MiddleEasy

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[MiddleEasy @MiddleEasy]

@Superbeast_MMA shame on you

[Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani]

Cory Sandhagen weighs in on fighting on a card headlined by Conor McGregor x Max Holloway:

"That's gigantic. The amount of eyes that are gonna be on this fight... Do you think that there will be more eyes or less eyes on this one versus the White House card?

I think that [UFC 329] probably draws in more of a global crowd... I was pumped when they told me that that's what they were gonna do. I was super grateful."

[Justin Gaethje 🇺🇸 @Justin_Gaethje]

@brigmilldotnet @SStricklandMMA @AlexPereiraUFC @SugaSeanMMA Stfu loser. Keep my name out of your mouth.

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

Bryce Mitchell reacts to Sean Strickland being banned from the UFC White House event:

"I'm not surprised at all. We ought to be able to criticize our own nation, let alone a foreign nation.

[Israel] is the only nation you're not allowed to criticize. Something's gonna change, because evil empires don't last forever."

(via @mmamania)

[Sean Strickland @SStricklandMMA]

I highly doubt Trump is sitting there saying "Don't clear Sean" I'm sure he knows nothing about me being black listed but regardless it was done.

[MMA Junkie @MMAJunkie]

Belal Muhammad gets his jacket for 50 clean UFC drug tests ahead of Saturday's #UFCVegas118 main event.

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

🚨 The trailer for Onslaught just dropped, featuring Alex Pereira in his acting debut

Pereira plays ‘The Butcher’ in the film 👀

[UFC on Paramount+ @UFConParamount]

THIS FIGHT MEANS MORE 🗣️

@AlexPereiraUFC is ready for a chance at a THIRD belt at #UFCWhiteHouse, and the ability to share his story with the world! 🌎

[ JUNE 14 | WATCH NOW: https://t.co/hyoY4WCmqu ]

[Leah Gotti @loveleahgotti]

Update ❤️‍🩹

[Happy Punch @HappyPunch]

President Trump says he may keep the UFC event setup permanently at the White House

“In 1889, the Eiffel Tower was supposed to be taken down.”

[Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani]

"I think O'Malley will almost certainly win, but Zahabi is definitely going to be a harder problem to solve than Sean gives him credit for.

Sean's very, very good. I think he's a lot better than all of the other guys Zahabi has fought. I think Sean will win simply because he's better than him.

Sometimes Sean can be a little too much of a perfectionist, and I think that works against him, so he'll have to deal with that. But even with that, I think he'll win."

Cory Sandhagen breaks down Sean O'Malley x Aiemann Zahabi.

[Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani]

Holly Holm has plans to retire by the end of 2026:

"If I'm being really honest, I just want big fights. I'm not saying that all of them have to be title fights, but definitely a couple within the year, and then I'm done. I definitely want them to be fights that people want to see."

[Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani]

Dakota Ditcheva explains why Ronda Rousey's comments about Khamzat Chimaev didn't sit right with her:

"It just hit a little bit deeper because I was really inspired by her and the athlete and person she was, and I think because she's a woman, it related to me a little bit more.

As a mother, for her, I just don't think she should have made that comment. It's not even a Chimaev thing... I just don't think publicly that should have been a comment she should have made.

I wanted to say something because I didn't agree with it. I'm not inspired by other people that come out with stupid comments... It was a little bit disappointing to hear her come out with something like that."

[Sean Strickland @SStricklandMMA]

Sorry Israel. BTW were still gonna go. Ill bring a bull horn.

[Happy Punch @HappyPunch]

Sean Strickland says he’s flying to DC to protest the UFC White House event 😅

“I already bought my plane ticket. I’m gonna bring the belt, get a big f*cking bullhorn, and we’re gonna go right up to the gates.

We’ll let them know what we really think about Trump and Israel.”

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

🚨 Sean Strickland says he's BANNED from attending the UFC White House event because he "made fun of Israel and Epstein"

"UFC at the White House with [Netanyahu] in the audience. Straight 🇮🇱 slop.

The only male American champ banned at the White House because I said Trump is owned by [Netanyahu]. That's not public opinion it's fact."

[Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani]

Take a moment and listen to this absolutely bizarre story from Holly Holm about her meeting with the referee before her first fight with Stefanie Han in Puerto Rico.

It just shows how some people in boxing view MMA fighters. Holly is not just an MMA fighter, she's an International Boxing Hall of Famer. Absurd.

"The rules meeting in the locker room was the most bizarre meeting I've ever had. He made me sit down face to face this close while we had the whole rules meeting.

He said, 'Any questions?' I said, 'No, sir, I'm good to go.'

Then he's like, 'You know, there are no elbows in this sport?' I was like, 'Yeah.'

He's like, 'Well, you come from MMA?' I said, 'I know, but I boxed before. Trust me, I'm good.'

And he's like, 'Yeah, but it's, it's in here.'

He's like getting in my face about it.

And I was like, 'I'm not gonna throw any elbows. It's boxing. I get it.'

You have to be nice because he's about to wreck your fight and you're thinking, do we already have a fucking problem?"

[FREAK.MMA @FREAKMMA1]

Tom Aspinall realizes his absence from cageside at the White House card amid the interim heavyweight title bout ‼️👀

“UFC didn’t ask me. No one has asked me yet. I’ve never felt disrespected until you asked me. They should come to me. I’ll be there if they ask me.”

(via @Fightcornershow )

[Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani]

Holly Holm responds to Ronda Rousey claiming that she would 'clean her clock' in a rematch:

"You can say one thing, and actions are another. She's always going to be more of that type of person... I've always said I'll rematch her. That's the bottom line.

She doesn't want it. She's never wanted it, and that's alright. I'm not even mad at her for it. I don't want someone to get in there and fight if they don't actually want to fight, because I want someone who wants it."

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

🚨 BREAKING: Merab Dvalishvili vs Henry Cejudo will headline RAF Georgia on July 11 👀

Kyle Snyder vs Abdulrashid Sadulaev in the co-main event as well 🔥

(via @RAFWrestlingUSA)

[Ilia Topuria @Topuriailia]

Fathers hope. Champions know.

I’ve heard this story before: bigger men, stronger men, better men. Men who said I was just a small guy who was about to get a lesson in humility.

They all learned the truth the same way.

Your son already knows who I am. On June 14th, you will too. 18-0 PAPA 🌹