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Combat sports analyst. One half of @MorningKombat. Occasional learner.

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This might be the most I’ve ever seen someone’s face rearranged for a bout at the beginning of a card:

Sam Alvey posted another angle of the Rafael Alves KO of James Vick.

This is both profoundly inspiring and profoundly sad.

David Benavidez is terrifying.

This is genuinely very funny.

Both guys are emotional, but Khamzat seemed to get more of a rise out of Strickland than the opposite during this presser.

Brian Shaw’s grip strength is otherworldly.

You know everyone else there is sober because my man with the pincher gloves is on all the drugs within a 50-mile radius of the place.

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Watch Pasha Osman brace so hard on this 410kg squat attempt that he starts pouring blood out from the pores on his scalp and forehead.

I called XFC 54 last night in Iowa. A name from the card you should remember: Darkhanbek Ergeshov. This guy is a hammer. I’d be shocked if he didn’t make some waves in UFC. Last night he scored an Americana with his legs from scarf hold on a PFL vet/BJJ black belt Sarek Shields

Karlos Nassar is a bull. 20-year-old phenom out of Bulgaria. This was no lift, but also amazing lift. At 89kg himself, he attempts a world-record 225kg (496lbs) C&amp;J. Insane athlete.🇧🇬

The Chiefs at halftime being asked how the game is going:

Takaya Suzuki is a name to pay attention to in MMA at flyweight. Trains at Kill Cliff and by Yushin Okami. XFC Young Guns 8 is live now. Here’s Suzuki and how to watch:

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Metallica at the Sphere looks like a religious experience.

This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen a sports podcast do.

Watch Israel Adesanya keep his eyes open and on target as he expertly times the right hand that lead to the KO of Alex Pereira. #UFC287

John McCain is the man most responsible in Congress in getting the original Ali Act passed. I asked him 10 years ago if he'd support extending the Ali Act to MMA. "Absolutely," he told me. Seems noteworthy the architect of the Ali Act wanted it *extended*, not gutted.

Craig Jones has the best take on Colby Covington and the U.S. I’ve heard thus far.

His pressing power is insane. This is a PR for him, 435lbs on OHP.

Look at how SMOOTHLY Hafthor Bjornsson deadlifts a world record 510kg (~1124lbs). That is absurd.

Face off does not disappoint.

Not sure about a 125 champion-level fighter, but never forget Roger Huerta at 155 beat the brakes off a top DI linebacker and former Atlanta Falcon Rashad Bobino in a street fight in 2010 after Bobino struck a woman.

One of my favorite “f*ck around, find out” combat sports moments is when Ricardo Mayorga called down the thunder from Oscar De La Hoya and discovered the hard way that was the wrong move.

I've been covering MMA for nearly 20 years and Max Holloway's KO of Justin Gaethje tonight at UFC 300 right away ranks as one of my all-time top moments. Here's me and othellobt 🇲🇦 reacting in real time to the unbelievable scenes:

Sounds dumb, but I found the performance of Bud Crawford to be genuinely moving. A performance I will never forget. All I feel is gratitude for having been able to witness something so unique and special. Left me speechless on air:

Jordan Sullivan explains why depriving or limiting an athlete’s intake of water in an effort to make them “tougher” doesn’t ultimately boost performance at all.

Craig Jones says Seth Daniels, the Fight 2 Win CEO and an ADCC organizer, sent him death threats this morning.

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨: I've launched my own Substack. The goal is to expand the depth of my combat sports coverage while expanding the scope of the topics we touch. We are living in a unique moment and need media that can capture it. My hope is you'll join me. Link in next tweet 👇👇

Craig Jones announces that anyone who scores a sub in the teams portion of today’s CJI 2 matches gets $50,000. This is per submission, so you can collect $50k for every sub.

NEW: Patrick Wyman has a history podcast not on great leaders, but more common folk. The theme for this season? World slavery: “Power is inseparable from labor. Power is inseparable from work. Slavery, studying it, what it tells us, is just how inseparable those two things are”

I spoke to the former head of the FTC behind click to cancel rules, the attempted blocking of Microsoft buying Activision &amp; much more: antitrust hero Lina Khan (full interview out tomorrow!). In this clip, she discusses TKO trying to legislate in exemptions to the Ali Act. 1/2

Karlos Nassar is a bull. 20-year-old phenom out of Bulgaria. This was no lift, but also amazing lift. At 89kg himself, he attempts a world-record 225kg (496lbs) C&J. Insane athlete.🇧🇬

John McCain is the man most responsible in Congress in getting the original Ali Act passed. I asked him 10 years ago if he'd support extending the Ali Act to MMA. "Absolutely," he told me. Seems noteworthy the architect of the Ali Act wanted it extended, not gutted.

I spoke to the former head of the FTC behind click to cancel rules, the attempted blocking of Microsoft buying Activision & much more: antitrust hero Lina Khan (full interview out tomorrow!). In this clip, she discusses TKO trying to legislate in exemptions to the Ali Act. 1/2