“FedEx. We’ll get your sh*t there, but we’ll f*** it up,” White said. “My boy don’t give a f***.”
Although Dana White thought the video was comical, as did others, FedEx ended up firing the driver, which they revealed to TMZ Sports.
“The behavior depicted in the video is unacceptable and inconsistent with the professionalism FedEx demonstrates every day,” FedEx said to TMZ. “We are committed to treating our customers’ packages with the utmost care, and this driver is no longer providing service for our company as a result of this behavior.”
It shouldn’t be a surprise that FedEx ended up firing the driver as White captured the video which went viral and many customers were concerned that their packages were being treated like that.
Dana White says he’s in the business of making ‘holy s**t’ moments
Dana White has been the face of the UFC since 2001 and he has helped grow the sport massively.
The UFC has become a mainstream sport and after UFC 300 and Max Holloway’s KO, he said that is his job, which is creating holy shit moments.
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“When we were sitting in that room, and we created the BMF, tonight totally embodied what that belt was built for,” White said after UFC 300. “There should be a picture in the f*king dictionary when you look up BMF. It was incredible. I don’t know if you guys noticed this, but that fight sucked the life out of everybody tonight. The next two fights, everybody was sitting there, like there was this adrenaline dump. People always ask me what I do, I sell holy sh*t moments for a living. That was the ultimate holy sh*t moment of all time.”
The UFC is set to return this Saturday for UFC St. Louis which is headlined by Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from the upcoming UFC St. Louis mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which is set to go down tomorrow night (Sat…
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from the upcoming UFC St. Louis mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which is set to go down tomorrow night (Sat., May 11, 2024) on ESPN and ESPN+ from inside Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, featuring a heavyweight main event between record-setting knockout artist Derrick Lewis and Brazilian up-and-comer Rodrigo Nascimento, a five-round headliner with potential title implications for late 2024 and beyond.
Before the ESPN and ESPN+ live streams get underway this weekend in “The Show-Me State,” which also include the welterweight showdown between Joaquin Buckley and Nursulton Ruziboev, all 24 fighters must hit the scale to prove themselves worthy. Note: Missouri Office of Athletics affords a one-pound allowance in non-title fights.
The UFC St. Louis weigh ins will stream LIVE in the embedded video player above beginning promptly at 10 a.m. ET (9 a.m. CT). We’ll also have real-time text updates for the “Lewis vs. Nascimento” weigh ins listed below, updated as they happen. Remember too that ceremonial weigh ins (and fighter staredowns) will take place later today at 5 p.m. ET HERE.
Complete UFC St. Louis weigh ins text results below:
265 lbs.: Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento 170 lbs.: Joaquin Buckley vs. Nursulton Ruziboev 205 lbs.: Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg 155 lbs.: Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Rebecki 145 lbs.: Alex Caceres vs. Sean Woodson 265 lbs.: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Robelis Despaigne
155 lbs.: Chase Hooper vs. Viacheslav Borshchev 155 lbs.: Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics 115 lbs.: Tabatha Ricci vs. Tecia Pennington 170 lbs.: Billy Goff vs. Trey Waters 170 lbs.: Jared Gooden vs. Kevin Jousset 125 lbs.: JJ Aldrich vs. Veronica Hardy
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Urijah Faber and Sacramento State University president J. Luke Wood are set to make history with a revolutionary collegiate…
Urijah Faber and Sacramento State University president J. Luke Wood are set to make history with a revolutionary collegiate program that’s meant to guide young aspiring fighters and give them a foot in the door to the fight game.
A trailblazer in MMA, Faber has towed the line between fighting and being a coach himself for many years. He runs a very successful gym called Team Alpha Male, which has seen rise to multiple UFC champions. Now, thanks to the wit of one student traveling to Sacramento State from overseas, paired with a flourishing relationship between Urijah Faber and president J. Luke Wood, the world’s first-ever collegiate MMA program will be coming to life in Northern California.
Speaking to LowKick MMA reporter Makoa Goble, Urijah Faber detailed this revolutionary new program, which is to be called Combat U. Combat U will help students develop as mixed martial artists while also giving them a promotion to fight for, as Faber owns his own promotion called A1 Combat.
Urijah Faber details Combat U and its inception
When asked how the idea of such a revolutionary program came to be, Faber explained a few factors that led to it. He spoke of how President Wood was a fan of combat sports, and actually even trained at Faber’s gym. Then, a female mixed martial artist from India got into contact with President Wood and told him how she decided to go to the school because of how close it was to the Team Alpha Male gym.
All of these factors led to an idea, and it was a very brilliant one. How about a collegiately backed program that is aimed to usher in an entirely new generation of combat sports athletes? It was made even more convenient by the fact that Faber’s gym is so close to the campus. As Faber continued to explain things, it was as if all the building blocks perfectly fell into place, as if it was all meant to be.
Faber on the unclear pathway for young fighters, and what the program could mean for them
“We have a strong history of being a host to young athletes (at Team Alpha Male), but they’ve always had to take a fork in the road: pursue academics, or pursue a career in the fight game,” Urijah Faber said. “…We actually have some of our current fighters that are interested in being a part of the program.”
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“So, we already have guys that were waiting to go back into their education afterwards (after their fight career is over), that is going to start doing it (going back to school) now. It’s still really raw, there’s still really no pathway. I’ve got a bunch of things outside of this that I’m working on to help really get that dialled in.”
Urijah Faber would go on to speak about how he’d like to work in conjunction with what the UFC is already doing, which is trying to open the floodgates and more easily allow aspiring fighters to walk the path. He brought up how more classic sports, such as football or basketball, already had very set paths for athletes to follow. The sport of MMA, however, does not have the same easy canals for young prospects to float down.
Young prospects must lead a difficult life of balancing working, training, and fighting. If a fighter is lucky, somebody will invest in their future and allow them to focus solely on training and fighting. However, this could be considered quite rare, and most fighters just have to work while also undergoing gruelling training and then pitting themselves against other young and hungry fighters in the cage.
Now, though, everything could be changing. If the Combat U program at Sacramento State is a success, it wouldn’t be surprising to see more colleges around the country and world provide a similar program. All of which would supply young fighters with a solid support system to make following their dreams a little easier.
What are your thoughts on Urijah Faber and Combat U?
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight sluggers Joaquin Buckley vs. Nursulton Ruziboev will go to war this weekend (Sat., May 11, 2024) inside Enterprise Center in St. Loui…
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight sluggers Joaquin Buckley vs. Nursulton Ruziboev will go to war this weekend (Sat., May 11, 2024) inside Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo., for UFC St. Louis.
Buckley is taking a massive risk here. Fresh off the biggest win of his career over Vicente Luque (watch it), Buckley’s eagerness to jump right back into action and get booked in his home town has earned him a showdown against a dangerous and unranked foe. Ruziboev has been crushing his opposition at Middleweight and rides a massive win streak into this step up in competition. The 6’5” prospect has fought at Welterweight in the past, but it’s been a couple years, so that’s an interesting angle to this match up as well.
Let’s take a closer look at the betting odds and strategic keys for each athlete:
Joaquin Buckley is a combination puncher with serious power. He likes to explode forward with power shots, attacking the head and body. He’s definitely vulnerable to counters in the process, but Buckley mitigates that by feinting actively and scoring angles before charging. On the whole, his wrestling has come a long way too, particularly since dropping to 170 pounds.
This is hardly the first fight in which Buckley has really needed to close the distance. That was the whole story of his Middleweight career! The fortunate part here is that while Ruziboev may still have the length advantage that troubled Buckley up at 185-pounds, he’s going to be leaner and/or diminishing himself to make the weight.
Two factors are going to determine whether or not Buckley can get close to Ruziboev: feints and his ability to cut the cage. Frequent and convincing feints and false starts are going to be absolutely essential in preventing Ruziboev from picking him off on the way in with counters. If Buckley can use his movement to work Ruziboev towards the fence, that will help ensure his combinations actually land as well.
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How Ruziboev Wins
Ruziboev is still relatively new to UFC, having won just two fights inside the Octagon, but he’s a veteran with 46 total professional bouts to his credit. One way or another, the man is a finisher, having stopped 32 opponents before the final bell. Lately, he’s proven himself a sniper, timing his opponents with huge shots at distance.
And that sounds like a great plan here.
In his last fight, Ruziboev played the double threat of the right hand and right uppercut really well. That should work really well here, given the height and general range difference between the two men. If Ruziboev can establish his cross, he stands a fair shot at catching Buckley off-guard by going uppercut instead, which could create a massive collision.
To time Buckley’s advances, I’d like to see Ruziboev touching and pull. A quick jab could convince Buckley to charge, while the pull keeps Ruziboev at his preferred range, ready to counter.
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Buckley Vs. Ruziboev Prediction
It’s hard to have a lot of confidence here.
On one hand, Ruziboev appears to have a lot of the traits that give Buckley trouble. He could find similar success to Kevin Holland, who repeatedly dropped “New Mansa” by stranding him at distance and scoring counter punches on his way in (watch highlights). Buckley has refined his game since then, but the overall issue of closing forward on longer strikers will always exist for him.
Conversely, Ruziboev doesn’t have a lot of Octagon time. We haven’t really seen him tested, and to my eyes, he looks like too big for Welterweight. Even if he makes the weight, there’s concern that the 30-year-old will fatigue easily or be more prone to getting rocked.
Ultimately, Ruziboev is a fighter who tends to finish quickly or lose late. Buckley is a gamer, and at 170 pounds, I think he’ll be durable enough to survive a rough patch or two and get his game going as the fight wears on.
Remember that MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC St. Louis fight card right here, starting with the ESPN+“Prelims” matches, which are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET, then the remaining main card balance on ESPN (also on ESPN+)at 7 p.m. ET.
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PFL MENA will go down later TODAY (Fri., May 10, 2024) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the first-ever event for the promotion’s second European League. Headlining the event is a Featherweight fight between Abdullah Al-Qahta…
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PFL MENA will go down later TODAY (Fri., May 10, 2024) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the first-ever event for the promotion’s second European League. Headlining the event is a Featherweight fight between Abdullah Al-Qahtani vs. Yazeed Hasanain. In the Bantamweight co-main event, Ali Taleb will face Nawras Abzakh, while Xavier Alaoui will tangle with Rachid El Hazoume one fight prior.
The event is not viewable stateside, but checkout all the viewing options for other countries below. In addition, if you can’t stream the event live, don’t fret because MMAmania.com will deliver live results and highlights of all the action below, beginning at 11 a.m. ET.
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145 lbs.: Abdullah Al-Qahtani vs. Yazeed Hasanain 135 lbs.: Ali Taleb vs. Nawras Abzakh 135 lbs.: Xavier Alaoui vs. Rachid El Hazoume 145 lbs.: Islam Reda vs. Adam Meskini 135 lbs.: Tariq Ismail Vs. Jalal Al Daaja 135 lbs.: Elias Boudegzdame vs. Hassan Mandour 105 lbs.: Hattan Alsaif vs. Nada Faheem 145 lbs.: Maraoune Bellagouit vs. Mido Mohamed 145 lbs.: Ahmed Tarek vs. Abdelrahman Alhyasat 125 lbs.: Malik Basahel vs. Harsh Pandya
After 1.5 years on the sidelines, Till intends to box three or four times in 2024 against a mix of big name fighters and influencers. Darren Till has been keeping quiet over the past sever…
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After 1.5 years on the sidelines, Till intends to box three or four times in 2024 against a mix of big name fighters and influencers.
Darren Till has been keeping quiet over the past several months, preparing for a comeback in boxing. His lack of fights hasn’t been because of a lack of offers. Recently, “Platinum” Mike Perry claims “The Gorilla” turned down a $2 million offer from BKFC to fight him.
Even Till claims he’s shrugged off offers to fight Logan Paul and Jake Paul over the past year. But, now he’s ready to move forward and make some moves.
“A lot of people been calling me out lately,” he wrote on an Instagram video of him working the mitts. “And I’m going to f—ing batter every last one of yas.”
In an April podcast with Ben Heath, Till promised to share some big fight news in a few weeks’ time. It’s been three weeks since then, and we have no firm announcements … but there are rumors that Till could end up boxing KSI under the Misfits Boxing banner sometime this summer.
That lines up with some of what he was telling Heath.
“Influencers, fighters, it’s going to be a slash,” Till said regarding his future opponents. “If I’m looking at a professional boxing fight and getting paid thirty, forty grand, and then looking at these influencer fights where they’re generating millions? I’m a big name as well. It’s just a no-brainer to take that kind of fights.
“So, they’re the fights we’re targeting, your Tommy Furys, your Jake Pauls,” he added.
It wasn’t all YouTubers and Influencers on Till’s hit list, though.
“Obviously the biggest fight I want is Mike Perry,” he said. “Me and him are destined to fight. It’s been … six years? [Jorge] Masvidal was talking the other day about fighting me, getting that rematch. On home soil, he said he’d come to Liverpool. So, these are all massive fights, and as soon as I have my first fight announced I’ll be chasing all that.”
Till also included pictures of Vitor Belfort and Thiago Santos in his Instagram declaration. All those names sounds great in theory, but at this point, he needs to actually sign a fight against one of these guys … any of them.
A bird in the hand is worth a dozen in the bush, especially after 1.5 years sitting idle.
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