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Welcome to Midnight Mania!
The higher ups of the UFC have never exactly loved many of the media members, but this is a new low! When a few members of the media attempted to call in to the UFC 242 media conference call for a chat with interim Lightweight kingpin Dustin Poirier, they were instead directed to a sex line.
How does this happen? The #ufc sent out an invite to speak with @DustinPoirier today ahead of #ufc242 and the phone number was to a sex hotline. Don’t believe me… call it pic.twitter.com/euRVpP3How
— Eric Kowal – MyMMANews.com (@MyMMANews) August 27, 2019
Somehow, I have a feeling that the phone number dialed was not quite as “toll free” as advertised.
As it turns out, two of the numbers were simply swapped, resulting in the unintentional gaffe. Ultimately, it’s a fairly harmless mistake that gave me a very easy “weird and wild” headline, so I can only hope the next UFC mix up is even more indecent and entertaining.
Insomnia
Tony Ferguson is getting antsy.
Speaking of stir crazy, let’s get Sean O’Malley off the ostarine and in the Octagon.
“Wonderboy” continues his offensive on the nation’s youth:
Were you aware that Vasiliy Lomachenko has some skills? Now you are!
This is a great drill and explanation of it from an expert Muay Thai coach for those dedicated enough to give it a go.
Will these clips ever stop being funny? Doesn’t seem likely.
Getting mat returned into a pile of sand by Gregor Gillespie sounds less than ideal.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
A pretty perfect right hand KO:
Lockard waited way too long to address the threat of the arm triangle — once it’s in, it’s over.
TJ Brown desperately needed a finish and he got it in the third round! #DWCS pic.twitter.com/W4yhFJnVwG
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 28, 2019
Dustin Akbari pulled off some wild submissions at the ADCC trials.
Random Land
Good to see Dennis Rodman staying sober.
Dennis Rodman can’t be real pic.twitter.com/CH9GpuDR2p
— Yamaha DX7?? (@whastage) August 27, 2019
I don’t know that I understand the point of this structure, but it’s interesting to look at if nothing else!
Midnight Music: You don’t need me to tell you this is a great song/album — it’s understood by all.
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.