Fighting with dignity or surrendering in shame?

I think it is eaiser to fight with dignity. I think this because if you are fighting with dignity than you have a cause to fight, you aren't fighting just to beat someone up. You want to show people that you are just as good as they are even if you loose. They want People to still respect them; they would rather loose with dignity than just surrender/give up. I think it is harder to surrender in shame because nobody wants to feel bad about themselves they still want everyone to look at them as equal and not lower than they are.