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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tonight, we’ve got Mayweather putting the kabosh on McGregor rumors, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) deciding coaches need to pay for fight film to study, Khabib playing pranks, Carla Esparza no longer able to use her walkout song, men fighting bears, and much, much more.
Insomnia
Floyd Mayweather wants to cool the swirling rumors about that fight with Conor McGregor. However, the “at this time” certainly leaves the door open to future announcements. The desire to control the narrative is common to savvy promoters, so this probably means little.
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) February 14, 2017
With McGregor taking care of his fine with Nevada State Athletic Commission, theoretically, hurdles are being taken out of the way for this bout. As ridiculous as it is, it may actually happen.
McGregor’s take on this:
Now this would be truly fun:
I’m still on board with McGregor vs. Golovkin.
GGG: Conor’s good boy, but … he’s nothing. pic.twitter.com/YpfURtvDbE
— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) February 14, 2017
I should actually cite the time Golovkin crumpled an actual Irish fighter. pic.twitter.com/KuKKS61Tbo
— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) February 14, 2017
Bobs and Weaves
Well, this seems cheap and counterproductive. From the striking coach of Donald Cerrone, Jon Jones and several other top fighters at Jackson-Winklejohn’s gym at Albuquerque, we get word that UFC won’t be supplying fight film for coaches to study:
I just got an email from the UFC saying that fight tape will no longer be available to coaches and fighters and I need to use Fight Pass.
— Brandon Gibson (@SixGunGibson) February 14, 2017
In the past we’d get zip drive links to download. No Fight Pass subscription is offered to the camps, we need to purchase it on our own.
— Brandon Gibson (@SixGunGibson) February 15, 2017
I already have a Fight Pass subscription, the problem is that Fight Pass isn’t a good way to study. No slow mode, its a pain to rewind, etc
— Brandon Gibson (@SixGunGibson) February 15, 2017
@SixGunGibson pic.twitter.com/5ByZrDe01x
— Ryan Hall (@ryanhall5050) February 15, 2017
That Khabib. Always so mischievous. And frightening.
Khabib Nurmagomedov Pranks/Scares UFC Featherweight Zubaira Tukhugov https://t.co/EH6KlN4HNe
— Fancy Combat (@FancyCombat) February 15, 2017
The main event at UFC: Halifax should be fun. I hope so, anyway, since I’m going to be recapping it this Sunday. There is a high percentage chance my work won’t run late:
When you hit so hard you KO your opponent through his gloves .. @TheBeast_UFC #UFCHalifax pic.twitter.com/RKm9P1MR7r
— #UFCHalifax (@ufc) February 14, 2017
One of the best Superman Punch KOs we’ve ever seen? Who thinks @TravisBrowneMMA will deliver at #UFCHalifax?! pic.twitter.com/2R3wIPdtvA
— #UFCHalifax (@ufc) February 15, 2017
Cody Garbrandt got another tattoo, for a very good cause:
Kelvin Gastelum is looking jacked ahead of his Middleweight match up with Vitor Belfort in two weeks.
Make it medium rare, we beefing up! #BelfortvsGastelum #UFCFortaleza #OnAmission4Gold pic.twitter.com/jDimp1Yzl2
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) February 14, 2017
This sucks … and probably has to do with Metallica being possessive with the copyrights.
Just told by the UFC that legally I cannot use @Metallica as my walkout anymore.I’ve been using them since my 1st fight. #harvesterofsorrow
— Carla Esparza (@CarlaEsparza1) February 14, 2017
From Mike Jackson’s website, mikethetruth.com (the same guy who fought Mickey Gall, called out CM Punk, and, incidentally, who gave me the chance to cut my teeth writing about MMA) found this video of Tom Brady’s wife, Giselle, hitting pads and looking pretty good all told:
Read about the time combat training paid off for another supermodel, Gigi Hadid.
This threw me off:
Posted by Kenndall Lewis on 13hb Februari 2017
The definition of bodied:
Get you a girl that could fight (she needs some milk ) like share
Tag a girl that got hands
Follow Christopher Manuel Almonte and Jose Solis for more videosPosted by The real boxing streams v2 on Sunday, February 12, 2017
It’s Valentines Day
St. Valentine would probably be less than impressed with how his holiday turned out — the dude was martyred for trying to convert the Emperor. The name Valentine means “strong” in Latin. None of that matters — he now is synonymous with the cheesiest, sappiest holiday of the year.
The ring card girls hope your day was a happy one, anyway.
Happy #Valentines Day Fight Fans! ?? pic.twitter.com/C3VbmtQc6d
— #UFCHalifax (@ufc) February 14, 2017
Happy Valentine’s Day to all u lovebirds! pic.twitter.com/RYBYoEHkrz
— Arianny Celeste (@AriannyCeleste) February 14, 2017
Happy Valentine’s Day ? pic.twitter.com/Nc1csrXA5f
— Camila Oliveira UFC (@camisoliveira_) February 14, 2017
Happy #ValentinesDay from @LFAfighting ring girls @YoYoTheGoGo and @CourtneyDJames!
They are back in action next week at #LFA5!#MMA ??? pic.twitter.com/Uh1RXFii6i
— LFA (@LFAfighting) February 15, 2017
Podcasts and Video
.@rory_macdonald wants to compete for the Middleweight title, but next year. @SBNLukeThomas #TLTS https://t.co/n1ZzRsD8Nb
— MMA on SiriusXM (@MMAonSiriusXM) February 15, 2017
Quick Hits
- Gunnar Nelson vs. Alan Jouban is a fun co-main event for a free Fight Pass card in London.
- Cyborg is claiming newly-minted women’s Featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie is already ducking her.
Random Land
A battle for the ages.
Posted by Dorkly on 12hb Februari 2017
Either these snakes are defanged or this man is deranged.
Underreaction to a snake attack
Stahp!
Posted by Viral Thread on Saturday, February 11, 2017
Stay woke, Maniacs!