Adam Catterall
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Defended his UFC title at home against P4P former champ.
First UK fighter to successfully defend UFC title on USA soil.
Equalled GSP divisional record for most consecutive wins.
Unbeaten in 8 years.
But… not good enough for a SPOTY nom.
Sound.
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Israel Adesanya has had 15 fights (10 title) in just over 5 years.
2 of those years had serious travel & training restrictions.
He STILL averages a fight every 4 months.
There’s a lot of fighters that talk the talk but this fella is consistently walking the walk.
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If only we had a centre midfielder who is bang in form, a winner, for the best team in the country, who likes to take the ball on the half turn, in between the lines, run with it & feed a nice little pass.
If only.
#UKRENG
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If everyone is fit.
Foden, Bellingham, Rice.
England’s midfield 3 at the euros.
Anything else is criminal.
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This might be one of the worst one sided performances from a team of premier league officials I’ve ever seen.
#TOTLIV
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Francis Ngannou won a long time ago.
Could easily have stayed with the UFC but instead he backed himself, took a risk and chased his dream.
No shame in that.
Ever.
Incredible human being.
#JoshuaNgannou
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Colby Covington fought that fight like a man that was scared stiff of becoming a meme
Completely outclassed in EVERY department
Leon was too quick, too strong, too smart.
#UFC296
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Whatever AJ and Ben Davison are doing, it’s working, and it must continue!
This is the team
That’s the best he’s looked for a very long time
#DayOfReckoning
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Remember when Southgate gave the “Pep doesn’t play him there” as a reason for not playing Foden centrally for England.
Well, Pep plays him there now and he’s easily been the best player in the league.
The fully fit England midfield is Foden, Bellingham, Rice. Done.
#BREMCI
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Can you be the greatest heavyweight boxer of your generation when you’ve only been in 6 world title fights (3 defences, 0 unifications)?
Especially when there’s another active fighter who’s been in 12, defended 7 times and unified once?
Just a thought.
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If you are going to use a deceased parent to try and gain advantage over your opponent then you have to be prepared for the consequence
This isn’t a game
That isn’t the cloth that some are cut from
#UFC296
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Finally we can talk about it!
#UFC304
has been officially announced by the UFC for Manchester’s brand new Co-Op arena on July 27th.
It will be a late one.
11pm prelims with the main card at 3am.
Wait until they officially announce the fights 👀
Incredible 🔥
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If Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury then he is unquestionably the best heavyweight of this era.
No if’s but’s or maybe’s.
Just absolutes.
#JoshuaNgannou
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Francis Ngannou. I was wrong.
Wow.
Is there anything you can’t actually do?
Fancy a game upfront for United tomorrow?
#FuryNgannou
#RiyadhSeason
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Tom Aspinall fighting Sergei Pavlovich for the Interim heavyweight title at MSG on two and a half weeks notice is the biggest story this week involving any British heavyweight fighter
This is huge for the sport
#UFC295
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Lost their hotly anticipated main and co-main events for a card 10 days away and replaced them both with fights that some fans think are better than the originals, all within 24 hours!
The UFC.
No place like it.
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So… ‘contractually’ you CAN actually cancel a fight following an adverse finding (administered by VADA)?
Asking for a Berk.
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Terence Crawford watched Naoya Inoue on Tuesday and said ‘hold my beer’
He walked to the ring wearing a net to catch a big shark and then beat the living daylights out him as a southpaw, his ‘weakest’ stance.
Cold.
#SpenceCrawford
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Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
Horrific look for Matchroom.
Horrific look for DAZN.
Horrific look for boxing.
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The best ever combat sports card has literally just finished and the fella that runs the gaff is in the press conference announcing fights for the upcoming months!
Makhachev v Poirier at 302
McGregor v Chandler at 303
Relentless.
#UFC300
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That is how an elite boxer operates against a novice.
Proper.
#KnockoutChaos
#JoshuaNgannou
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Dana White told me they’re working on Leon Edwards v Colby Covington for MSG in November
The other event in play was 294 but with the main and co-main confirmed yesterday, 295, looks hopeful.
Jones/Stipe main event.
30th anniversary show.
Deal. Me. In!
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We’ve seen teams beat City but we haven’t seen anyone smash them to bits in every department.
Don’t let the scoreline fool you, that could have been way more.
When Villa’s away form somewhat resembles what they do at Villa Park, they’ll be a very serious outfit!
#AVLMCI
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I hope the judges don’t mess this up
1st 10-8 Khamzat
2nd 10-9 Kamaru
3rd 10-9 kamaru
Draw
Do it again, give him a full camp and over 5 rounds.
#UFC294
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The future of boxing isn’t paying famous faces to sit watching a ring coming out of the floor during a Super Bowl half time show style pre fight concert.
Deliver exciting main events, deeper competitive undercards and education for athletes on how to grow their own audience.
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The UFC light heavyweight champions showing how to operate.
Jiri Prochazka, wins title, gets injured, will be out for a year, vacates title to avoid division stalling.
Jamahal Hill has just done the same thing.
If you’re not in a position to defend, vacate.
Proper.
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Let’s be honest, Ngannou makes perfect sense next for AJ
The element of surprise has gone.
AJ x Ben Davison looks good.
Go and do what Fury couldn’t.
Vacant IBF title v Hrgovic in the summer with the possibility of undisputed in December.
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Having been knocked out for the very first time, it’s some mentality to go straight back in with the guy that did it, at the same venue, talk the talk all week, bait the booing crowd on the ring walk and then deliver the most disciplined performance of your career.
#SmithEubank2
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Devin Haney is chasing legacy.
Within the last 2 years he signed a promo deal he didn’t want to get his shot, went to Australia twice became undisputed, fought Loma, up in weight to beat Prograis and now taking on Garcia.
Others are talking
This lad is walking
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“Declaring cost us the game”
Rubbish! Declaring put England in a position to WIN the game!
Dropping catches, missing stumping, and certain players throwing away wickets LOST England the game.
Same approach needed at Lord’s but better application required.
#Ashes23
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Helenius. It is what it is.
Short notice, event stays on, card get paid, AJ gets a knock over to stay on track for Deontay & 60m, you can have a full refund and it isn’t PPV.
Although we’d all like to see a better standard at least Helenius is an actual boxer.
Every cloud.
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A 76 year old fella sporting a syrup and a gold suit showing these kids how you bloody headline a music festival!
Christ on a bike!
Banger after banger after banger!!
#EltonJohn
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We need a unified scoring criteria in boxing to hold people to account.
“It’s what you like” is bollocks.
You can’t put in the performance of your life (away), out land your opponent in 7 of the 10 rounds, & lose because 3 people making it up as they go along ring side say so.
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Anybody.
Any time.
Any place.
Some people talk about it.
Some people are about it.
#UFC295
🇬🇧
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Love Japanese fight fans.
They have their favourite but applaud opponent into the ring, zero booing during his anthem, even applaud it on completion, showing him the utmost respect.
Proper.
#InoueFulton
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It took Alex Pereira 24 months from making his ufc debut to become a two weight ufc champion!
He has practically halved the time it took the previous record holder
Incredible
#UFC295
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I feel for Maguire, he’s not doing it on purpose.
He struggles in the premier league so he’s obviously going to struggle at international level.
It’s bordering on irresponsible to keep putting him in these situations.
#SCOENG
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I hope Teofimo Lopez never experiences the burden of what he says he wants to inflict in a boxing ring.
All I see is an emotionally angry young man, struggling to deal with things happening in his life outside of the sport.
For his own safety, he shouldn’t be fighting tonight.
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Anthony Joshua has given considered, lengthy answers to questions asked by people he likes and respects.
To those he doesn’t, he hasn’t.
Every fan hopes his hands talk on Saturday night.
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Spence / Crawford halted for years because the people that eat from their plate served their own interests.
The fighters made this fight.
One left his promoter, the other told his adviser to give the ‘b side’ what he wants.
Legacy chasers.
(1/2)
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Jiri Prochazka is a real one putting to bed any nonsense of it being an ‘early stoppage’ talk
No intelligent defence, legs gone.
Best ref in the game protected him.
He lives to fight another day.
#UFC295
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Should AJ beat Wallin?
Yes.
However he did it in a manner that we haven’t seen in ages.
Hrgovic next and then winner of Fury/Usyk is absolutely realistic in 2024.
#DayOfReckoning
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“Football is a simple game complicated by idiots”
Bill Shankly knew then what we’re all experiencing now.
The game is in serious danger of losing a whole generation of fans because of its ludicrous persistence with VAR
#CRYEVE
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There are fighters who have said no to Khamzat Chimaev on a full camp let alone up a weight at 10 days notice.
Kamaru Usman is a real one.
#UFC294
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"He doesn't for his club, so presumably there's a reason for that."
Gareth Southgate on Phil Foden playing CM for England.
Harry Maguire doesn’t play for his club so presumably there’s a reason for that.
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@Emms_hart
Hey. I know we don’t know each other but your message randomly came up on my timeline most likely because I’m a rovers fan too.
I hope you don’t think I’m talking out of turn but I’m pretty confident your mum would want you to have a phenomenal birthday surrounded by all the…
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Leigh Wood.
Value for money every single time.
From the fights he takes on and his it’s you or me attitude.
How boxing is supposed to be.
Proper.
#WoodWarrington
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Gutted for Leon Edwards.
Said yes to three different opponents for
#UFC300
and none of them came off.
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Dear Boxing,
Please do not allow the matchmaking you’re working on to become public knowledge until you have a signed contract, date and venue.
Deny all until it’s done.
It ain’t difficult.
Sincerely,
The fans.
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WOW.
Given what happened in January and given who he’s against, THAT was incredible.
#SmithEubank2
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Katie Taylor is an icon and I do not use that word lightly but tonight she was well beaten.
Chantelle Cameron was incredible.
Bigger. Faster. Stronger. Smarter.
#TaylorCameron
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Following up a card that features Fury/Usyk and Opetaia/Briedis with a card consisting of AJ/Ngannou, Zhang/Parker and Vargas/Ball, confirms that we’re done with prosecco kids
The champagne has arrived
😉👏🏻
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It doesn’t feel right that Volk is 1-3 in his last 4 after going 12 straight in the UFC.
All 4 of those fights are within A YEAR!
I know he’ll say the opposite but the man needs a rest.
#UFC298
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Didn’t pay attention to Parker / Zhang as I was concentrating on a radio show but just watched it back properly
Parker was brilliant.
Stayed composed after knock downs.
He’s better now than he was when he was champion.
Partnership with Andy Lee is mustard.
#JoshuaNgannou
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How would MMA/UFC coverage look if Conor McGregor never happened?
Without doubt the most important athlete to ever step foot in the octagon.
Changed the game for everyone.
#McGregorForever
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On Stephen Fulton.
He had options for titles at 126 but instead went to the monsters back yard to defend HIS 122 title.
After being outclassed through the first 6, he could have navigated that to losing on points but decided to have a go.
Nothing but respect.
#InoueFulton
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It is hard not to be happy for Francis Ngannou.
Should he be ‘fighting’ the Boxing heavyweight champion? No.
Do I begrudge him doing so? Also no.
He swam oceans & climbed mountains as he believed one day he’d be here.
Don’t hate the player hate the game.
Fill your boots pal.
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Dustin Poirier has been in the UFC 13 years, fought EVERYBODY, made big money, currently ranked 3 & is a stellar name at LW.
Taking a fight with an up & coming killer, ranked 10 places below him says all you need to know about his attitude towards this game.
Anybody, anytime.
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The biggest win in name value of Joseph Parker’s career without having to do much
Took a risk.
Deserves the reward.
#DayOfReckoning
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The heart, will and determination from both fellas was incredible.
British title fights always deliver.
Low blow deduction without a warning cost Clarke.
Several warnings but no deduction for backhands from Wardley?
Do it again.
Brilliant.
#WardleyClarke
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Fury can become only the 2nd man in history to win the ring magazine belt 3 times.
Usyk can become only the 2nd man in the 4 belt era to become a 2 weight undisputed champion.
First undisputed Heavyweight fight for 25 years.
Can’t wait.
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Paddy was brilliant for 10 minutes and then showed the intelligence to dilute the 3rd round after he ‘blew his load’
Very very good win
Finally, being a man that struggles in the hair department, if the lad wants to corn row his barnet, then I’m all in 🤣
#UFC296
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We all wanted Wilder but, I genuinely believe Otto Wallin is the most difficult opponent AJ has faced in this ‘rebuild’ since defeats to Usyk.
I’d back AJ to come through but it won’t be easy.
#JoshuaWallin
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When Daniel Dubois stopped listening to his Dad and only listened to Don Charles he won every single moment
It wasn’t pretty but he answered the “how big are your stones” question
Rubber stamped it too.
#DayOfReckoning
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Good to hear that Teofimo Lopez is taking a break as he told ringside reporters “I’ve got another battle on my hands”
To perform like he did under such turmoil just shows you how good he is
They don’t give out ring mag belts and he now has 2 in 2 weight classes!
Elite
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The KO will grab the headlines but the bonus for me last night was that AJ’s footwork is looking better than it ever has done.
Of course, like you, I would love to see those hands fly a little more but he’s looking much better on the toes.
#JoshuaHelenius
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McGregor back in the pool.
UFC heading to Saudi.
Now, I’m not saying that these two things are related but, that’s exactly what I’m saying.
Saudi will want to go BIG and there ain’t nothing bigger than the BIG MAC.
#UFC
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I’ve scored that 7-5 to Clarke but with the knock down and the point deduction my card reads a draw.
Brilliant fight.
#WardleyClarke
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That might be the best night of fights I’ve ever attended in person.
13 fights, 9 finishes, 4 in under a minute, and those that went the distance were all FOTN contenders.
Lawler and DDP with wow moments, Hooker winning with a broken arm.
Bonus the lot of them!
#UFC290
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Let’s be completely honest, if boxing is genuinely bothered about fighter safety, Lara v Wood 2 should be called off.
We have weight divisions for a reason.
Sucks for Leigh Wood, he has done nothing wrong, but his health should be the priority.
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At 24 years of age Devin Haney is consistently showing how you operate as an elite fighter
When others are having tick overs and tune ups, using politics to avoid, he is saying he wants the best fights and then he goes and makes the best fights.
How it should be.
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One sub-par performance coupled with incompetent scoring doesn’t take away that Josh Taylor has the best active resume in British boxing.
Last 8 opponents have a combined record of 180-2.
5 present/past world champions & 2 mandatories.
Home or away.
Proper.
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Delighted for Francis Ngannou.
Hard not to route for someone who bets on themselves against the odds.
Another opportunity to shock the world.
Nothing to lose.
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Ryan Garcia just became the hottest ticket in town
Until he landed that bomb (that he was looking for all night) in round 7, he was losing that fight and EVERY 147 will be on the phone to Oscar today chasing that money
His next fight will be astronomical
#HaneyGarcia
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Highly likely that at least 4 of these fights will be prelims 🤯
Gaethje vs Holloway
Weili vs Xiaonan
Oliveira vs Tsarukyan
Figueiredo vs Garbrandt
Green vs Miller
Prochazka vs Rakic
Kattar vs Sterling
Brundage vs Nickal
THAT is a proper fight card!
#UFC300
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Islam Makhachev told us all that it’s Gaethje next in June.
For Justin Gaethje to take a fight in April against Max Holloway and risk getting hurt and a title opportunity is exactly why I love him and this sport.
Fighters fight.
Let’s go!
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Diego Lopes might have just paid off his mortgage!
$300k uppercut from hell.
Boom.
#UFC300
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Thank you for your kind words regarding lasts nights
#UFCLondon
broadcast on
@ufcontnt
I’ve worked with some teams in my career but the on/off screen gang that produce ufc content in the uk are the absolute best.
All made easy because we cover the best athletes in the world.
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So the fella from 154 failed convincingly, boxing fans now demand the fella from 147 (really 140) has a go?
Even through Crawford will make a far better go of it than Charlo, the ONLY fight for Canelo is Benavidez.
Has to happen.
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That was scary.
The whole arena went quiet.
Good to see Bryce up and moving.
Hope the lad is okay.
#UFC296
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Cedric Doumbe may have just delivered the performance of the year!
Walked to the ring carrying a mattress for his opponent, rallied the crowd into a frenzy pre fight then delivered a KO of the year contender within 10 seconds.
ON HIS DEBUT!
@PFLMMA
#PFLParis
#PFLEurope
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The result of the fight was in the bag so for BOTH of those lads to do that with 20 seconds to go reveals who they are.
DOUBLE BAD MOTHER F*****s
Insane
#UFC300
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Takes a serious set of balls to rock up at the most iconic football club in the world and take the shirt number of one of it’s greatest ever players.
Jude Bellingham has subconsciously told the fans he’s going to be as good as Zidane and I’m absolutely here for it.
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One final thing on TEAM Aspinall
Tom surrounds himself with a bunch of lads who are all in on HIS dream.
Prepared to drop their own lives at a moments notice.
It’s inspiring & beautiful to see.
Surround yourself with good people.
We become the company that we keep.
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The rematch between Taylor and Catterall is absolutely captivating
The dislike is real.
Keep them apart until the first bell.
We don’t want anything daft happening to scupper this.
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Boxing is judged in the mainstream by the success of its heavyweight division.
In 2023, that division is a circus, which is a shame, because other weight classes really are delivering.
Spence v Crawford is 18 days away and I hope it gets the love it deserves.
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Legal or not Oleksandr Usyk was hurt
In that moment, playing the cards presented, he completely diffused any potential chaos making Dubois overthink what he should do next which ultimately resulted in DD doing nothing
When the dance resumed only one man chose the music
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Give this speech a bonus!!
Rogan can’t get a word in 🤣
SHOW ME THE MONEY MOICANO!!
#UFC300
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I know it took a big bag of cash to make it happen, and I know we got a bunch of fights nobody asked for, but seeing 12 promoters (who are normally at each other) come together for one card is very positive.
Long may it continue.
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