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10 years ago today Chris Weidman ended the legendary reign of Anderson Silva! ‘How to Catch a Spider’ is a brand-new audio documentary on this classic fight. Featuring contributions from @lthomasnews & @kennyflorian it tells the entire story of this iconic clash! Link below 👇
A couple off the top of my head; •Whitaker-Pryor at light-welterweight •Spinks-Foster at light-heavyweight •Lomachenko-Marcel at featherweight •Fenech-Rigondeaux at super-bantamweight •Hearns-Gavilán at welterweight
@DanRafael1 fun question of the day. If you could fantasy book any two fighters of the same weight class in history that casual fans wouldn’t pick (e.g. Ali/Tyson or Floyd/Sugar) which two would you pick?
#Patriots HC Mike Vrabel was asked a similar question to one he had already answered at length earlier. His reaction: "I mean, whether you were in a coma when I answered Tom's question, or typing on your phone, or tweeting — I don’t know. But I spent 5 minutes answering that…
I saw it live at the exact second I was testing my new iPhones slow mo
I am now on Dropkickd! Let me know if you are as well and I will follow you back. Seems there’s no FMW on there, so I can’t quite update my favourite bouts just yet (as Onita-Funk from the 4th Anniversary Show would be in my top 3!)
The Mike Flowers Pops version of ‘Wonderwall’ is better than the original.
5/5 honestly
The Top 20 Most Popular Films of 1996 on Letterboxd ⏪ Rate this year out of five 👀 View the full list: boxd.it/b6a
Day10 M11 Takanoshō 6-3 (L) M17 Shishi 3-6 (R) Quite a spill here, bit worried about Shishi, but he looked okay after. There is a mono’ii, see reply.
Day10 M4 Tamawashi 7-2 (L) Yz Ōnosato 7-2 (R) You’ll wanna see this! The Iron Eagle continues to be relevant. #Nagoyabasho2025
Max Holloway's Intercepting Body Kick 🧵 In Holloway's fights with Poirier, the one coming forward tending to be winning, as both fighters often back up in straight lines In their 3rd fight, Max came prepared to intercept Poirier's shifting combos.
“I’ve been working on the intricacies of details of manoeuvres that Mya Lesnar doesn’t even know the names of”
Bella Mir welcomes fight against Mya Lesnar to settle rivalry between their fathers: ‘Who wouldn’t want to see that?’ mmafighting.com/2025/7/22/2447…
I'm besotted with this sidestep to the inside angle and uppercut that Bam Rodriguez keeps hurting people with
Simply incredible
Manami Toyota spent the early 90’s as a rising superstar, but by the early 2000’s she had become the ultimate Ace and began a new chapter of dominance in her legendary career. 👑☠️
Spoke to @usykaa cornerman Russ Anber for @BoxingNewsED in the aftermath of #usykdubois2 for insight into how Team Dubois antics fuelled Usyk’s motivation and Ukrainian’s unique place in the heart of British fight fans! boxingnewsonline.net/russ-anber-saw…
Thanks! I hope we never have to hear about the stupid low blow thing again 😂
And when you have seen this you might get some value from this fairly exhaustive discussion of the work and life of Zoe Tamerlis/Lund. Maybe...
I'll be introducing Abel Ferrara's ever-giving masterpiece BAD LIEUTENANT this Thursday 24th July, at 18:00 and again at 20:30, at London's popup Grindhouse cinema @thenickelcinema
Boxing happens so bewilderingly fast it often appears instantaneous. Its genius appears automatic. This breakdown of Usyk-Duboi II walks you through the science of what makes watching Usyk so sweet. Do yourself a favor — don’t skip this.
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