Mike Russell 🕵️
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Investigative journalist since '06 • • There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth & shame the devil.
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BE wasn't the only Vox Media site instructed by their legal department not to credit me or discuss my work after Ali threatened to sue them if I did. Nate's just the first one to admit the same legal dept. that helped set up the MMAJA helped derail my career up to now.
@Londonforplay
@yay_yee
@MIKERUSSELLMMA
@ZidanSports
I can tell you first hand that
@BloodyElbow
was actively discouraged (or more) from reporting on Mike's work. That's a shame I'll carry to my grave.
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FYI, Noah is the son Ali abandoned in Colorado when he started as an informant for the NYPD and who he is $50k behind in child support for.
@TheNotoriousMMA
does his homework when preparing for war.
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Paddy Pimblett telling the biggest exploiter of fighters who takes money out of his pocket that Ariel is an exploiter who tried to take money out of his pocket is peak MMA.
Paddy Pimblett blasts “rodent” Ariel Helwani alongside Dana White on his recent podcast episode 👀🤯
🎥 Chatting Pony podcast
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If my manager told me another one of his clients was going to kick my ass I'd find a new manager.
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For those asking: Yes I've spoken to Noah, and yes he watched the presser. And no he isn't mad at
@TheNotoriousMMA
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Everyone remembers where they were on 9/11. Ali Abdelaziz was booked as "Robert Britton" on a flight from Cairo to NYC with a stolen U.S. passport ." Hear the rest of the story Conor McGregor was referring to soon in my upcoming investigative podcast at .
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This vid shows Khabib's Dominance MMA managing partner Rizvan Magomedov harassing Dillon Danis who pushes him away as Nurmagomedov notices the skirmish & jumps in to assist. Magomedov who can be seen in other videos scuffling with police trying to break up the brawl was arrested.
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Maybe Ali Abdelaziz can put his fists where his mouth is and sign up for a bareknuckle fight with
@RusHammerMMA
in BKFC. Didn't he say Artem isn't a real fighter? One way to find out: strip everything but their bare fists away and see who falls. Make it a loser leaves town match.
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The irony is that many Chechen children like this one were left orphaned by Chimaev's favorite evil warlord and his henchmen. Such a dichotomy.
Khamzat Chimaev gets emotional after talking with an Orphaned girl about her dreams...
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I am told that the family of Ali Abdelaziz's son Noah have contacted NSAC in regards to his estranged father's outstanding child support arrears. The commission has Abdelaziz's $200k cut locked up with Khabib's purse. Interesting Mexican standoff shaping up in NV.
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So
@dillondanis
is still suspended by NSAC, yet the manager who suckerpunched him is a licensed Bellator cornerman?
#NSACGONNANSAC
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Anthony Pettis' fiancee's statement re: Ali Abdelaziz's latest battery charge. "A bald little man in a green suit aggressively ran up on" Abe Kawa before delivering a blindsided slap to the rival First Round Management agent "like a bitch."
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Would your opinion change if your wife wasn't the PR rep for a manager in question?
Managers should absolutely get a part of negotiated purses, as well as any sponsorships they secure.
Honestly think trainers should get part of any performance bonuses.
Industry standards would be ideal so every athlete doesn’t need to negotiate these deal points blindly.
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Whoops!! Friendly reminder when quoting Dominance fighters on Twitter, it's likely not them tweeting.
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For those keeping score, Ali barged into a hotel room at a PFL event lst yr in Chicago & battered a manager, suckerpunched one of
@ColbyCovMMA
's friends in July, and assaulted
@Abraham_kawa
last night at the PFL show. He's unhinged and thinks he's an untouchable mob boss.
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Noah isn't the only ghost from Ali's past
@TheNotoriousMMA
knows about. This is only round 1.
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Imagine using your kids for social media propaganda purposes? Cringe.
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Just got a call from C's surgeon with the best news possible. All of the lymph nodes they removed as a precaution after finding cancer in the feeding vessels came back negative. He doesn't see her needing chemo/radiation and said another 5 weeks and she should be back to normal.
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"I have covered a variety of sports on a number of competitive levels regardless of what the sport may be. That includes boxing and UFC." Does someone want to tell him that "UFC" is not a sport? Hard to cover one as an expert if you don't know what the sport is even called.
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Just received my subpoena to testify and provide all of my video, audio and documents proving Ali Abdelaziz's widespread criminal activity and MMA fighter poaching schemes in the RusFighter case against him and Vitaly Minakov. Things are going to get very interesting.
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Now we know who can play him in the biopic.
Pete davidson on SNL last night lookin like Ali abdelaziz!🤣
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Khabib's agent Ali Abdelaziz likely won't be in attendance. Last time he went to Abu Dhabi for UFC 112 he was dropped as an NYPD informant & arrested for leaving the U.S. without permission (as required by his parole) from them, DHS, CIA and FBI. He has not left U.S. soil since.
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101k views. Not bad for an independent reporter with zero backing from any mainstream media outlets.
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Rat in a Cage: The Unbelievably True Real Life Story of Ali Abdelaziz
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Ask Ali who Robert Britton is
@arielhelwani
. That was the name on the passport he booked his 9/11 flight with. He never answers a straight question about it.
#HelwaniShow
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Rat in a Cage: The Unbelievably True Real Life Story of Ali Abdelaziz (Extended Preview Trailer)
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Colby Covington on the latest ep. of Submission Radio (1hr 13min mark) says he'll be talking to Trump about deporting "terrorist snitch Ali Abdelasleaze" following his second assault charge in 3 months and that he is alleged to have raped a UFC employee.
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Hearing the James Krause investigation is still developing and has expanded to others in the industry and that the FBI has been contacting select fighters with offers of financial compensation and immunity to inform on involved parties.
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Still plugging away in the lab. Haven't stopped working on the podcast.
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For those wondering that was UFC featherweight Zubayir Tukhinov who jumped into the Octagon and bindsidedly assaulted Conor McGregor after the fight. Paul Daley could always testify at the hearing since he is managed by Ali Abdelaziz under the Dominance MMA banner as well.
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For my new followers, thanks for joining the party. This should get you caught up on what is being released Conor-Khabib fight week.
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If you want to break pay-per-view records, match Ali Abdelaziz up against a polygraph and let me ask the questions.
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Hearing that the NAC will suspend Ali's license and that there could be a PFL brass reshuffling next season. Stay tuned.
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The plot thickens. This is actually Igor Gracie's address. He lied to LVPD.
Ali Abdelaziz gave a New York apartment address rather than his Vegas home address to arresting LVPD officers when he was cited for battery vs. Abe Kawa. Not sure what the reason for this was. Perhaps so the summons doesn't go to his house and his wife doesn't find out about it.
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Here is the American whose identity Ali Abdelaziz was using when he booked a 9/11 flight from Cairo to NYC. Notice the terrible gross misspelling if "Britton" in the signature box. He spelled the name "Rabert Britton" when he booked the flight.
#hisnamewasrobertbritton
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50K views in just over 24-hours. Appreciate the interest in the preview. The full monty will blow your minds.
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Regardless of what your opinion is of his fighting style or his last off night at the office, Elias Theodorou being cut by the UFC proves the game is rigged and records, wins and legit rankings mean nothing. One loss in his last four fights. Elias got Jon Fitched.
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If you all haven't figured it out, the timing of this latest Ali lovefest coincides with his pending criminal assault charges for blind-sidedly sucker punching one of Colby's friends at the Palms. If they stick, not only can his NSAC license be revoked, his asylum deal could too.
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This was the identity
@Aliabdelaziz00
used to register with
@usantidoping
in 2001. That year he competed in 2
@USAJudo
competitions as Robert Britton &
@CSPDPIO
found Mexican steroids in his room via search warrant re: a criminal fraud ring he ran in Colorado.
#ratinacage
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Surgery was a success. No complications. C is sedated & comfortable. Next step: wait a few days on pathology to see if the cancer is in the removed lymph nodes. Thanks for the well wishes. Tough day. Been together more than half of our lives. I don't remember life without her.
Appreciate all of the kind supportive messages. They just wheeled C into the OR. Surgery is 4.5 hours. Positive thoughts are appreciated. Will update as we know more.
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The crazy part is everyone associated with Khabib's license, including NSAC and UFC could be sued by
@TheNotoriousMMA
for serious money for the corner assaulting him.
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Good time to mention that TMZ has a corporate partnership with the UFC and the outlet often interviews Endeavor clients. They don't break hard-hitting UFC news; they are a cog in the Endeavor's juggernaut PR machine.
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Was approached by a mainstream sports reporter for a very well known outlet yesterday regarding my investigation of Ali. Hopefully someone outside of our bubble who isn't afraid of losing access and pissing Ali off by telling the truth about him brings this to the mainstream.
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I know some counted me out, but after a knockdown in round four I'm ready for round five. Believe that I'll be swinging for the fences. Time to finish this albatross of a podcast project and my MMA journalism career with one more win and a belt before I walk away. It's time.
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If I am UFC I let Conor introduce GSP to 155 and the winner fights the winner of Khabib vs. Ferguson. Real winner: the fans.
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Googles "Who is Justin Gaethje's manager?"
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FWIW, Ali Abdelaziz also has a second son he abandoned inside the violent Islamic extremist sect he turned informant against. Hevalso has not paid any child support for him the past 10 years.
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For those believing the "Usman was hacked" BS story, Ali once argued his false Olympic judo competition claims using a real Egyptian judo Olympian's account he controls before blocking me.
@FunkMaster_UFC
Or the last. He argued with me once about his fake Olympic past using the account of a real Egyptian judo Olympian that he controls. Imagine speaking about yourself in the third person while pretending to be a client and lying to a journalist?
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Ali Abdelaziz's lawyers have switched tactics from threatening to sue my sources for "conspiring with a journalist to hurt Ali," to claiming I am "not a real journalist," but rather "a rival manager who is trying to steal Ali's clients." Desperation knows no bounds.
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Want to get drunk on a Monday?
Take a shot of Proper 12 every time Ali:
• insults someone
• talks about Conor
• says "at the end of the day/listen"
• contradicts himself
• compliments UFC reps
• claims he is not a liar
• doesn't answer/deflects a question
Monday’s
#HelwaniShow
lineup:
@robwhittakermma
@stylebender
@MMARLONMORAES
@Johnnywalkermma
@Benaskren
@RusHammerMMA
@Leon_edwardsmma
@MAKHACHEVMMA
@AspenLaddMMA
@AliAbdelaziz00
& you!
1 pm et / 10 am pt / 6 pm gmt.
See you then.
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C was released from the hospital today. Her 41st birthday is tomorrow. She said coming home is the best present she could have asked for. I feel the same way.
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Ali Abdelaziz is negotiating a $10M purse for Khabib vs. Conor (of which his cut is $2M) yet he failed to pay his $300 child support payment again last month in Colorado. He's $50k in arrears from non-payment for over a decade & will likely make as much from clients this weekend.
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Whoops! Wrong account. Friendly reminder to MMA reporters who source Dominance fighter Tweets for news stories.
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Just got Ali Abdelaziz's rap sheet from 2000-2004. No way NSAC did an FBI fingerprint check on him. Charges include counterfeiting, forgery, criminal impersonation, check & credit card fraud, assault (felony x2, aggravated x1, simple x2) burglary, auto theft, fraud & harassment.
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Ali Abdelaziz gave a New York apartment address rather than his Vegas home address to arresting LVPD officers when he was cited for battery vs. Abe Kawa. Not sure what the reason for this was. Perhaps so the summons doesn't go to his house and his wife doesn't find out about it.
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Ali: "It hurts fighters to publicly release purses." Also Ali: "We turned down $15 million for a Conor rematch."
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When Ali Abdelaziz was arrested at shotgun-point by Department of Homeland Security agents in Colorado after using Robert Britton's passport again to re-enter the U.S. they found an Arabic business card with "Rabert Britton" misspelled like on his tickets in Ali's handwriting.
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Anybody ever wonder why UFC 145 drug test results were never released? I know. So does Andy Foster.
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Ali Abdelaziz when George Piro recognizes him as the informant the FBI dropped for failing back-to-back polygraphs...
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Want to know more?
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10% ($50k) of that $500k Khabib was fined belonged to Ali Abdelaziz. The amount happens to be around what he owes in outstanding child support to his first son, Noah, whose stepfather contacted NSAC back in October requesting they be paid from Ali's cut or NV suspend his license.
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I reached out to NSAC ED Bennett and Chair Marnell last week for comment on why Danis was suspended for defending himself against Khabib and his crew, yet Islam Machachev and Rizvan Magomedov both got off Scot free for sucker punching Dillon. As expected, they did not reply.
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People who discount Fedor's career accomplishments forget that he competed and won against fighters who were in their prime in peak PED form. It's like he beat the Big Bosses at the end of videogame levels.
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FWIW, Conor called Ali a "mad terrorist rat." He informed on a terrorist group. What part of that would be slander/defamation when it is factually accurate?
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Imagine having a 1-3 record (with all losses coming by tap out via submission) and calling someone ELSE a
tapper. Next Ali will be calling people frauds, thieves and con artists to try to bait them into making him money. The dark triad is fascinating.
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Different son. Noah says he has never met you. That was the 11-year-old son Ali had in MOA you met who he also does not support. He took him to that event.
@Hey_its_bryce
I met his son last year at 217. He was at the BodyArmor presser with Ali. Not sure about the relationship dynamic but I definitely met him. He actually told me Conor was his favorite fighter, if memory serves me correct.
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For the am crowd:
Everyone remembers where they were on 9/11. Ali Abdelaziz was booked as "Robert Britton" on a flight from Cairo to NYC with a stolen U.S. passport ." Hear the rest of the story Conor McGregor was referring to soon in my upcoming investigative podcast at .
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If you sell your Twitter to an aggregate MMA website, you should probably tell them who your manager is so they don't Tweet a story about him being an unprofessional thug to a sponsor from your account. Worse look than C&P'ed MMAImports spam.
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Diego letting the cat out of the bag that Ali is shadow matchmaking for Eagle FC. "Ali hit me up and said "We want you to fight for us."
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My daughter overheard some Gr. 9 boys at school talking about Conor's comments re:Ali. They referenced my work & said I "seem legit" & my "credentials check out." Now she's got street cred she's too embarassed to use. Wait until they try to date her and I run some checks on them.
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Looks like ESPN is doing a serial investigative podcast on Ali Abdelaziz and have been reaching out to a handful of my Colorado sources among others. Good luck. We will see who has a bigger spurce list and who does a more accurate and complete telling of events and history.
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Has the UFC named any of the so-called doping experts they, CSAC, and USADA allegedly conferred with regarding Jones, or are they still deferring media by telling them to check with Novitsky, an ex-accountant who admits he doesn't know the science behind it?
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No evidence that the rumours making the rounds about Khabib's USADA test failure are true at this time. Tread lightly sharing hearsay as fact until evidence is presented by credible sources. Hoping it is BS. No need to complicate things any further or take away from Khabib's win.
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Since NSAC is also holding Ali Abdelaziz's $200k from Khabib's purse alone last night the State of Nevada could check with Colorado on how far behind Abdelaziz is in child support. Arrears is a reason for license cancellation/suspension. Debts should be paid.
@GovSandoval
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It's a signed bout agreement, but it isn't signed by Luque. Looks more like Ali's handwriting from a police report statement he wrote in 2003.
#istandwithharrymac
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The irony: Ali was enrolled under USADA using an American's identity he stole while training/competing at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado in 2001. Police found Mexican steroids and testosterone in his room during his financial/identity fraud investigation.
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Noticing a lot of incoming searches the past 3 days of my Linkedin by employees and lawyers of a specific law firm. Have a feeling there is something afoot to try to silence my work. This war against truth and justice is going to get dirty.
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If you are reading otherwise that my work is being falsely attributed to others: 1. No one else reported on Noah, who I wrote about in 2016. 2. No one else reported on Ali being booked on a 9/11 flight. I confirmed this with his travel companion. No books covered any of this.
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UFC PR 101: never let the truth get in the way of a good story. The Fertittas are not "self-made millionaires." Neither is Dana. Questioning their historic shitty treatment of talent is not insulting. Tune in here for more bad takes when the antitrust trial gets rolling.
Let me get this straight: Bloody Elbow - the website that's spent a decade furiously insulting self-made millionaires for their pathetic lack of business acumen - has gone out of business twice in 13months?
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Nick Diaz lawyers, take note: pulsing THC. Look into it.
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He would know how to circumvent the system. Ali was registered with USADA under a stolen identity in 2001 while training at the Colorado Olympic Training Center. Colorado Springs police at the time found testosterone and steroids in his belongings and a GF admitted injecting him.
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Twitter: Ali Abdelaziz did something else heinous. Here's proof.
Ali fans/burner accounts: You probably made those police and court documents in Photoshop. Ali is the best. Why aren't you reporting on the uncited reports containing no tangible evidence about Conor?
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Brock Lesnar is going to have a hell of a year in court judging by this new WWE/TKO case and the ongoing suits with Mark Hunt. He admitted under oath that, contrary to his contract, he made $8-million per UFC bout "win lose or draw." I'm guessing settlements all around with NDAs.
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New serial investigative podcast coming soon. Crowdfunding campaign shortly. Here's the poster/shirt design for season 1, which will feature all of the evidence I've been withholding and interviews with victims, LE, and multiple sources who witnessed and lived through the saga.
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Hearing from multiple sources Ali Abdelaziz is currently not credentialed for UFC events while the organization investigates an incident that allegedly happened at a past event. I am told if you see him in a seat at an event it is because he was given or has purchased a ticket.
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Looks like the honeymoon between Khabib and Kadyrov is over.
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Makes sense. The IRS and FBI are both actively tracking Kadyrov links and money trails to UFC fighters. I know because the topic came up in discussions I had with agents from both agencies who reached out for related info. Karim is helping raise valuable awareness.
Khamzat Chimaev is one of the UFC's biggest stars. He also maintains a blossoming friendship with Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov—a friendship that has drawn the attention of the US gov
Here's how one of the UFC's top stars was banned from entering the US
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If you're just following today and don't already, give
@ZidanSports
a follow. Will be announcing a collaboration in the coming weeks that should make some in this sport very nervous.
#accountabilityjournalism
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Ali Abdelaziz told a Colorado newspaper reporter in 2004 he was arrested multiple times after 9/11 due to racism & Islamaphobia. He parroted the same false narrative in a 2003 prison letter to a GF which I obtained. In reality he did nearly 2 years for passport/financial fraud.
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Guess who hired a private investigator to try to dig up dirt on me to deflect irrefutable evidence and witness accounts I have collected for my upcoming podcast? When you can't kill the message, shoot the messenger.
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Have confirmed the veracity of concrete evidence indicating a powerful MMA exec lied during UFC anti-trust suit depositions. Will discuss in episode 1 out this week. Let the suspects with guilty consciences sweat a bit first.
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Appreciate all of the kind supportive messages. They just wheeled C into the OR. Surgery is 4.5 hours. Positive thoughts are appreciated. Will update as we know more.
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To my 4000 new followers, welcome. You wont find any fake news or bullshit fluff on this channel. Interaction and respectful dialogue welcome. Assholes will be blocked from the party. Lots of points of view to every discussion.
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Since you have me unblocked
@justin_gaethje
, were you aware Ali had Kyle Stoltz pretend to manage you when you were in WSOF to hide his COI/fraud/illegal kickbacks he received from the execs and owners? If you did, you're an accessory to one of your manager's crimes.
Funny, I've never had any communication whatsoever with Gaethje before he blocked me. Guessing this is Robert Britton?
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