Sean Salmon would like you to know he didn't take a dive

Sean Salmon wrote a very odd piece for MMA Junkie where he implied that he let himself be submitted by Allan Weickert at NAAFS Fight Nite in the Flats 5.

Once Salmon's story hit the interwebs many concluded that Salmon took a dive even drawing the attention of the Ohio Athletic Commission.

Salmon went into damage control mode and talked to Jake Rossen of Sherdog,

Sherdog: But there is something incriminating about saying, "I gave him my arm." That's different than submitting because you're tired or mentally broken. You gave him an avenue to win.
Salmon: I should've proofed that. I don't like proofreading because I don't want to second-guess myself. But I didn't think that would be a focus. I was just whipping through that part of the story.

More after the jump

Sherdog: When you escaped the armbar in the second round, did you stick your arm back in knowing he would grab it?
Salmon: No. I wrote it the wrong way. He got the arm. I knew it was a position I could defend. If I fought and struggled the way you're supposed to, I could've gotten out. But I didn't have that fight in me. On that night, at the time, I did not have the motivation to fight that any more. I wanted to be anywhere else in the world but that cage, that night.

Sherdog: But people are going to say you're backpedaling because of the controversy that's come down.
Salmon: I can see why you'd say that. I'm setting the record straight. When I wrote that column, the last thing in the world I thought would be an issue is the armbar. I didn't take the time to think it out and write exactly what I was feeling at that exact moment. I thought the focus on the article would be about putting your life back together.

For the record Salmon was a huge favorite in the Weickert fight pulling odds of -550 to Weickert at +325.

It will be interesting to see how this unfolds, aka if the OAC suspends Salmon but WKR isn't ready to draw a conclusion until we see what else unfolds.