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There’s no love misplaced between Sean Strickland and Belal Muhammad.
Since 2021, the 2 have traded barbs repeatedly regardless of preventing in several weight courses. At one level, Strickland even confronted Muhammad in particular person at Xtreme Couture. When the 2 didn’t come to blows within the fitness center, Strickland mocked the top-ranked Welterweight contender on-line for cowardice.
Now, as an surprising results of content material creator Nina-Marie Daniele’s pretty innocuous prank on Belal Muhammad (watch beneath), the 2 are as soon as once more beefing.
Strickland replied within the feedback, instantly referencing their aforementioned Las Vegas run-in. “If you happen to informed him that in particular person he would put his head down and stroll away,” Strickland wrote. “Then attempt to struggle you on Twitter lol.”
That doesn’t rank extremely by way of essentially the most aggressive issues Strickland has ever written on social media, however “Keep in mind The Title” didn’t maintain again in his response. Muhammad dug into Strickland, portray the previous champion as a hypocrite who doesn’t stroll his loopy discuss.
“If sean tells you he’s gonna struggle you to the loss of life,” Muhammad wrote on Twitter. “It means he’s gonna jab you and play protection for 25 minutes … if Sean sees your a innocent child or homeless man on his ring digital camera he’s gonna stroll out facet with a gun and document it to make it seem to be he’s loopy … if sean goes on a podcast it means he’s most likely gonna cry.”
MMA Twitter is unanimous: it is a uncommon 10-8 Muhammad spherical.
Sadly, the 2 stay unlikely to settle their beef within the cage. Muhammad is next-in-line for a shot at Welterweight gold, as his UFC 304 title shot versus Leon Edwards was lately introduced. Strickland, in the meantime, is seeking to bounce again from an in depth title loss to Dricus Du Plessis by taking out Paulo Costa at UFC 302.
… If the Brazilian indicators the contract!
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Who will likely be God’s favored boxer this weekend?
The Pope has blessed the WBC belt that’s on the road for Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk this weekend. An important blessing ever given to a boxing world title belt. pic.twitter.com/PPK707Q38w
— Boxing Kingdom (@BoxingKingdom14) Could 16, 2024
Anecdote of the week: I rode my bike for major type of cardio conditioning in my final two struggle camps. I solely ate s—t as soon as!
Alex Pereira appears to have an ideal humorousness.
Do Tim Sylvia subsequent!!!
Fight sports activities trash discuss is normally at the very least a bit of homoerotic, and that is unsurprising given a few of Mike Tyson’s extra legendary quotes.
Jake Paul: “I wanna kiss Mike’s massive juicy lips”
Mike Tyson: “I noticed an image of him at 16 doing a bit of dance on YouTube and for some cause I had an erection”
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— Completely happy Punch (@HappyPunch) Could 17, 2024
Charles Jourdain can at all times be counted on to ship a enjoyable struggle.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Rakhmonov did an ideal job of touchdown off the kick straight again in his stance, prepared to fireside.
Click on by way of for a full recap of the profession of Oleksandr Usyk!
The earliest footage of Usyk as an newbie is from the 2007 Amber Gloves match in Russia.
Usyk went 2-1, shedding to Artur Beterbiev (RUS, 1st clip) and beating Javid Taghiev (AZE) and Utkir Saipov (UZB, 2nd clip) pic.twitter.com/FNx0LfSrdq
— Fight Chronicles (@CombatCr) Could 17, 2024
Usyk received the gold medal on the 2011 World Novice Championships, beating Beterbiev to go 1-1 within the collection regardless of taking a rely from a physique shot (video beneath). Usyk defeated Azerbaijan’s Teymur Mammadov to take gold. pic.twitter.com/g9XIG9uATh
— Fight Chronicles (@CombatCr) Could 17, 2024
In his third contest Usyk beat future Olympic silver medalist (and robbed of gold!) and professional contender Joe ‘The Juggernaut’ Joyce. A enjoyable struggle! pic.twitter.com/eA6GkvJkoF
— Fight Chronicles (@CombatCr) Could 17, 2024
I don’t know what occurred to Jesuino right here, however I hope he’s alright.
Adlan Bataev simply mauls Jair Jesuino for the primary spherical stoppage. You do not normally hear fighters screaming like that for the stoppage. Should be a damaged orbital #ACA175 pic.twitter.com/M6SP2yWbIl
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) Could 17, 2024
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