In an exciting middleweight fight, Julian Marquez and Sam Alvey went to war over two rounds. Ultimately it was ‘The Cuban Missile Crisis’ that secured a choke which put Alvey to sleep at UFC Vegas 23. Check out the highlights below.
In an exciting middleweight fight, Julian Marquez and Sam Alvey went to war over two rounds. Ultimately it was ‘The Cuban Missile Crisis’ that secured a choke which put Alvey to sleep at UFC Vegas 23. Check out the highlights below.
Julian Marquez appears to have settled for a place in the friend zone after initially pursuing Miley Cyrus romantically. The UFC middleweight hilariously asked Cyrus to be his valentine this past weekend. For those who missed it, Marquez picked up a brilliant come-from-behind submission win at UFC 258. During his post-interview with Joe Rogan he […]
Julian Marquez appears to have settled for a place in the friend zone after initially pursuing Miley Cyrus romantically.
The UFC middleweight hilariously asked Cyrus to be his valentine this past weekend. For those who missed it, Marquez picked up a brilliant come-from-behind submission win at UFC 258. During his post-interview with Joe Rogan he decided to “call out” Cyrus.
“I’ve been waiting 31 months to get on this damn mic and call these people out right now,” Marquez said. This is my time to shine. So, Miley Cyrus! Will you be my valentine?”
To everyone’s surprise the singer responded positively on social media.
Many thought Marquez had blown his shot when he asked the popstar to get a tattoo with his nickname on “like Tupac”.
During an interview with James Lynch, Marquez was adamant he has not blown his shot with Cyrus and revealed he has been speaking to the singer in private.
“Yeah dude, she shot me a DM. We spoke and she’s cool, man,” Marquez said. Like legitimately, this is all like, there’s nothing crazy. Everyone’s like, ‘You missed your shot.’ Actually no, I didn’t miss my shot. I have the same exact shot as I did prior. The only difference is that she knows who I am, she follows me.
The Cuban Missile Crisis seems content to have Cyrus as a friend, at least for now.
“Like, Miley’s a friend now,” Marquez said. “Who would have thought I would have a friend (like her). Yes, I love her. She’s amazing. Like she’s one of the greatest singers in my point of view. But like I’m not trying to date Miley. Miley’s got a bunch of stuff going on. That’s a dope friend and I’m going to keep that dope friend.” (Transcribed by BJPENN.com)
Do you think Julian Marquez will be able to jump out of the friend zone?
Daniel Cormier has weighed on the bizarre series on interactions between UFC middleweight Julian Marquez and pop star Miley Cyrus. Marquez recently had a viral post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, where he asked for a callout. Typically such callouts would be aimed at other fighters, in order to set up a favourable matchup. However, Marquez […]
Daniel Cormier has weighed on the bizarre series on interactions between UFC middleweight Julian Marquez and pop star Miley Cyrus. Marquez recently had a viral post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, where he asked for a callout. Typically such callouts would be aimed at other fighters, in order to set up a favourable matchup. However, Marquez called out Miley Cyrus, asking if she would his Valentine.
To the surprise of many, Miley actually responded. The American singer stated that should Marquez get an MC shaved into his chest hair, she was all for it. However, Marquez, in some bizarre lapse of judgement, threw a counter offer at he, stating that he only would, if she got a henna tattoo of his nickname, ‘The Cuban Missile Crisis’ on her stomach.
Marquez’s Blunder
Miley was unsurprisingly unimpressed with Marquez’s request and promptly shut down the middleweight. In an Instagram story, she posted a picture with the caption “This could have been your but you dumb.” The rest of the MMA community are now reacting to Marquez’s ill-advised actions, and none have been more vocal than Daniel ‘DC’ Cormier. In the latest episode of Cormier and Ariel Helwani’s podcast show, DC & Helwani, Cormier had the following to say:
“You come and give a demand to Miley Cyrus, Julian Marquez? It was a blunder because now it’s over. It’s over. She’s not engaging anymore, it’s over. She’s like ‘well, I gave the UFC guy a Tweet. I gave the guy an opportunity…’ If he had [shaved ‘MC’ into his chest hair], she would have responded, she would have Retweeted it, she would have talked about it. But now…
“This is the action of a guy that’s never had a girlfriend. I don’t think Julian Marquez has ever had a girlfriend in his life. You don’t see stuff like that, you got the cool girl! You got the belle of the ball to respond. All you’ve got to do is go and shave the ‘MC’, and the moment you take the picture you can just shave it all off and it’ll grow back in two days. But instead, you make a demand to Miley Cyrus.”
Cormier ended the rant by saying that “I crumbled for the poor guy. “I literally died inside for the poor guy. Julian, you blew it. He’s a nice guy, but he blew it” (as transcribed by BJPenn.com).
What are your thoughts on Cormier’s comments? Let us know in the comments.
UFC middleweight Julian Marquez has emphatically shut down the people claiming he blew his chance with Miley Cyrus. Marquez picked up a come from behind submission win at UFC 258 this past weekend. The 30-year-old used his post-fight interview to ask Cyrus to be his valentine. “I’ve been waiting 31 months to get on this […]
UFC middleweight Julian Marquez has emphatically shut down the people claiming he blew his chance with Miley Cyrus.
The 30-year-old used his post-fight interview to ask Cyrus to be his valentine.
“I’ve been waiting 31 months to get on this damn mic and call these people out right now,” Marquez said. This is my time to shine. So, Miley Cyrus! Will you be my valentine?”
To everyone’s surprise the popstar responded positively to the “call out” and asked Marquez do just one thing before she agrees to his proposition.
Unfortunately, Marquez decided to overplay his hand and asked Cyrus to get a tattoo with his nickname before they could go any further.
Many believed the budding romance was over when Cyrus the below image on her Instagram story.
In an interview with BJPENN.com, Marquez was adamant that has not blown it with the singer and hinted that their relationship is progressing behind the scenes.
“The thing is, they all want to talk about how I blew my chance but I didn’t miss my chance, I can tell you that right now,” Marquez said. “I did not miss my chance. There are a lot more things going on. A gentleman doesn’t post about it on social media but that doesn’t mean nothing is going on. This is also me. Most people don’t understand that, that is me. I will go after what I want because I want it. I don’t need permission, I go after what I want because that is me. Miley Cyrus, I have loved her for a long time, I think she is great. She has done so many amazing things and it felt right and we both needed a Valentine’s. But, I didn’t miss my chance.”
Do you think Julian Marquez will actually date Miley Cyrus?
UFC Middleweight contender Julian Marquez took to the mic, after his submission win over Maki Pitolo at UFC 258, to ask superstar singer and actor Miley Cyrus to be his valentine’s. During his epic post-fight interview, Marquez shouted “Miley Cyrus, will you be my Valentine?” Marquez made the best use of his platform to make […]
UFC Middleweight contender Julian Marquez took to the mic, after his submission win over Maki Pitolo at UFC 258, to ask superstar singer and actor Miley Cyrus to be his valentine’s.
During his epic post-fight interview, Marquez shouted “Miley Cyrus, will you be my Valentine?” Marquez made the best use of his platform to make the MMA fans around the world know who he wants his Valentine’s date to be. You can watch the video of Marquez asking Miley Cyrus out below.
“I’ve been waiting 31 months to get on this damn mic and call these people out right now,” Marquez said. This is my time to shine. So, Miley Cyrus! Will you be my valentine?”
Surprisingly, the famous popstar took to twitter to respond to Marquez’s valentines callout. Cyrus tweeted, “Shave an MC into your chest hair and I am YOURS. Happy VDay and Congrats my love!”
It seems like “The Cuban Missile Crisis” did enough to capture the pop stars attention.
Overall, it was a day to remember for Marquez, earning a performance of the night bonus then getting noticed by Cyrus.
Did you expect Miley Cyrus to respond to Julian Marquez’s valentines call out?
Kicking off the UFC 258 main card is a middleweight clash between Maki Pitolo and Julian Marquez. Round 1: Pitolo takes it to Marquez right away with a leg kick followed by a barrage of other kicks as well as an uppercut. He clinches Marquez up against the fence and lands a knee. Pitolo lands […]
Kicking off the UFC 258 main card is a middleweight clash between Maki Pitolo and Julian Marquez.
Round 1: Pitolo takes it to Marquez right away with a leg kick followed by a barrage of other kicks as well as an uppercut. He clinches Marquez up against the fence and lands a knee. Pitolo lands an elbow and takes Marquez down soon after and controls him in the half guard. Pitolo lands a couple of hammerfists. He takes Marquez’s back and controls him as as Marquez gets back to his feet. Pitolo takes him down again but Marquez is back to his feet. Pitolo clinches him up against the fence again as he looks for a takedown. Marquez trips Pitolo and proceeds to attempt a standing guillotine. Pitolo manages to survive and escape. They return to striking momentarily after a short battle in the clinch. The round ends.
Round 2: Both fighters engage in the striking right away. Pitolo goes for the body with some jabs. He lands a leg kick. Marquez misses some overhands. Marquez lands a right hook during an exchange. Pitolo sees his high kick blocked. The fight is momentarily stopped after an accidental kick to Pitolo’s groin. The fight is resume and it’s all action as they both start to swing. Pitolo ends up controlling Marquez’s back again and takes him down. Marquez gets up on multiple occasions but Marquez remains controlled. Pitolo switches to strikes before going for a takedown and is countered by another guillotine. Pitolo escapes but is caught in another guillotine. Pitolo escapes but Marquez has his back and lands huge strikes. Pitolo sneaks off the backdoor and enters the guard of Marquez. He transitions to full mount. Marquez is able to move the position to half-guard. Pitolo lands some strikes to the side of Marquez. Marquez ends the round throwing some elbows from the bottom.
Round 3: Pitolo lands a huge leg kick. Marquez backs Pitolo up against the fence as both fighters are swinging. Marquez eats a left hook. Pitlo drops Marquez with a low kick. Marquez catches Pitolo with a right hand but Pitolo is fine. Marquez is putting the pressure on now as a cut opens on the left eye of Pitolo. Marquez lands a huge knee on Pitolo’s head as it looks like he’s hurt. Pitolo goes for a takedown. Marquez tries to counter with a guillotine but it’s too slippery as Pitolo enters his guard. Pitolo transitions to his back and looks to get the rear naked choke but Marquez suffers and now has Pitolo’s back as he starts to rain down strikes. Pitolo escapes and looks for another takedown. Marquez attempts another guillotine reversal before they separate. They clinch up soon after as Marquez eventually takes his back before hurting him with big shots. He lands a knee to Pitolo’s head with the latter going for a takedown in desperation. Marquez counters and sinks in the guillotine before transitioning to an anaconda choke and getting the tap!
Official result:Julian Marquez defeats Maki Pitolo via submission (R3, 4:17).