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Logan Paul thinks he could fight either CM Punk or Conor McGregor in the UFC, because of course he thinks that. He’s done athletics his whole life, you see.
The professional attention-seeker and poster boy for white adolescent A-holes everywhere said, that after his planned boxing matches against fellow Youtuber KSI this fall, he wants to fight a UFC fighter. Via SI.com:
“I want to fight a UFC fighter. I want to get in the octagon,” Paul said. “Yeah, bro, I wrestled my whole life. For real for real. Bro, there’s no reason I can’t. I literally did athletics my whole life.
“Dana White, you watching this, bro? Pick a fighter for me, dude. Late next year.”
The sad thing is, Paul probably is a better athlete than CM Punk, who had no athletic background whatsoever. There is a huge audience for whatever it is he does besides get banned from Japan for filming in their suicide forest. Paul also mentioned the circus of a boxing match between Mayweather and McGregor as proof anything is now possible in this world.
He’s already got takers. Resident good-looking long-haired Canadian Elias Theodorou volunteered his services, and he would be near the weight class Logan said he would fight at. Mike Jackson, who of course fought CM Punk at welterweight, also volunteered to handle it.
You have more important shit to handle; I got this.
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) August 8, 2018
Paul is currently training for his boxing match and can be seen knocking down a sparring partner here
Insomnia
Dustin Ortiz doesn’t like the matchup between Joe Benavidez vs. Ray Borg being billed as a fight for a title shot.
Go Home @ufc … You’re Drunk https://t.co/bOlnMfBk29
— Dustin Ortiz (@DustinOrtizMMA) August 9, 2018
Alex Volkanovski doing a cool thing for charity on eBay, so if anyone has disposable income, feel free to buy the glove.
I’ve signed this official UFC glove and it’s up for grabs on eBay…all profits go to a little champion, Charlie O’Connor who suffers from Muscular Dystrophy. https://t.co/p95litc8fo pic.twitter.com/Hybd3GbUro
— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) August 8, 2018
I’m a little worried John Dodson III with hair grown out might have superpowers
You can’t have speed without power. I’m ready to show the world how scary my power is #ufc228 #speedkills #rawpower pic.twitter.com/O3pl1SiWBA
— John Dodson III (@JohnDodsonMMA) August 9, 2018
Aaron Pico is facing his most legitimate challenge yet, Leandro Higo, at at stacked Bellator 206 that also includes Gegard Mousasi vs. Rory Macdonald, Rampage vs. Wanderlei 4, and Douglas Lima vs. Andrey Koreshkov, who are in the opening round of Bellator’s welterweight Grand Prix.
BREAKING: The phenom is back and Bellator 206 is STACKED! Aaron Pico vs. former bantamweight title challenger Leandro Higo on Sept. 29 at SAP Center in San Jose. https://t.co/WLH2StcFWb pic.twitter.com/9AYfmxMoON
— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) August 8, 2018
Zabit Magomedsharipov getting in some body shots. Better Ramazan than me.
Darren Till and Mike Perry had a little trouble with the accents; Till thought Perry wanted to go to the spa with him. But of course they happily went back to the hotel and sparred, boxing glove on their power hand and MMA glove on their lead hand.
‘Let’s go fight’ The moment Darren found out he weren’t getting a massage with Mike Perry. pic.twitter.com/5iOzoHGqwB
— bran holloway (@BranHolloway) August 8, 2018
It will be interesting watching Darren Till go at it with Israel Adesanya once he inevitably moves up to middleweight.
This lady just trucked this guy.
Gunnar Nelson is either in training or a horror movie, either would work.
Good Reads
- Dana White is saying George St. Pierre won’t get the winner of Khabib-McGregor, so now I’m stoked to see that fight
- Belated analysis of Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Tecia Torres
- This is why eye pokes need to be punished- Matt Sayles is undergoing surgery after Sheymon Moraes poked him in the eye four times in their prelim bout this weekend.
Random Land
This is a great series of photos
Animals interrupting wildlife photographers is my new joy pic.twitter.com/gjGA53AnPX
— Ojibwe Writer Mari (@Polychromantium) August 8, 2018
and more pic.twitter.com/U46yPYDpJ7
— Ojibwe Writer Mari (@Polychromantium) August 9, 2018
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