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Nick Diaz fight weeks are always interesting. Will the elder Diaz brother make it to all of his scheduled media appearances? Not this time. Hell, Diaz doesn’t appear all that committed to even making it to the fight, based on the last-second change from Welterweight to 185 lbs. (even if Dana argues it will somehow make the fight better).
There’s still time for a marijuana drug test failure, which is the Diaz bingo card equivalent of the free space.
Speaking with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Diaz offered his usual stream-of-consciousness style of rant regarding his upcoming match up vs. Robbie Lawler. In short, Diaz doesn’t quite understand why he’s rematching “Ruthless” when there are bigger fish to fry.
— . (@couldbemma) September 23, 2021
“I think I’ll beat Usman,” Diaz explained. “I have a better shot at beating Usman than I do Lawler, just because I … I already beat Lawler! This doesn’t make sense, for me to go in there and fight Robbie Lawler. I don’t know why I’m doing this. This should not happen. Whoever set this up is an idiot. I don’t know why I’m doing this, why this happened — I should be fighting Kamaru Usman, and that’s it!”
Apparently, Diaz is “in title contention” with a victory on Saturday night, so perhaps Diaz is merely planting the seed for a future showdown vs. “The Nigerian Nightmare?” Diaz should be kept well away from the Welterweight king — particularly since he’s fighting at Middleweight? — but money talks, and even now, few move the needle further than Nick Diaz.
Insomnia
To add insult to injury, Dillon Danis was apparently getting choked out prior to getting arrested — not ideal for a BJJ black belt!
Danis submitted by a cop pic.twitter.com/zYFpbaGJyA
— Ryan ? (@RyanSpencerMMA) September 22, 2021
Yes everyone, it was me. https://t.co/BT9UJy7TlM
— Nicole Polizzi (@snooki) September 22, 2021
This is the first evidence I’ve ever seen that Georges St. Pierre is not amazingly good at everything.
UFC 266 has lost a solid Middleweight match up between Karl Roberson and Nick Maximov.
A pair of legends training together:
Hasbulla breaks Khabibs hand. pic.twitter.com/9RIMAkdTIN
— Dovy (@DovySimuMMA) September 22, 2021
Does Jon Jones’ goal of being as gigantic as possible strike anyone else as a terrible idea?
Richard Schaefer tells @arielhelwani that Jon Jones was 260 pounds yesterday. His goal is to get to 275lbs “and basically be the biggest and baddest heavyweight UFC has even seen.” #TheMMAHour
— Shaheen Al-Shatti (@shaunalshatti) September 22, 2021
Birthday body shots are a time honored tradition in the combat sports world!
Happy birthday to me, 27 body shots for 27 great years pic.twitter.com/2M9vChjVwc
— Bryan Battle (@BryanBattle10) September 22, 2021
A bunch of clips of Alexander Volkanovski just charging through people on the rugby pitch!
@AlexVolkanovski isn’t new to overcoming adversity and bigger opponents!
He cut his teeth as 5ft6″, 214lb prop forward in Australian rugby league
UFC#UFC266 | Saturday | BT Sport 1 HD pic.twitter.com/lHfDO90Vci
— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) September 21, 2021
Slips, rips, and KO clips
A 15-year-old Liam Harrison throws down precisely as one would expect:
Confession: I still have not learned how to make buggy chokes work. They look cool though!
A giant pull counter ends this bout in an instant:
Random Land
Roughly 100% it’s all edited, but still pretty neat!
THIS SOME OF THE WILDEST SH*T EVER CAUGHT ON CAMERA pic.twitter.com/IpBo1VAXKD
— Theory (@Idontknowyoucuh) September 21, 2021
Midnight Music: Watched Boogie Nights earlier tonight, and in addition to being a great film, it has an excellent soundtrack!
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.