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There honestly isn’t a whole lot to say about this one. The girl in the black bra was handling her business so easily that she felt she could take a smoke break in between swings. She did so, then resumed fighting with the cigarette in her mouth, and broke the other girls’ will in seconds.
if you can smoke a jack & beat my ass like this i don’t want no parts pic.twitter.com/iXTUyT7fYy
— niy. (@lilniyyy) August 21, 2018
She did have one unfair advantage, which was her vice grip on the braids of the other girl, while she herself had no impediment in that department. Never underestimate the power of a grip. From the video, though, she didn’t seem fazed by anything the other girl was throwing back, so I don’t think it would have mattered in the end. Props to whoever this was, and condolences to the girl in the white bra. You tried.
Did this pass the legless kid winning his street fight as the most badass street fight of the year?
Insomnia
Tony Ferguson’s crazy training has paid off: while I wonder just how many weird workout variations he can come up with, he secured himself a slot on the McGregor-Nurmagomedov UFC 229 card against Anthony Pettis. That’s a very, very fast recovery.
McGregor is Dana White’s everything by the UFC president’s own admission
John Lineker is the man. He offers to step up in weight to face Zabit Magomedsharipov to replace the injured Yair Rodriguez.
“ Hey Zabit! Since Yair is out, and no one wants me in my div. Ill fight you man!!!@zabit_mma @danawhite @seanshelby @ufc
— John Lineker (@johnlineker) August 23, 2018
Ouch
Khabib Nurmagomedov and Daniel Cormier joking around
Luke Rockhold in the wild.
I watched this maybe a dozen times and I’m still not quite clear on what happened to get the tap this quickly.
I’m not sure why, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone throw a flying knee in a street fight, much less a jump double knee.
Alexander Gustafsson is training with his All Stars- Jimi Manuwa, Ilir Latifi, and it seems now Hector Lombard too. I wonder who has the upper hand when Latifi and Lombard tie up.
Israel Adesanya made a dance video in his spare time.
This looks oddly natural
Does Dillon Danis have the self-awareness to look at himself sometimes and think about how stupid he looks?
Sweep the leg
Yuto Sekiguchi hit a leg sweep pic.twitter.com/oEgL3zlH4A
— MEGATON (@BasedDongeezus) August 22, 2018
Good Reads
- Jacob Debets details why Ali Abdelaziz’ testimony on behalf of the UFC is both contradictory, and also reveals something deeply troubling about the balance of power- and knowledge- between the UFC and it’s fighters.
- It’s no wonder Al Iaquinta has decided he might as well sell real estate, since it pays the same for less pain.
- Henry Cejudo nearly took a pay cut to get a title shot against Demetrious Johnson.
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