Disgusting footage from
#wrestling
match in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Here is Hafid Alicea (Maine West HS) SUCKER PUNCHING Cooper Corder (SPAR Wrestling Academy) after losing 14-2.
Even worse, he fakes a hand shake and then floors Corder after their Freestyle match for 3rd place.
In a now-deleted post, top
#UFC
contender Khamzat Chimaev aggressively spoke out in support of Palestine, saying Israelis "will be expelled".
@KChimaev
has been a longtime supporter of Palestine and previously stated he does not want to fight anyone representing Palestine.
#MMA
Here is the FULL match between Hafid Alicea (Maine West HS) and Cooper Corder (SPAR Wrestling Academy). Corder won the 3rd-place match via technical (14-2) but was assaulted immediately after the bout.
Oak Park PD were allegedly involved & are currently investigating.
#wrestling
Do you guys remember the time Charles Oliveira extended his generosity to a house full of underprivileged girls and taught them grappling and self defense? I do, and I'll never forget the contributions Charles made to their lives while he was champion.
#UFC274
#OliveiraGaethje
Charlie "Chuck Buffalo" Radtke (8-3 MMA, 1-0
#UFC
) may have gotten the win tonight, but he ruined his successful organizational debut with a hateful post-fight interview that drew boos and thrown drinks from the Australian crowd.
#UFC293
#MMA
@TheArtOfWar6
It should have been stopped after he got floored and no one can change my mind. He went down like a ton of bricks and still had to eat follow-up shots that no one (except maybe one person ...) wanted him to take.
Leandro Lo, 33, a
#BJJ
world champion, was SHOT in the head in a club in the south of Sao Paulo.
According to the fighter's lawyer, he is confirmed "brain dead". Allegedly a scuffle between Lo & the shooter occurred during a show at the club, then he pulled a gun on Lo.
Per
@g1
Rough news in the
#MMA
world as longtime veteran Tim Elliott has accused his wife,
#UFC
competitor Gina Mazany, of cheating on him with friend and teammate Kevin Croom (also a former UFC veteran).
Elliott and Mazany married in Oct. 2022. Neither have yet to compete in 2023.
Leandro Lo will be remembered in
#BJJ
as an avid competitor in divisions from 76kg to 94kg.
With 2x European national, 4x Brazilian national, 8x Pan-American, 5x World Cup, an
@ADCC_Federation
gold medal, and 8x Worlds championships under his belt, Lo leaves a legend
#BJJTwitter
Gervonta Davis, currently in jail in Florida and set to appear in court in 45 minutes, seen here assaulting his girlfriend at a basketball game.
The 27yo is also scheduled to appear in a Baltimore court for an unrelated hit-and-run in February, jeopardizing
#DavisGarcia
.
#boxing
Thinking about
@FrankieEdgar
vs.
@GrayMaynard
II today; one of the most DRAMATIC fights in my
#MMA
memory.
Edgar was dropped multiple times in the 1st but given a chance to survive by referee
@YvesLavignemma
. They ultimately fought to a split draw after 5 rounds.
#MMATwitter
Weird footage out of ADCC in Thailand this weekend that shows Sharaputdin Magomedov kicking his opponent after being submitted with a heel hook by the skilled
@jakubbilko
.
Magomedov was signed to the
#UFC
earlier this year & is rumored to debut in October vs. Derek Brunson.
#BJJ
@MMAJunkie
In February, it will be three full years since Jon Jones stepped into the cage.
We've been hearing about his HW debut for closer to a decade now ...
Absolutely phenomenal performance from Song Yadong tonight at
#UFCVegas72
. He dominated the longer the fight went and capped it off with a BRUTAL finish.
#MMA
Cory McKenna, the FIRST Welsh 🏴 female fighter in the
#UFC
, hits the Octagon for the second time this year at
#UFCVegas59
now.
McKenna faces a 10-inch (25cm) reach disadvantage tonight against Miranda Granger.
#MMA
#MMATwitter
Gervonta Davis may not be the first person to hurt Ryan Garcia to the body.
He said this before his KO7 over Garcia via body shot.
#boxing
#DavisGarcia
Have to applaud Charles Jourdain for his development as a fighter in recent years. Increasingly intelligent inside the cage, with skills that are getting better adapted to
#MMA
by the fight.
Keep in mind, Jourdain is only 27. His ceiling is high.
#UFCVegas79
Yes, this is the same Sharaputdin Magomedov that is newly signed to the
#UFC
and caught on video last year assaulting a man.
His reason for the skirmish? The man kissing his own girlfriend in front of him, which apparently angered Sharaputdin.
#MMA
#MMATwitter
Was talking about and explaining some old
@KoreanZombieMMA
tricks and figured I would share some of the clips here.
Jung Chan-sung (Chan Sung Jung) is a brilliant grappler and few fighters in
#MMA
history (let alone
#UFC
) to successfully finish a fight via twister.
#BJJ
The fallout grows larger as Kevin Croom is caught liking (and quickly un-liking) a tweet calling former friend & teammate Tim Elliott a "beta cuck".
This comes after Elliott says his wife, fellow fighter Gina Mazany, has been cheating with Croom for over a year.
#MMATwitter
#MMA
@Matysek88
This is TEN losses in a row with NINE of those being finishes for Bigfoot now. He was slept a couple weeks ago in an
#MMA
bout and now he's in
#boxing
getting stomped.
It's tragic what's happening to the career and physical state of a man who once beat Fedor.
Brutal luck for Jared Gordon, who gets headbutt in the temple by Bobby Green in an accidental clash. He is then knocked down and put to sleep with ground and pound.
This fight is justifiably called a No Contest due to the accidental foul.
#MMA
#UFCVegas71
#ufcfightnight
@AlexBehunin
Sean Strickland is quick to criticize mental health despite clearly being impacted regularly by his own mental health issues. What a harmful cycle.
Not to mention Strickland's own admission that he's been depressed and felt "done" with life before, too. 🤔
#MMA
#MMATwitter
Savannah Marshall saying that she and Claressa Shields were "screwing each other" wasn't what I expected to hear today but c'est la vie.
#boxing
#ShieldsMarshall
Saul
@Canelo
Alvarez turned pro on Oct. 29th, 2005 at the age of 15 and weighing in at only 139lbs. Alvarez won by TKO in the 4th round.
This weekend, he is considered the bigger fighter in a 168lb showdown with American Jermell Charlo. How times change.
#CanelovsCharlo
#boxing
Takes balls for the pres. of an org to go into a grappling match on
@UFCFightPass
.
Against Clay Guida? Takes huge ones.
To go out on your shield & be willing to nap while in said grappling match? That's a guy who cares about the show.
#FuryPro4
should be making a fan out of you
Here we have footage outside of a police station in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The crowd gathered outside ask for the head of the man who murdered
#BJJ
icon Leandro Lo this weekend.
#BJJTwitter
#MMA
Happy holidays to all (especially my fellow combat sports enthusiasts). Don't forget
#MMA
is NOT over for the year yet - we still have
#RIZINvsBELLATOR
next week!
The final MMA event of the year is headlined by 🇺🇸 AJ McKee Jr. facing 🇧🇷 Roberto "Satoshi" de Souza.
#MMATwitter
Actually another example showing how good Belal Muhammad is at wrestling.
@bullyb170
wasn't even a state champion in high school wrestling and he's one of the best overall wrestlers in
#MMA
right now - a testament to his willingness to learn & be challenged by elites in training.
@MigClass
Was talking about this fight with some friends recently. Unquestionably one of the most exciting and simultaneously high level grappling matches I've ever seen.
Not sloppy, but fast and dangerous every time they engaged.
Happy birthday to surging
@ufc
flyweight
@AlexaGrasso
, who turns 29 today. Grasso represents Mexico 🇲🇽 (¡Viva México!) and is on a three-fight win streak.
Grasso was undefeated in both 2020 and 2021, and is currently 1-0 this year, as well.
#MMATwitter
#MMA
#UFC
@TheArtOfWar6
That was Russian Vyacheslav Kiselev, who was set to ref other fights on the card but got pulled after this performance. You may recognize Kiselev from more regularly reffing in orgs like M-1 and RCC.
Honestly stunning how many errors he made. Looked completely unprepared.
Big signing from
@BellatorMMA
as they ink a deal with
@king_colgan
.
Colgan, best known as a standout in
#wrestling
with Big 12 & UWW championships to his credit, is 4-0 in
#MMA
& continuing to round out his skills
Here is Archie striking with Serra-Longo prospect Dylan Mantello
As a documentary about Robert Follis gains traction, now is a good time to think back on the real, positive impact Robert had on many
#MMA
legends like
@ChaelSonnen
,
@ChrisLebenMMA
,
@MieshaTate
, & more.
Here is Follis in 2003 overseeing sparring between Randy Couture and Leben.
Again
@alandriamma
is an underdog, this time @
#LFA153
vs Rachel Martinez. I expected an upset last time (vs. Pouncy), I expect it again.
Brown is stronger + a superior grappler & wrestler over BJJ blue belt Martinez. Brown, a strong gameplanner, might dominate tie-ups here
#MMA
Martial artist/actor Jason David Frank has died at age 49. Confirmed by multiple sources including his trainer/friend
#MMA
veteran Mike Bronzoulis.
An 8th-degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, purple belt in
#BJJ
+more, Frank was also known for his role as the green Power Ranger
@SteveBoxman
Maybe a hot take, but Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather. I believe Sugar, more so than almost anyone else on Floyd's resume, could have done it if he was in his prime.
Mosley was fast enough to land, an expert at arcing his 2 over the shoulder roll, and could (did) hurt him bad.
The fact that Floyd Mayweather can land anything, and everything, he wants at will - while laughing, talking to people at ringside, and having his hands down - just continues to show you that there are LEVELS to this.
#MayweatherMoore
is a funny event. That's enough for me.
Two-time national champion Emma Bruntil (USOPTC/TMWC) competed last weekend at 2022
#WorldTeamTrials
Tournament against Mallory Velte (BDRT/TMWC/current assistant coach for
@SOURaiders
wrestling team). Their best-of-3 was a war.
Show this to anyone who says wrestling is easy.
By the way, this is in response to Ilia telling Paddy that he's a "d*ck eater".
Distasteful from Topuria. Really poor way to line up a fight, especially this month.
“Nothing like this has ever happened before", Dana White said.
Fascinating how the first time we see something like this, it's always THE first time.🤔
#MMATwitter
#MMA
@SPM_staff
This is a recurring issue with Strickland. He bites on a litany of feints & often keeps his hands more center than one typically would. He's eaten hooks in the past and made no adjustments coming in against Pereira.
He was really being increasingly pieced up before the stoppage.
Check out this brilliant sit-down between
@HitmanHatton
&
@arielhelwani
. Ricky Hatton is a legend in the sport of
#boxing
, an inspiration to anyone who has hit rock bottom mentally/physically. He returns against fellow great Marco Antonio Barrera on July 2
A passing thought while I finish work on
#UFC277
: I think
@alandriamma
could be big value as the betting underdog against Jasmine Pouncy at
#LFA137
tomorrow.
Brown will have success wrestling; is better in the clinch. Pouncy will try to stick & move but *will* get pushed to cage
@C0mbatChr
Since when does no one care about resume, either? Loss or not, GSP's resume is loaded and even includes a finish over the champion a division up after being retired. The guy was consistent against the kind of elite opposition Usman has yet to be challenged by.
AMAZING news in Cuba: women are now allowed to compete in amateur
#boxing
! A competition will be held later this month including 42 women boxers to choose athletes for an all-female team.
The team, Cuban officials said, will compete internationally.
#boxingtwitter
#amateurboxing
Interesting that Dan Miragliotta put in 2 scorecards tonight that essentially conflict in judging criteria prioritized.
He scored for Duraev, apparently opting for control time over damage.
He scored for Barber, apparently opting for the opposite.
#UFCFightNight
#UFCSanAntonio
I *love* Kade Ruotolo's lack of veteran complacency that is displayed so often in high level
#BJJ
and grappling. Saw an opportunity and went for something most guys at that level wouldn't even bother trying and it paid off.
#ADCC2022
#ADCC
@MarkHuntgoat
Missed weight twice, has as many meme highlights as actual ones (the Holm one stands out), and always thought of herself as a star in the sport.
Bethe really had a fun-to-watch career.
Congratulations to a top
@LFAfighting
prospect formerly known as Alandria Brown, now Mrs. Rosales.
A slick grappler in the cage,
@alandriamma
tied the knot with fellow
#MMA
fighter Jacob Rosales (
@lilbadger155
).
1-0 so far this year, Alandria is expected to fight again in 2023.
Cody Brundage decides to jump a guillotine on a guy who has more international Jiu-Jitsu titles than I can count with one hand.
Rodolfo Vieira avoids the guillotine and finds a choke of his own in the second round. A big and necessary win for the veteran at
#UFCVegas72
.
#MMA