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human
ELI5: why do MMA fighters continue to strike their opponents when they have obviously knocked them out?

Always wondered as a casual fan.
gpt
The match is NOT over until the referee calls it. You go until the ref calls the match, no matter what.  There are plenty of matches where someone thinks they won, they back off, and the other fighter pops back up. In a fight its rather hard to determine the other fighters exact circumstance, so you let the ref take care of that for you.