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For those who see fewer of your favourite Brazilian MMA fighters on this column within the coming weeks, know that it’s not by my alternative. On Friday (Aug. 30, 2024), a Brazilian Supreme Courtroom Decide, Alexandre de Moraes, formally blocked X — the social media platform previously often known as Twitter — after proprietor Elon Musk didn’t adjust to the decide’s order to take away accounts from the platform that have been breaking Brazilian regulation. Musk has declared Moraes an “evil dictator cosplaying as a decide” and intends to proceed his combat totally free speech.
Many have steered utilizing a Digital Non-public Community (VPN) to get across the banning, however Decide Moraes has instituted a harsh penalty of $8,874 per day for any Brazilians caught utilizing that workaround. Protected to say, X is just not wanting definitely worth the danger for many Brazilians.
Paulo Costa is without doubt one of the most lively Brazilian UFC fighters on Twitter, well-known for his foolish juice memes and goofy antics like stealing Merab Dvalishvili’s meals from the UFC Efficiency Institute (PI). Social media has been an enormous boon in rising Costa’s fanbase, however the Brazilian made it clear he’ll NOT be risking that large tremendous. In a single put up, he wrote, “Bye MY EVERYONE, I can’t pay 8,000 $. Each day to be right here.”
Try all the Brazilian’s response Tweets beneath:
Bye MY EVERYONE , I can’t pay 8,000 $. Each day to be right here
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) August 30, 2024
U don’t reside in 3 wolrd nation named Brasil . I do . So u don’t have place of speech. A I do and I stated go fuck youself u fag https://t.co/h2Vw5wPZED
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) August 31, 2024
Im like this however tearful
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) August 30, 2024
Now, I’m not a lawyer. My Portuguese is worse than Mike Goldberg’s. I don’t declare to know the total extent of this ruling, however I’ve some ideas on potential workarounds. Can an athlete like Costa fireplace up some Tweets whereas overseas in Las Vegas for a combat? Might he rent a US-based social media supervisor or perhaps a coaching associate, then textual content that individual his varied ideas to be posted on-line? Can he nonetheless promote his account, which has 640k followers and certainly carries some financial worth?
A technique or one other, the MMA social media panorama could change fairly a bit within the coming days.
Insomnia
Combating 1.5 occasions per 12 months whereas on a $12k and $12k new signee contract doesn’t sound like an incredible strategy to make a dwelling.
Let’s do some math.
~44 occasions per 12 months~12 bouts per occasion~528 bouts per 12 months~1056 spots accessible per 12 months
With +700 athletes on the roster, that is ~1.50 fights/12 months for every athlete.
I am all about increasingly fighters getting paid, however there’s clearly a problem, right here. https://t.co/CaRoKCgpb2
— Al Zullino (@phre) August 29, 2024
On the energy of a four-fight win streak, Aiemann Zahabi will get an enormous step up in competitors.
Torrez Finney will make historical past when he fights on Contenders Collection for a 3rd time.
BET.ON.YOURSELF.✊ We like making historical past so why be the primary ever to 3-0 on the present! THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM OCTOBER 1ST WE COMING TO SMASH✊ pic.twitter.com/ypjWvGW0M0
— Torrez Finney (@punishertorrez) August 29, 2024
Real query, as a result of I do not know: who’s essentially the most profitable Sumo athlete to crossover into MMA? I keep in mind that Lyoto Machida had some Sumo in his background, so he’s certainly the reply if that counts.
Sumo wrestler Terutsuyoshi goes to MMA apparently.
At 5’7 and ~260lbs, he was one of many smaller guys within the high division (highest rank M3) and needed to depend on quite a lot of totally different methods and strategies.
Right here he’s hitting a stupendous koshinage (hip throw)
1/5 pic.twitter.com/lbdD4xhzaA
— Miguel Class (@MigClass) August 29, 2024
An elite kickboxer making the pads explode:
Danny Barlow claims he gained his first two UFC fights with a damaged arm.
GOT THE JOB DONE 2 FIGHTS IN THE UFC WITH A BROKEN LEFT ARM ..I HAD TO GET THAT BREAD BUT ITS NOT ABOUT NOT DUCKING NO SMOKE OR MONEY WE DID ALL THAT ❤️ ❤️ NOW ITS TIME TO HEAL UP 100% AND COME BACK AND BE LEGENDARY 2-0 & MO 2 go pic.twitter.com/zhbQkjWlkC
— Danny “LeftHand2God” Barlow (@lefthand2god) August 30, 2024
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Sending opponents flying with spin kicks in any respect three ranges!
The look away into 1-2 is Sean O’Malley-esque.
Lee is 6’1” at 135-pounds and doesn’t look that skinny — how?!?
Spectacular LFA debut by 6’1 bantamweight Mackson Lee, flooring Mateus Soares with an uppercut earlier than snatching up the D’Arce in R2. Lee improves to 8-0. Loopy expertise on these prelims. #LFA191 pic.twitter.com/s9WayoslxM
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 30, 2024
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