Eric Nicksick
@Eric_XCMMA
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MMA Coach and Gym Manager at Xtreme Couture MMA. 3x MMA Coach of the Year, @mmajunkie @yahoosports @espnmma
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어린이날
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こどもの日
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#ขวัญฤทัยEP12
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Credit to my mom, yes, my mom wrote me at 7am to tell me she thinks Conor broke his foot off Dustin’s elbow after throw the rear teep kick. After slowing it down, it makes a lot of sense. Watch the integrity of his foot before and after. You be the judge.
#UFC264
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Dom tends to roll his head off to his right with his right hand down. Left kick by Chito would be a great answer to that.
#UFCSanDiego
@kaiboikamaka
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In an unbelievably classy move, a few of
@stipemiocic
’s coaches wrote me before and after the fight to wish us luck and say congratulations. That really meant a lot. 💯🙏🏼
#UFC270
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I feel like Pat Berry cornered that fight like a spouse, and not her coach. Maybe that’s where you allow Trevor to take over.
#UFC274
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@espnmma
@francis_ngannou
Knox now thinks he’s famous and is trying to boss around his big sisters! 😂🤦🏼♂️
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@DeweyCooper
I wish I could explain, but I see it firsthand. How hard this man busts his ass every day, not only for Francis, but his entire stable of fighters. Truly inspiring to have him in my life.
#BKSS
✊🏼
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Never ceases to amaze me, bro, it’s FIGHTING!! I bet he’s also Yelp elite… 🙄
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Not even one media member scored it for Jack. I know we won, but if this guy is still judging, he will continue to make egregious decisions and ultimately cost fighters their careers and livelihood.
#fireSal
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A few things that make combat sports so great, the art of defense and countering. Not standing with your hands at your side and taking blunt force trama to the dome, while an Olympic power lifter tries to knock cerebral brain fluid out of my ears and nose.
#powerslap
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People ask me all the time what I do to keep order in a gym full of Alpha’s when things escalate. Well, you guessed it, make them hold hands until everyone smiles. 😂💯
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Knowing that a ton of fighters fight injured, so they can claim the injury in the fight to get the insurance. If health insurance was available for the fighters in the UFC, I wonder if Darrick Minner still tries to fight on a compromised knee? 🤔
#foodforthought
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The majority of MMA media outlets are now basically screenshots of fighter’s Twitter beefs, and their back and forth. If I gave a shit, I’d follow those fighter’s. 🤷🏼♂️
#clickbait
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Great win for Islam! But the storyline for me; Volk set a standard tonight, and a reminder, to never fear to strive for greatness.
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Any future opponents of Ilia, DON’T PUT YOUR BACK TO THE CAGE!! That man will close the show. 😳
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Welp, I’m guessing ole Cal won’t be at sparring on Tuesday now??
@kingcaseymma
@barstoolsports
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That’s half this kids paycheck, taken away because of incompetent judging. 🤷🏼♂️
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“And then Twitter was saying Ngannou fumbled the bag because he didn’t accept to fight Jon Jones..”
#BMFOTP
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The worst judge gets to keep fucking up people’s careers, with no repercussions. Why??
#UFCVegas25
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Just found out my Aunt passed away tonight from cancer. I take pride in being calculated with my time, but this one, I dropped the ball on. I put off going to see her when I should have, and I told myself I’d go tomorrow when I land. Now I missed my chance.
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@jasoneg33
He’s absolutely elite. What he’s help build in a short amount of time, with limited resources due to proximity, is nothing short of miraculous. Honestly, had we lost that picture could’ve easily been mine. 🙏🏼❤️
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Happy Monday! Just a reminder, Junichiro Kamijo scored round 2 for Justin Gaethje, and we’ll never know as to why. 🤷🏼♂️
#moretransparency
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Is this what they mean about “clickbait?” 😂😂
Do better,
@mmamania
Francis Ngannou’s ‘depressed’ coach reveals ‘heartbreak’ behind PFL signing — ‘It let me down in a lot of ways’
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Real talk, I could careless about the trash talk or what’s said to help build a fight, but if you say some shit about my wife like Conor said about Dustin’s in the post fight, I’m kneeing your ass in the fucking head. Broken leg or not. 💯
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I remember when we traveled to Fight Island, there was over a 3 page list sent by the UFC of things that could get you arrested or even beheaded, if caught smuggling into their country…
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Almost a 6 million dollar gate, and 4 fighters took home a cool 200k in bonuses…. 🫤
#UFC284
Perth
Announced Attendance: 14,124
Announced Gate: $5,911,598 (AUD)
(Highest grossing gate for any arena in Australia)
Previous UFC event in Perth
Announced Attendance: 12,437
Announced Gate: $2,810,520 (USD)
2023:
UFC 283 Rio de Janeiro
Announced Attendance: 13,604…
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It wasn’t 8 million PER fight. Had he lost to Jon, his pay would’ve significantly dropped. That was one of the hang ups in resigning, he had no protection if he lost to arguably the MMA GOAT. I think there’s a lot of misinformation being tossed around….
@KoreanJohn_
From who? Dana offered him $8 million per fight for 3 fights. He won’t sniff that again
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Marc has had a quick trigger as of late, especially in title fights!! Let them go, make damn sure it’s over?!
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This makes me proud. Two guys that tried to separate one in other from consciousness yesterday, go to lunch with each other today. I hope
@BrendanAllenMMA
picked up the tab! 😂💯
@puna185
👏🏼👏🏼
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You know, you say the darndest things when you’re coaching a title fight in the UFC, and when you’re a 6-1 underdog… But hey, my bad. 🤷🏼♂️
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Charles vs Islam… Also, if Volk handles his business vs Max, I’d love to see him move up and fight Chandler. Literally for no other reason other than I think it would be a sick matchup. 😂🤷🏼♂️
#UFC274
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For all you young fighters out there, keep this in mind;
@kaiboikamaka
goes 1-2-1 in the UFC. 3 of the 4 fights were short notice fights. Just because you’re doing “the company a favor,” doesn’t necessarily mean it comes full circle when it’s renegotiation time.
#itsonlybusiness
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True story; I’ve always opened up our pro practices for any judge and/or referee that wanted to come in and get “extra work.” The only one that would consistently take me up on that was Mark Smith.
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3 current fighters I gain the most from by studying their game: Volk, Sandhagen, & Yan. What about you??
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Middleweights in our room ATM:
Brad Tavares
Sean Strickland
Puna Soriano
Chris Curtis
Maki Pitolo
Albert Duraev
Joaquin Buckley
Ty Gwerder
Ryder Newman
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The chances this gets overturned is slim to none. So why bother you ask? Well, if this means that these judges have to go before a review board and justify what they saw and why they made this decision, and it’s an inconvenience to their day, then good.
Kai Kamaka’s manager is filing appeal over what he calls a ‘blatantly horrible decision’ in the loss to T.J. Brown at UFC Vegas 25
For what it’s worth, I thought Kamaka clearly won. Great fight but Kamaka deserved the nod.
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Like I said….
#UFCSanDiego
Dom tends to roll his head off to his right with his right hand down. Left kick by Chito would be a great answer to that.
#UFCSanDiego
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If you only knew half the story… But you see how they’ll do you??
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Unbelievable to think that the Texas athletic commission thought it was a good idea to allow Frank Collazo anywhere near an MMA fight, especially after his negligence the night before as the referee for Fury FC. 🤦🏼♂️
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Sean Brady vs Ian Garry is the fight to make. No one is ever calling out Brady for a reason.
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😂😂😂💯💯💯
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Nevada Athletic Commission, how can we be better? Once again, I will open up any of our practices to allow judges and refs to take advantage of getting reps. Judges only reps are live fights, then they go back to their 9 to 5’s. Anyway we can help get better, I’m in.
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Ngannou vs Fury 10•28•23
#fumblerecovery
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@DeweyCooper
@Marquel_Martin
@RandallAnthony_
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If you’re a fighter and you have a manager telling you what coach and gym you should train at, the first question you should ask is, “how is this directly benefiting my manager?” 🤔
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Interesting to think this guy writes for
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Felder won that fight. That last takedown wasn’t enough to win that round. 3-2 Felder.
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Any word why Stipe wasn’t included in the interim vs one of the other two??
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@arielhelwani
@francis_ngannou
Thank you, Ariel! And you’re right, I knew he’d pull it out. I have an unwavering belief in this man’s heart, I just wanted to remind him. 💯❤️
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Shoutout to my guy,
@TimwelchMT
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@SugaSeanMMA
have had for one in other, showing years of growth to a title run. Big gym, small gym, 20 fighters, 1 fighter, it’s all about results! 👏🏼👏🏼
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I’m not writing this for sympathy, I’m writing this as a reminder. But I’m mostly writing this as an apology to my Aunt. Don’t forget to say “I love you.”
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Currently 3 champs in 3 major organizations at
@XC_MMA
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@SStricklandMMA
@TeamMixMMA
& Sadibu Sy, all coached by different XC coaches. A rising tide raises all ships.
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This is were transparency in judging is important, this judge should have to explain why he saw Rountree winning round 2. The most clear round to score for Jacoby.
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Fight Week! From high school best friends, college roommates, training partners at XC, now they’re back to back on the same
@ufc
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@Dynamitedan808
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@arielhelwani
Thank you for the kind words, Ariel. I couldn’t be more proud of all the hard work the team has put in. 🙏🏼
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Spoke to Kevin Iole today, and he congratulated me on being Yahoo COTY, to which he said another Coach (who wasn’t named) called Kevin and bitched about my nomination. Remember, blowing out someone’s candle won’t make your room shine brighter. Work harder.
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Shoutout to
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#ANDNEW
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I often remind myself how lucky I am to have Randy Couture as my mentor. It’s pretty cool to be able to pick up the phone and call Randy with literally any issue know to man, and get solid advice.
@Randy_Couture
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Not mad at the decision at all, but does anyone else think the crowd played a role in that 3rd round?
#UFCColumbus
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