In the latest ThisIsCineMMA,
@JedKMeshew
@ekc
@guicruzzz
and I break down the José Aldo biopic, "Mais Forte que o Mundo"
Some... interesting choices are made to depict the origin of one of MMA's GOATs and we have to ask:
Is this movie even about Aldo?
if you're going out of your way to defend McGregor tweets or if you're still idolizing this guy for reasons outside of his MMA accomplishments, get help
Munhoz has gone the distance with Dominick Cruz, José Aldo, Jimmie Rivera, Frankie Edgar, Aljamain Sterling, and knocked out Cody Garbrandt
But seven minutes against Sean O’Malley and apparently he decided “I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE” because that makes sense
Bravo, bad fans 👏👏👏
Most fans are nothing but fucking idiots. Pedro's been one of the toughest dude in the sport, went to wars with all time greats and you think he'd bailed out of a fight where he took almost no clean shots. Fuck outta here, and keep the same energy the day you'll meet him.
Have received so many amazing and positive messages since yesterday’s media day. I am grateful
Most importantly, I’ve heard from people in the LGBQT+ communities who don’t have a platform to share their thoughts & concerns
These are the voices we need to listen to & amplify ❤️
Jessica-Rose Clark came out to HBK's theme, Izzy is doing the full Undertaker, and Vince McMahon and co. are in the building
MMA IS PRO WRESTLING
#UFC276
Based on the last couple of weeks, it’s clearer than ever that some UFC and WWE fans have a lot to learn about the role of the media
I’ll say this for whoever needs to hear it:
the media are NOT PR for promotions
it is not the media’s job to “hype up an event”
get it?
Zombie: "A lot of people think Asian men not being able to become champion means Asian men are weak, but that is not the case. It's because Asian men are not given as much opportunity as perhaps other races and if I become champion then more Asian MMA fighters will (1/2)
#UFC273
If you're the kind of person who says, "I don't care about fighter pay," what you're saying is three things:
1) you don't care about the livelihood of the fighters
2) you don't care about MMA evolving by becoming more financially enticing to elite athletes
3) you suck
Is
#UFCVegas40
the first card since the UFC rankings were introduced to not include a single ranked fighter competing in their weight class?
Ladd is
#3
at bantamweight, but fights at featherweight this Saturday. No other fighter is ranked
Tony Ferguson scheduled to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov at
#UFC223
in Brooklyn (h/t to TASS), Namajunas-Jedrzejczyk rematch in the works (first reported by
@TalkMMA
)
Radtke can be angry with the crowd, but consider the first insult that came to his mind
There's a thousand other words he could have used and that's what he chose
I don't want to hear anyone defending this shit
#UFC293
“This fight I wasn’t scared, I was terrified. I wasn’t shaken. I just didn’t want to go. The magnitude of the event, everything, I was doubting, I was thinking of ways to get out of the fight. This was only today and I’m just so scared.”
Someone in the
@MMAFighting
comments compared Artem Lobov's involvement in the Khabib-McGregor drama to that of Helen of Troy in the Trojan War and at first I was like 🤨
But then I was like 🤔
According to Jon Anik on the broadcast, Brian Kelleher said that he's going to give Montel Jackson back the 20 percent he was fined for missing weight
Kelleher missed weight and was forced to withdraw from their initial booking at UFC 230
#UFC232
imagine being an MMA fan and being OK with a champion avoiding a compelling fight with a more-than-worthy challenger because you care about them “building their legacy”
who thinks like this???
If Gastelum comes out after the main event and steps into the Octagon, then demands that the referee count Whittaker out and declare him the champion, I am all for this
#UFC234
Former UFC champion Petr Yan headlines
#UFCLasVegas
this Saturday in an awesome matchup with Merab Dvalishvili
Here's what's front and centre on UFC dot com:
Georges St-Pierre tells
@arielhelwani
how much success can change you as a fighter and that he believes Conor McGregor needs to adapt or suffer the consequences
“If you stay in your comfort zone, the only thing that can happen is you will go down”
Darren Till taking a shot at a reporter for doing her job and actually reaching out to him for a statement before running a story
What an absolute idiot
Imagine someone tuning in to UFC for the first time ever, and they see some dude grabbing another dude's foot and punching it while he's just chilling on his back
Imagine
#UFCChile
So Covington essentially ended up getting paid the same as any title challenger. And given his win streak, he would have earned that shot at some point anyway
So tell me again how much his gimmick benefited him? 🤷♂️
Michael Chandler on
#TheMMAHour
:
"People aren't going to remember the wins and losses. They're going to remember how you made them feel. I think the feeling that people got it was the epitome of why people love this sport, the feeling that they got from me vs. Justin Gaethje"
“I think [Dana White] needs to be evaluated. We need to check his head, I don’t know how many interim title fights he can try to make me f*ckin’ fight. Straight up, I did everything I needed to do to get back to where I’m at”
From what I can gather, Formiga made just short of $100,000 for his most recent fight at UFC 250. That's enough for three or four Contender Series fighter salaries
Expect more of these kinds of releases soon, is what I'm saying
This is an email they are sending out to managers and reps about this new card next week. As you can see, they are even open to signing fighters who currently aren’t on the roster to fill it up, as well.
White’s screenshot of a text exchange doesn’t prove jack nor shit and any wannabe “media members” trying to gain clout from it can piss off
@guicruzzz
is one of MMA’s best reporters, he has been for years, and he’ll be around long after these losers have scurried away
🇧🇷
Am I to understand that the UFC and the commission didn't know about Jared Gordon having suffered a recent concussion until he mentioned it himself at media day?
Shout-outs to all the real journalists and media members out there putting in the time and not just talking to be on camera or to be a soundbite. We see you
#UFC268
Rodtang Jitmuangnon is out of his muay Thai flyweight grand prix bout at
#ONEonPrimeVideo1
due to an illness, according to a ONE Championship official
Full story coming soon to
@MMAFighting