Well I suppose I learned last summer that life is short, definitely too short for holding grudges. So when @GamebredFighter said he wanted to sit down and break bread of course I took him up on it. Today he came to Wisconsin, sat down had some dinner and chatted it up. Turns out we have more in common than different 👊👊👊 Felt great to bury the hatchet and make a new friend. Life is too short to hold grudges, bury hatchets and move one with your life. So glad Jorge was able to come to Wisconsin today.
Our new song "Built-In Heartbreak" is out now! 🎵
Listen at the link below 👇
https://t.co/3uOpFzCBXt
Produced & Mixed by Ruadhri Cushnan
Engineered by Alessandro Di Camillo at
@camdenrecording
Mastered by Simon Francis
Three generations, one club.
We are a club with a long and proud history, with one family’s history intertwined with our own. Yesterday, we were proud to announce that Kai O’Neill had signed his first senior contract with the club. With that, he joins his father, Davin and grandfather, Paul in representing the Rams at senior level; a hugely proud moment for us as a club and for the O’Neill family.
Kai, we can’t wait to see you further the O’Neill family legacy here in St Colman’s Park.
#CRFC
An Irish immigrant with a valid US work permit has been held in ICE detention in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record, the Irish Times reports. Seamus Culleton, who has lived in the US for over 20 years, is married to a US citizen and was in the final stages of a green card application when he was arrested in September. He describes detention conditions akin to a “concentration camp,” limited access to outdoors, and constant hunger. A judge initially approved his release on bond, but the US government later blocked it.
His lawyer says the case is highly unusual and reflects arbitrary enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE did not respond with comment on the story at the time of publication.
(Photos from Irish Times)
THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE 🔥
Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scores a 98th minute goal to keep Jose Mourinho's Benfica in the competition 💥
📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplus
❗️The UFC just DOUBLED bonuses.
But did we just return back to 2011?
Here’s the full context.
UFC just announced:
💰 All bonuses are now $100,000
🔥 Every finish now earns an additional $25,000
That’s a good thing. Fighters deserve more.
But context matters.
Looking at actual bonus history, not one-off promo events:
📈 From 2010–2012, the most common performance bonus was $65K–$75K
📍 In 2011, the most common bonus was $75,000
🧊 Since 2014, the standard bonus has been flat at $50,000 for over a decade
Here’s the inflation part people miss.
💸 $75,000 in 2011 = about $110,000 today
So the new $100K bonus is not some historic leap forward. It is roughly a return to 2011 levels in real terms.
Yes, there have been special-event spikes:
🎯 UFC 100 paid $100K
🎯 UFC 129 paid $129K
🎯 UFC 300 paid $300K
…and a few others. But those were random promotional moments, obviously not the baseline.
What matters is the standard, and that baseline was effectively cut and then frozen for more than a decade while the company exploded in value.
Now the business side 👀
📺 The FOX / UFC deal was around $100M per year.
📺 The ESPN U.S. media rights deal was around $300M per year
📺 The new Paramount U.S. media rights deal is about $1.1B per year
That is roughly +$800M per year in new U.S. TV revenue, a 267% increase from ESPN to Paramount.
And roughly a 1000% increase per year in US TV revenue since the 2011-2018 FOX deal.
Let’s include the new finish bonus too.
In 2025 there were 280 finishes across UFC events.
💥 280 finishes × $25,000 = $7.0M per year
Now combine everything.
📅 43 events per year
🏆 4 bonuses per card
📈 Bonuses doubled from $50K to $100K = about +$8.6M per year
🔥 Finish bonuses add about +$7.0M per year
Total additional spend comes out to roughly +$15.6M per year.
And compared to the TV money?
👉 That is still just over 1% of the annual increase from the U.S. media deal with Paramount alone.
So yes, it is a positive change.
But financially, in the context of the UFC’s business, this is far from an impactful change
The ‘Survive’ EP is out today and along with it the last song ‘The Day That I Die’. This is a tune I wrote about the lowest I’ve felt in my life and truth be told it feels a bit weird putting it out there for people to hear but I’m honestly the proudest I’ve ever been about a song with this one. It’s been an absolute pleasure being back releasing music and playing shows the last six months and I’m honestly so pleased to say I feel so far removed from the place I was when I wrote this song. Looking forward to much more next year, love ya all x
listen here → https://t.co/xESYT07WQH
The "Glory Days" Music Video is Out Now! 🎵📹⚽️
Watch the full video now at the link below 👇
https://t.co/mQghRrgLFv
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