Everybody needs a thrill. We all got a space to fill. | Managing Editor, Combat @USATODAYSports | San Diego State '05
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wow -- CNN broadcast footage of an Arlington guard yelling at a group with Pete Hegseth to "MAINTAIN SILENCE ... PAY RESPECT!" after someone in his entourage started laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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So let me get this straight…
Elijah Smith says his manager, Jason House, called to tell him the UFC wouldn't negotiate a new deal before the final fight of his contract, despite being 3-0. Apparently that's only for top-15 fighters now.
And the ONE opponent he was offered? Davey Grant.
Who also happens to be represented by House's agency, Iridium Sports Agency.
"That was the only name I was given."
Here's the kicker: Smith is now 4-0 in the UFC, and THREE of his FOUR opponents have been represented by his own management agency.
The UFC makes the fights. No rule against any of it. But when the call comes 12 weeks out, with one opponent name, who is pushing back for Smith? And who is looking out for Grant?
If my manager took a cut of everything I earn in the Octagon, including discretionary POTN bonuses he did nothing to negotiate, and three of my four fights came against his own clients, I'd start questioning everything he says…including the comment on contract renewals being for ranked fighters only.
But that's just me.
Elijah Smith sheds light on a potential change to the UFC's contract renewal policy:
“I'm gonna give it to you guys cutthroat. I'm not gonna sugarcoat anything. I'm gonna tell y'all straight up right here, right now.
I knew that this was my last fight of my contract, and I was always told that we would probably renew a contract right before the last fight. That didn't happen.
My manager got back to me. He said they're not doing anybody's contract that's outside of the top 15.
I was surprised... I don't know if that's for all the weight classes or just the bantamweight weight class, but that's what was told to me."
Simon Samano retweeted
Some people inside TKO are not happy about being sent to Saudi Arabia to work events in between missile and drone attacks. Our story: sports.yahoo.com/mma/article…
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Let me get to the, ahem, bottom of this.
Do you wanna see brains shaking... or asses shakin???
Power Slap is not a sport.
Power Spank is art.
Dana White's Power Slap takes action against butt-slapping Power Spank (via @joshlpeter11) mmajunkie.usatoday.com/story…
Simon Samano retweeted
If you wanted to make your silly butt-spanking competition into a lovable underdog with the support of the people I don’t think you could do much better than getting it into a legal battle with Power Slap.
Dana White's Power Slap takes action against butt-slapping Power Spank (via @joshlpeter11) mmajunkie.usatoday.com/story…
All of this nonsense was started because Trump was having “a very bad press day,” and of course Dana White has no choice but to go along with it. 🤦🏻♂️
“WHO HAS THE FIRST QUESTION?”
Dana White talks with reporters at the White House and makes it clear he has “zero political aspirations” in the wake of President Trump’s press secretary gag.
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I went to 49ers-Raiders in Vegas in 2023, and everything was cool. But you put that game in the Bay Area, and it attracts the absolute worst people to Levi’s Stadium (Candlestick and the Coliseum before). The amount of fan fight videos circulating is fucking awful. Do better.
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Seems to me the chances of Dana White becoming White House press secretary are about the same as Dana booking a fight between Elon and Zuckerberg three years ago.
We’re just living in the stupidest timeline.
"I have a meeting on Monday, I'm flying to DC right now and I'm sure we'll have something to talk about after that."
Dana White gives his first reaction to President Trump offering him the job of US Press Secretary.
(via @Zuffa_Boxing)
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Simon Samano retweeted
It’s not just MMA. …It’s the world that’s rotting there was a time when people hid behind fake accounts to say the stupid things they were too ashamed to say publicly. …Now the masks are off. The side of people they used to keep hidden behind closed doors is out now .We live in a world where people are so desperate for a viral moment that they don’t care whether the attention is good or bad. Respect, decency, and basic humanity are being sacrificed for clicks and views… the saddest thing is People are starting to think this is normal.
Just an absolutely delusional thing to say about the guy who, according to Ilia, almost caused him to go blind because he used his face as a punching bag. Beyond stupid.
Ilia Topuria says Justin Gaethje is a "nobody" and doesn't call the shots 😬
"He won't have any say in absolutely anything. He doesn't call any shots. This is between the UFC and me. Whatever we decide, whatever's best for us, that's what Justin will do.
Justin is a nobody. Imagine, if I fight Paddy, Justin even as the champion would have to be the co-main event. Who could you match him with that would be bigger than my fight with Paddy?"
(via @abc_es, @KOlmeneroMMA)
Imagine being at “ur boys” to “watch a UFC,” and all you want to see are some fights, and then a Trump bribery ad pops up on the screen.
Oh wait, that was just this past Saturday.
But I’m sure it was the “pussy there talking about MMA politics” that killed the vibe. 🥴
Simon Samano retweeted
I mean this seriously:
If he genuinely believes tonight's results are not a direct response to his presidency and his administration, he must step down.
That means he cannot process basic information properly or make the simplest correlations. He's unfit for office.
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Trump is such a pathetic bitch. He'll go to his grave shirking responsibility for anything. He literally told the nation to vote like he was on the ballot despite having historically high negatives and, I don't know, halfway ruining the country. All-time weakling.
Simon Samano retweeted
She was falling 27,000 feet in a minute in an iced-up jet. In about 35 seconds she declared a mayday, gave her tail number, descent rate, overspeed and a 60-degree bank. That's the job. Then she died with eight other people, and you're grading her tone. Fuck you.
A pilot should not:
🔘become hysterical
🔘speak too quickly to be intelligible
🔘say, "We're going to crash into the ground!"
🔘scream like a little girl
🔘hyperventilate
🔘scream like a little girl again
A pilot needs a certain disposition. This is not it. That's the reality.
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"In a two-pilot cockpit, the person talking to air traffic control is typically NOT the person flying the aeroplane."
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Nobody knows how they are going to behave in a very distressing & worsening situation, why be judgemental on a situation we all hope we are never in.
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