🚨 Ilia Topuria just released a statement following the loss to Justin Gaethje last night
"Justin, congratulations. You said you’d leave your mark on my face… and you did.
You took the sight from my right eye in the first round, and by the end of the second, from my left too.
No excuses.
I had one of the best camps of my life. I came in sharp, prepared, and ready. Last night was your night.
That’s the nature of this game. Glory and pain walk side by side.
I’ll heal. I’ll rest. And I’ll return stronger, wiser, and far more dangerous.
And trust me… this story between us is far from over.
We will have our rematch."
What the fuck are you saying? You can wrestle yet you are afraid of an mma fight.
That to me is pitiful.
The kid was beaten in an mma fight, of which you don’t have the courage for.
What the fuck was with all these little boxers at this show yet no MMA fighters?
#TheseBoysAintManEnough
Jacob Misiorowski breaks the record for most strikeouts in a Maddux.
Misiorowski vs. Phillies:
9 IP (career-high)
0 ER
15 K (career-high)
1 H
0 BB
26 Whiffs
95 Pitches
Reminder: Damian Lillard kept asking Portland to trade for OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges, and we already had Josh Hart. I remember the front office couldn't do it, but it's crazy watching Dame’s exact formula working perfectly right now. #DameTime ⌚🔥 @Dame_Lillard
The Trail Blazers are open to trading multiple starters and future draft picks to the Bucks for Giannis Antetokounmpo, even without him signing off on staying long-term, per @ShamsCharania.
New owner Tom Dundon is trying to make a massive splash by acquiring Giannis.
'@nuggets coach David Adelman on his father's decision to make Portland home:
“He chose to live in Portland, and chose to die here. He was an LA kid, but this was his home. His love for the basketball community here — high school, college, the Blazers — was deep. He could have lived in Sacramento and just been the man there. He looked at this city as home. His kids grew up here. This is where he wanted to be. It would be a shame if they moved the franchise, because there are people like him who invested their emotions, their lives in this city.”
@RipCity
(for the full story on Rick's life go to https://t.co/zSYwtrAohO)
I'm a trader.
I don't have a girlfriend.
I make more in 30 minutes than most people in 3 months.
I play video games.
I watch too many movies.
I go to the gym at 1:00PM when everybody's at work.
I drive a $100,000 sports car.
I am happy.
I live peacefully.
LIFE IS SO GOOD.
@cfletcher1922@blazersforreal Whiteside, kanter, nurkic all had good years here and theyre mediocre. Im excited to see clingan maximized offensively in that pick and roll/ pick and pop. Not to mention clingan can help dame as well knowing he can actually screen.
@BJCCrew@Die4NobodyLives@na7ural_ James harden was a great player than ran into the warriors, just like dame. Dont let the latter years blind you. He was a winning player.
I’m sorry all the psyops to make people hate him failed badly. He’s cool as fuck, cares about the game, isn’t an asshole off the court, and does cool mob boss shit like tell his vet bench warmers to hard foul players
He’s 1 of 1 and I couldn’t care less what contrarians say
Megan Gustafson gets emotional postgame talking about her place in Portland:
"We're a bunch of overlooked players... I've never really been respected as a basketball player until I've gotten here... I'm thankful for this team, this organization. They believe in me."