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Nick Diaz weighed in on the Woodley-Till fight that went down this past weekend. In his estimation, it seems he thought Woodley took an easy fight in the form of Darren Till. It certainly ended up a one-sided bout, with Till landing barely a strike before succumbing to ground-and-pound and a Woodley choke in the second round.
Nick Diaz weighs in Tyron Woodley vs. Darren Till. (Via his Instagram story). pic.twitter.com/uMIr21TCN7
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) September 9, 2018
“I missed the whole fight… I’ve never had an easy fight in my life. Fight that kid… I wouldn’t take one. It’s like… stop making bullshit fights with this guy!”
Nick Diaz hasn’t had a fight since his 2015 middleweight bout with Anderson Silva. He hasn’t had a win in the Octagon since 2011. Could we see the former Strikeforce welterweight champion make his return to MMA in the near future? He was recently cleared of a domestic violence charge, and has stated plans to return in 2019 after being serving a trumped-up suspension for weed use.
Insomnia
A lot of fighters were happy to see Tyron Woodley win in impressive fashion
— Justin Gaethje (@Justin_Gaethje) September 9, 2018
Sorry, Wonderboy. Despite the draw and majority decision, no one wants to see this a third time.
Great fight, well done @TWooodley. I fought both guys, and I’m down to fight both again! T-Wood, we got unfinished business! #WoodleyvsThompson3
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) September 9, 2018
CM Punk was also happy to see him win
And still. @TWooodley is the best dude. Great friend, teammate, son, father, husband…ya know, the important stuff. We love and respect him. #Roufusport
— Coach (@CMPunk) September 9, 2018
What a photograph
Weird video time again
This could get interesting
Despite the recent drama between Donald Cerrone and Team Jackson-Winkeljohn, Greg Jackson will be cornering Donald Cerrone when he faces Mike Perry in Denver.
I have also confirmed that Mike Winkeljohn will be in Perry’s corner. pic.twitter.com/xtpjkIcRaa
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) September 9, 2018
Karolina Kowalkiewicz issued a statement to her fans after her knockout loss to nigh-unstoppable strawweight force Jessica Andrade.
— KarolinaKowalkiewicz (@KarolinaMMA) September 9, 2018
This made me chuckle
Say what you will about Darren Till, but he has now enjoyed an experience about which most of us can only dream pic.twitter.com/T7uKHYvaa3
— King Typo (@BoxingBusch) September 9, 2018
The Chosen One
And Still #UFC228 pic.twitter.com/VYTjduBCwo
— Dovy (@DovySimuMMA) September 9, 2018
Nicco Montano, naturally, was not at all happy with the UFC or Shevchenko after her belt was summarily stripped from her this weekend.
Worth noting
nicco got stripped after 280 days
here’s every ufc champ that took longer than 280 days between title fights and didn’t get stripped.
some required interim titles, and some had “extenuating circumstances”
but they all kept their belts pic.twitter.com/qdnKrztzS0
— Leg Kickin Tacos (@LegKickTKO) September 8, 2018
Since Nicco was stripped of the title, in her next fight, her fight week incentive pay (formerly known as Reebok pay), will go from 40k to 3.5k.
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) September 7, 2018
Darren Till is already planning his comeback. Also, he doesn’t like Snoop Dogg.
This is a very weird Texas rule I didn’t know about.
A remnant of Steve Nelson’s Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation which got the state to allow for MMA by promoting it under pro wrestling rules.
— John S. Nash (@heynottheface) September 9, 2018
Matt Riddle is making it big in pro wrestling
Hey Dana remember that time you fired me and talked all that shit on me to the world and called me a loser? I just wanted to say thank you for everything dummy #bro #kingofbros #splx #stallion #wwe #nxt #ufc #danawhite pic.twitter.com/y5yH6POwKw
— matthew riddle (@SuperKingofBros) September 8, 2018
Slips, Rips, and KO Clips
Just a few highlights from the weekend
Wei Ninghui drops Jordan Kranio twice in 2R and fKOs with this body punch (Kunlun Fight) pic.twitter.com/gBH7kgNB2d
— Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) September 9, 2018
What a head kick KO by Block Nili !
(Kunlun Fight) pic.twitter.com/q8jV2opWCU— Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) September 9, 2018
This was some knockout! The spinning elbow trumped the spinning backfist.
What a ACB debut by Goga Shamatava #ACBKrasnodar pic.twitter.com/EFHt8t7aAH
— #ACBMoscow (@ACB_League) September 8, 2018
Imran Abaev stuffs a Marcelo Alfaya takedown and makes him pay in the worst way possible. First round KO. Welcome back ACB. #ACB89 pic.twitter.com/gQhDAZxjyS
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 8, 2018
Woah
When your Kyokushin KO is so brutal you start having immediate regrets. Also some quality KO revival technique shown by the doctor. Slap the dude around till he wakes up. pic.twitter.com/rhXFyddJiX
— Jonathan of Kowloon & Geylang (@GlobeSvcs) September 10, 2018
Also… sumo is back.
Day1. Shohozan (L) vs former sanyaku regular Tochiozan. This was the closest to a brawl today, at least in makuuchi. #Sumolingo #akibasho pic.twitter.com/aj3R9ohWAL
— SumoSoul (@TheSumoSoul) September 10, 2018
I want MMA on a raised dais
First day and Yoshikaze is already whipping out move of the basho pic.twitter.com/aYEHNsNeNk
— MEGATON (@BasedDongeezus) September 10, 2018
Enho is back up to Juryo, sitting at 1-1 now pic.twitter.com/0u2ZRdkGwE
— MEGATON (@BasedDongeezus) September 10, 2018
The UFC prelims brought the fire too
JEFF NEAL!!!!! HOLY BALLS! #UFC228 pic.twitter.com/wrLUMSAm7M
— Austin Hall (@austinhall784) September 9, 2018
Random Land
Tim Warmer Cabel- this is some Dale from King of the Hill stuff
I saw this guy the other day. When I asked him “what the hell” he said “I was working on a secret project and I wanted to blend in” and left it at that.
Godspeed dude. pic.twitter.com/N5PyP81TI6
— a very willfull boy. a rather, naughty boy. (@bonerhitler) September 8, 2018
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