Midnight Mania! Cruz Cleared, Previews UFC Calgary With Bisping

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Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz revealed he has been cleared to return to combat, then he and former middleweight cha…

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Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz revealed he has been cleared to return to combat, then he and former middleweight champion Michael Bisping previewed UFC: Calgary. Bisping kicks off the preview by saying, unlike Eddie Alvarez against Poirier in their first fight, he would never land an illegal knee — so you know it only gets better from there.

Cruz has had a long history of injury; his recent misfortune was an arm break that took him out of a UFC 219 matchup with Jimmie Rivera.

UFC: Calgary is headlined by a rematch between Dustin Poirier and Eddie Alvarez that promises to be fireworks; the stacked main card also features Jose Aldo vs. Jeremy Stephens and Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Tecia Torres.

Insomnia

Olivier Aubin-Mercier is really leaning into this “Canadian gangster” persona and it’s pretty funny.

@oliaubin is here. #UFCCalgary #UFConFOX30

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Al Iaquinta and Aljamain Sterling can’t figure out what is going on

Why didn’t this genius hold the target out to the side? I’m confused. Was this the first time they ever tried this?

Not sure what they expected to happen ???????????? Sponsored by @jitzsoap

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Mike Perry is evidently fighting Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, which could be awesome or depressing depending on how it shakes out.

What is happening in this picture of Jorge Masvidal?

Dangit, Michael Chandler. Why do you have to make the rest of us look bad.

Derrick Lewis isn’t very discerning with his content sometimes- I know how that feels- but this was funny

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Now that Conor McGregor is cleared, rumors are flying he will fight Khabib Nurmagomedov this fall. It’s about time.

McGregor dubbed over McGregor

Special message from @thenotoriousmma after his court hearing today

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Justice is served

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I actually hate this photoshop job of TJ Dillashaw

Thanks for the cool edit @bigg_creations #fanart

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There are endless Joe Rogan memes online that I mostly ignore, but I found this mashup of old and new meme funny enough to include

#religion #jre #ufc #mma #toerogan

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Matt Brown likes reading about personal development and the way people become experts.

So true! #Repost @scienceforsport ??? ??? The Difference Between Experts and Beginners ? ? -? Credit to @mikereinold for this awesome post! -? This graph accurately depicts our evolution of knowledge and expertise. This has become and more relevant with social media allowing everyone to have an opinion and to self proclaim expertise. – At @championptp, we always discuss this concept with our physical therapy students and strength and conditioning interns. They all want to start a website and social media branding, and often try to do it by pretending they are experts. They’ll learn something and then the next day talk about it on social media as if they were now experts on the topic. I always advise them that anyone with experience will see this lack of authenticity and it will ultimately end up hurting your brand. – Trust me, when I see some posts on Instagram I shake my head. Often times it’s proclaiming something that with a little more experience, they would realize maybe isn’t the best idea. And if you are too vocal about your stance, you’ll end up defending your position in the future instead of keeping an open mind and adapting as you learn and experience more. – What can you do about it? Rather that self proclaim expertise, embrace the fact that you are learning and share your journey. That will help you grow more personally, and all of us on Instagram will grow with you.? -? ? Do you agree with this graph and message? – ? Think its useful for others to know? If so, then please tag and share to spread the

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Odd but true: Israel Adesanya and Rory Macdonald share a birth date.

This does seem unnecessary in sparring and a good way to give training partners concussions.

Would you defend your girl in this scenario?

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Poor, sad Colby Covington.

This is always weird to see.

My man JC seen what you did

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Mike Bisping nearly got dragged into the drama between Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent.

Brian Ortega is more than an athlete, according to someone trapped in the Upside Down

You only see what I do, not who I am. More than just an athlete.

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