UFC Sao Paulo, The Morning After: Eryk Anders reacts to TKO loss

“It be like that sometimes.”

Eryk Anders is no wilting flower. The man went through a three-round slugfest against Thiago Santos, a man with Thor’s hammer tattooed on his chest and thunder in his fists, before finally collapsing between rounds, unable to make it to his stool. His reaction?

“Shhhhhiiiiiiiddddd it be like that sometimes ???.. see you pussies in december. To vivo ”

“To vivo” (Latin for ‘living’) indeed.

UFC Sao Paulo brought the violence, with the last three fights on the card ending in brutal TKO wins for the Brazilian fighters, satiating the bloodlust of the roaring crowd. The prelims brought the action too, including this finish by Elizeu Zaleski:

And this body knee by Francisco Trinaldo:

Next up, after a weekend to ponder, reflect, and make your final picks, is UFC 229, The Final Showdown, featuring cross-cultural trash talk and the newest, most exciting iteration of the classic “striker vs wrestler” trope, commercially successful but critically panned boxer Conor McGregor vs the undefeated Dagestani lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Enjoy the violence that was. Prepare your bodies for the violence that will be.