needs a show and tell at the end