Both UFC 288 main event fighters have YouTube channels.
YouTube Channel make money; some make a LOT of money.
Twitter doesn't even make money for Elon Musk.
The UFC should consider showing fighters' YouTube handles rather than their Twitter handles.
Khamzat is a super talent, but a majority decision win over a 0-2, injured, short notice ex-welterweight champ isn't nearly as impressive as a one-sided KO over a fully prepared former middleweight champ.
DDP should be next for Strickland, c'mon.
Oh, we're doing this again?
Ahead of a major PPV fight, Rashad Evans told me - on camera - this breathtaking story about him wanting to pull out of his Liddell fight. Rashad was freaking out about Chuck's KO power.
They send Randy Couture to Rashad's bedroom to calm him down -
The first rule of UFC Fight Club: don’t mention Francis Ngannou’s name…
Here’s a look at the clip from the UFC 305 Countdown episode versus what Adesanya actually said at the UFC 305 Pre-Sale Press Conference.
It’s no surprise, but the UFC’s attempt to erase Ngannou from its
McGregor has beat UFC champs 3 times, 4 if inc interim champs.
GSP beat UFC champs 8 times, 9 inc interim. +Strikeforce number goes to 11.
GSP lost to all-time great Hughes in his 2nd year as pro. McG lost to Joe Duffy in 2nd yr.
GSP achieved LOT more than Conor has, so far.
Ariel is spot on. I'd be embarrassed to work for the modern day UFC.
Everything we told people we were - athletes not thugs, college educated, articulate, good people - it was true when we said it.
Not sure it's true anymore.
Not just fighters, either. Lot of gross fans, too.
@lost4what
@AntEvansMMA
Here’s Dana after two guys fought in the house on TUF season 5. Not word for word but that’s the exact point he’s trying to make. They were still trying to escape the stigma that MMA is thugs and human c*ckfighting
Ariel Helwani has an abundance of integrity.
If you say off the record, it's kept off. If you can’t comment – he won't ask again. I’ve offered him easy $ gigs, and he declined due to what I saw as non-existent conflicts of interest.
I’m proud & lucky to have him as a friend.
Trump didn't attend a UFC since 2001, but suddenly he can't miss a single ppv in person?
Heh.
This is an in-kind campaign donation, and quid pro quo for getting Conor in the US for Cerrone fight.
I spent years telling journalists all over the world that MMA fighters were NOT the knuckle-dragging cornflakes-for-brains they imagined. I passionately argued MMA fans were intelligent, too.
After reading 6months of MMA Twitter on COVID, I feel I owe a lot of people an apology.
Anyone else think it a little weird not much was made of the 30 year anniversary of the UFC last night.
I know the UFC has been celebrating 30 years all 2023, but last night was the actual anniversary - during a massive event - and there was barely a mention.
@westonpagano
@whstancil
So...
Biden did cancel your debt, only the conservative Supreme Court struck it down.
Biden found several workarounds and cancelled a lot of debt. I'm sorry yours wasn't.
In the 90s, MMA was the pursuit of truth.
What techniques actually work outside dojo? Can that guy in Black Belt mag really fight?
Just weird so many MMA peeps are flat earth, anti evidence, covid truther nincompoops.
Future generations should know
@bisping
's story. It's a story of overcoming impossible odds, of clawing back after crushing setbacks and inching towards goals the world seems determined to keep from you. No-one's UFC HoF jacket will be a better fit than Mike's. Congrats mate.
USADA is a massive overreaction to basically one guy - Cheator Belfort.
Jon Jones isn't a cheat, O'Malley isn't a roider & Nate Diaz isn't either. For all the naff science terms we've been forced to learn (picogram!) the whole thing seems more like a religion than science to me
UFC 300 is a stacked card but not the kind of magic milestone that UFC 100 and UFC 200 were.
Wrong time of Year, too, and both speak to UFC's inability to plan more than 4months ahead.
Everything is Tetris.
@ChrisCillizza
Boo fucking hoo.
You guys have had 9 years (!!!!) to figure out how to fact check, or even check, Trump's blizzard of bullshit. You've failed.
You no longer matter... and I am here for it as you realize it
@HoodanDaMan
Folks don't like their entertainment ruined, and they really don't like their heroes spat upon. Why don't you get that?
And we'll soon see how "awesome" this fan fiction Indy movie is, weekend box office looks... not promising.
Getting yourself cut from own Star Wars series and "hitting back" by making a film for Ben Shapiro isn't quite the FU Gina thinks it is.
It is more like pulling out of UFC 300 main event to go have a ruck outside a Welsh fish 'n chip shop, 2am on a rainy October weekend...
They playing an ad for Power Slap here at UFC 296 arena. Everyone booed lol
They didn't even boo the trailer for Aquaman 2, but everyone hates the slappy slappy.
This superspaz is absolutely obsessed with Helwani. It's truly something to behold.
"Has an agenda" is what truly stupid people mutter when they have no genuine criticism.
@SarahKSilverman
No guarantee at all Warren supporters go to Sanders rather than Biden.
I've a question, that no Bernie fan can seem to answer, why aren't you concerned that Trump, GOP and Russian are so relentless boosting Sanders?
On March 13, 1996, a madman with a gun murdered 16 kids and their teacher in the UK.
The British people demanded something be done.
The Conservative government responded with tight gun control laws, not prayers.
There hasn't been a single school gun murder since in the UK.
Lesnar was a thundering arsehole all week, just horrid, while Reem was an absolute prince to work with.
Reem stepped up & did all the PR Brock no-showed. Then Reem asked if there was anything else I needed him to do.
Yeah, I answered. I need you to break that tosser's ribs. 😈
@ChrisCillizza
Hard questions like:
"Did you hear this crazy thing Trump said? How do you respond the crazy thing Trump said? What about the other 50 crazy things Trump said? Trump also said you aren't Black - tell us why you are Black!"
That sort of tough questioning?
Some overdue personal news: after 12 great years with UFC, I’m moving on to the next chapter. Thank u everyone at UFC, past and present. I saw the world, made great friends & did ton of really, really cool stuff.
At UFC 115 in Canada, Cro Cop was denied entry.
Canada believed he'd been part of Lucko (Croatian Military) operation where a Canadian died.
A deal was reached to allow Cro Cop limited entry to fight on the card, but he had to stay in hotel and be escorted by Canadian spooks.
Donn "Co-Leader" Davis' excuse for stiffing ex-Bellatard fighters like Gegard Mousasi is “they signed their deals with Bellator - we don’t gotta honor them.”
UFC honored all sorts of crappy deals from SEG, PRIDE et al. Not Just fight contracts, either, but crazy business deals.
Drunk, wife's asleep and there's nothing on Netflix... so I'm toying with the idea of tweeting some funny
@bisping
stories in honor of his UFC Hall of Fame induction... 😏
Wow. Just hit 1000 reviews of
@bisping
"Quitters Never Win" on Amazon (And a rock solid
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ as well!)
Was gonna joke seeing this makes working with Mike every day for 6months almost worth it 😁, but truth is very proud to help bring one of MMA's greatest stories to page.
@Michael_Stets
Counterpoint: keeping camera on fighters as they walk (walk - not dance) to ring/cage is the opposite of boring.
Often gives a hint of who is more nervous/ready/confident.
Let us see the emotions in their faces.
If you want cosplaying, go to Comic Con.
Francis no more tired than Fury.
Massive win for Ngannou tonight.
I think he'd have beaten Jon Jones and wish I'd have got to see it, but he wanted to do this and lots of people owe him apologies.
I'll offer mine now.
Two Qs I'd like answered (forgive me if have been)
1) If a UFC fighter/WWE wrestler is seriously hurt while competing during this crisis - where are they getting transported for medical care?
2) How is any high-risk sports activity - at all -justified when ICUs are overloaded?
@BetoORourke
What does that even mean?
"Strong"?
Strong?
So many strongs...
Vegas Strong. El Paso Strong. School Strong. Watching a Concert Strong. Shot while Broadcasting Local News Strong. Strong Strong. Strong on a Tshirt Strong.
How about Passing Some fucking Legislation Strong?
Hunter Campbell out there making PPV co-main events on 3hrs notice, while Dana White is somewhere else saying taketurn bitch slapping will be bigger than the UFC.
Just sayin.
YouTube Cro-Mag vs Ben Askren getting way, way more buzz than Whittaker vs Gastelum should be lesson No. 382,986 that public don't give a hoot who "the best" is.
Combat sports succeed and fail based establishing an emotional rooting interest in who wins or loses. Always have.
THREAD
I feel we’re over-stating the technical adjustments Stipe made in R4. That’s trendy in sports + and we get to showoff our knowledge, I get it.
But IMO, the major story of the fight was Stipe somehow outlasted and out-tuff'd a man who KO’d him with one shot last time.
I've had dozens of these types of conversations with Ariel, most when I worked at UFC PR but afterwards as well.
This is *exactly* how the bloke conducts his business.
Any journalism school would be lucky to have him as a visiting lecturer.
THIS is how hot it was just hour before the start of the outdoor - outdoor! - UFC 112 event Abu Dhabi.
10yrs ago today.
Crazy event and unforgettable memories.
(PS - Talking Anderson Silva into attending post-fight presser really should have earned me some sort of medal 🏅)
Congratulations to all the super tough guys who so bravely risked other people's lives by not wearing a mask.
Three months of virtual house arrest were all for nothing. Record unemployment was for nothing.
Really well done.
There are now Americans old enjoy to legally drink who were born on the day Sakuraba defeated Royce Gracie. Full chapter of my upcoming book deep dives into greatest MMA fight of all time.
May 1, 2000.
Sean Strickland is a firestorm of unresolved anger and pain.
I pity Sean ; which is not quite the same as feeling sorry for him.
Also, the survivors of abuse often gravitate to similarly nasty, cowardly bullies. That's why Strickland likes Trump.
18 yrs ago tonight.
A fading UFC legend vs pro-wrestling giant, not the obvious ingredients for the greatest fight of all time. Both of them left ring battered to their souls and with a friendship that has weathered the tragedies that were to come.
Mo Smith, combat sports legend, made an enormous contribution to MMA.
First striker to show grappling could be defeated, pioneered modern cross training along with friend Frank Shamrock.
First Black UFC champion.
Mo's DNA will always be part of MMA.
A recently fired UFC executive went nuclear on Dana and UFC.
Some very unfair things were written + emailed from to ton of people inside and outside the company.
No doubt I was emailed because the dickhead expected me to post it here.
Nah.
You as pathetic as I said you are.
I wont join the Pavlovian applause for billionaires donating to COVID19 causes.
These vampires pay little or no tax.
They've had it that good for years and year.
Now they buy themselves some sweet PR by paying a *fraction* of what they really owe... they want praise?
Airline industry bailouts?
I'm old enough to remember these cretins overbooking and beating people up for not giving up their paid-for seats, driving prices up while bonusing top brass, freezing wages and generally acting like utter shits.
PFL 'bought' Bellatard. They wanted the plaudits "look at our co-Leader roster!" but apparently didn't want the responsibility that comes with buying a business.
Not paying fighter medical bills, for injuries sustained in fights is a disgrace! No honoring fight contracts is a
@lvrandafighter
@SarahKSilverman
My wife, a doctor, is deeply upset women like Harris and Warren, who have detailed plans and vast experience, didn't do better.
I don't know what to say to her
Anderson x Chael 1 at UFC 117 will be inducted into the HOF, per the broadcast. Love it.
One of the most captivating fights, fight weeks and buildups EVER.
@LouiseMensch
@KamalaHarris
@amyklobuchar
@ewarren
@PeteButtigieg
100% this.
Biden should announce running mate before Super Tuesday. Harris would be my dream pick for VP. Biden all but said he is looking to defeat Trump, undo damage to institutions, and be one-term President. Harris can take over in 4yrs.
Donn Davies is on record saying Francis fights in Q4 2024... that seems less and less likely.
But why'd Francis - and Jake Paul - sign PFL fighter contracts if they weren't gonna bother?
Unless... they didn't?
I've mocked PFL as basically ONE Lite, and I understand they don't
Today is the 19-year anniversary of this amazing, brutal and utterly enthralling collision.
Re-upping this essay, featuring interviews with both fighters, on the greatest brawl in the history of MMA - period!
#PRIDENeverDie
The late boxing promoter Cedric Kushner was drugged in his MGM Suit by a hooker (she laced her boobs!).
He woke with and his $40k watch was gone.
He saw her the next night. She agreed to a freebee threesome if he didn't call cops.
She drugged him again, stole another watch.
I've worked at
@ufc
for an age, believe me -
@bisping
did as much to secure sport around world as anyone. No-one could charm and engage skeptical journalists or even politicians like the Count. Everyone in the sport owes Mike a thank you tonight. Thank you, mate. 2/3
I'm not sure what this deal really means for Francis Ngannou, but it is indisputably a major win for the PFL.
PFL are pushing - hard - to be a legit No.2 to the UFC. We've not see this kind of consistent effort from any other promotion - ever. Well done to them.
@MartinLamoza1
@arielhelwani
While pregnant, Pena would have gained around 35lbs, her hips moved outwards, her estrogen shot up, joints + ligaments would have been loosened by hormones. That - and a 100 more physical and psychological changes all affect a woman during pregnancy.
But, sure, downplay away
3 times we ran cohort group research for UFC fans.
They didn't watch NFL
They didn't watch baseball
They didn't watch hockey
They didn't watch boxing
They didnt watch basketball
They watched pro-wrestling.
End of era. My mate
@bisping
calls time. Lots of folks talking about title, No. of wins, 12yrs in ufc - all HoFer stats to be sure. But the stat that defines him to me is 6: (ufc record) number of times he was decked and still got up and won! 1/2
Shameless plug: as
@bisping
mentioned on
@BYMPod
recently, I helped him pen his upcoming autobiography 📖"Quitters Never Win' (out late July, pre-order on Amazon now). Mike took a courageously honest look at his life and career. I'm excited for you to read it. (And nervous, too.)
@RpsAgainstTrump
Yeah and listen to how the crowd reacts to their leader's decency... with shrieks of horror and catcalls.
A percentage of Republicans have been vile for 16 yrs and more.
This happens nowhere else on planet Earth, but it happens in the US every single week. How many more times? We are 10years on from Sandy Hook - fuck all has changed.
The cowardly gun-nut culture's need to "feel safe" and
look "tough" is not worth ONE child's life!
BREAKING: Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting:
- 14 students, 1 teacher killed, per governor Gov. Abbott
- Suspect, local 18-year-old high school student, is dead
- Suspect also shot his grandmother
More:
Using hometown advantage requires mental discipline. Let crowd lift you when going is rough, not rush you into wild mistakes.
Champs Whittaker, Cain, Werdum all allowed home crowd to overrun their better judgement, at cost of titles.
Y'know who got it right everytime?
@bisping