The “jacked” talk is inevitable. Manon Fiorot always shows up shredded for the big ones. Call it genetics, call it camp, call it whatever you want from the cheap seats. Saturday isn’t a photoshoot. It’s whether that physicality can break Grasso or whether Grasso’s timing and fight IQ make “The Beast” look ordinary again.Title shot on the line. Enemy territory. No more debate after the bell at #UFCNoche
Teofimo Lopez showing up in disguise to the Garcia-Benn presser just to grab the mic and ask Ryan a question is the most Teo thing ever. Dude isn’t even on the card and still stole the whole event. Boxing needs more of this unhinged energy. #GarciaBenn
Islam. Already popped for meldonium in 2016 (ruled no-fault after a heart procedure), but the never-ending cardio, wrestling pressure, and that old stain still make him the champ a lot of people would least be surprised to see fail a test.
3 years later and that Strickland-Adesanya fight still hits different. Heavy favorite. Title defense in Sydney. Stylebender supposed to pick him apart.Instead Strickland walked him down for 25 min, won 49-46 across the board, and left the building with the belt. One of those nights that reminds you why this sport is chaos. The last 3 years for Izzy after that loss make the result look even bigger in hindsight. Wild sport.
We’ve officially reached the stage of MMA Twitter where a guy who bleeds for 15 minutes on short notice is “way better” than a highlight-reel name who just got waved off the roster.
Razhabali Shaydullaev just outworked AJ McKee, walked out 20-0 with both the RIZIN and PFL belts at 25… and instead of heading to the UFC, he’s signed a 2-year deal with Jake Paul and MVP starting January.
Praying Jose slimes that ugly bald freak Jean Silva out Saturday. Hope he caves that mug in and leaves him twitching on the canvas. Finish him dirty at #UFCNoche
☠️Justin Gaethje says he REFUSED Arman Tsarukyan’s truck because it’s was a ‘cheap ass truck’
“he didn’t want to buy the truck I wanted. He wanted to buy me a cheap ass truck.”
via @MightyMouse
Waldo calling Tom Aspinall a 🐱 for not rushing back after double eye pokes + multiple surgeries is some premium mid-card energy. You’re #7 who got decisioned by Volkov, and you’re fighting Blaydes this weekend. The champ isn’t hiding.
Waldo Cortes Acosta calls Tom Aspinall p***y for not coming back and fighting Ciryl Gane
“Sorry for the language barrier but I think he’s got a p***y. He’s had a long time to heal. You need to be a warrior in the ring and not a p***y because we don’t know where he’s at”
Justin Gaethje just stood on a convention stage in a suit and told a political crowd that your last fight is how people remember you, but only the next one matters. A guy famous for getting punched in the face is now giving the midterms a motivational speech. The MMA-to-podium pipeline is fully operational.
McKee talked like he was the best 145er on the planet. Shaydullaev treated him like a sparring partner, slammed him, drowned him, and walked out with two belts. 30-27, 30-27, 30-27. First decision of a 20-0 career. First time McKee’s ever lost at featherweight.
You spent your whole career ducking the young, hungry, explosive fighters until they aged out or got fat, then you beat a declining Canelo and immediately ran to the couch. Now every time Ryan Garcia opens his mouth you pop up like an unpaid extra in somebody else’s fight week. That’s not aura. That’s a guy who can’t stand that the spotlight moved on and the current champion isn’t kissing the ring you left behind.
It’s funny how a fighter has a fight this weekend and every interview he has my name comes up like I have a fight this weekend.😂 feels good to be a nobody.😂😂😂
Fighters are now using AI to redo the decision video so it looks like both fighters hands are being raised as the result as a draw except it isn’t the fighter on the left is the one who won the fighter on the right lost