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Everybody needs a thrill. We all got a space to fill. | Managing Editor, Combat @USATODAYSports | San Diego State '05

Los Angeles (via Gonzales, CA)
Joined September 2009
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Replying to @benfowlkesMMA
Who wore it best? Max Holloway (as a shirt) or my daughter (as leggings). 😆
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This is why:
Why'd he do Bruce like that? 😳 [ #Polymarket #UFC334 | LIVE NOW on @ParamountPlus ]
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I was wrong. Complete credit and respect to Ciryl Gane for withstanding the pace and onslaught from Josh Hokit, and then dishing it back after he seemingly broke through a wall and caught his second win. Super impressive win for the champ. #UFC334
Gane won Round 1 but looks defeated in his corner. Hokit is going to finish him, only a matter of time. #UFC334
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Bruce Buffer with the INTENTIONAL FAKEOUT. He stared right at Hokit during “Aaaaaand” only to turn toward Gane and yell “Still!” #UFC334
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Somehow I think Gane rallied back to pull it off 48-47, but we’ll see. What a battle. #UFC334
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I think Gane vs. Hokit is 38-38 going into Round 5. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #UFC334
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The only way to knock out Josh Hokit might be to punch him hard in the neck or on the temple, because his chin is made of granite. Dude is a psycho in there. #UFC334
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Simon Samano retweeted
I recall watching that fight and thinking that it would really class it up if someone would only start speaking French.
this is the evolution of Kimbo vs. Dada (complimentary)
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The amount of fucks Josh Hokit gives:
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Gane won Round 1 but looks defeated in his corner. Hokit is going to finish him, only a matter of time. #UFC334
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Josh Hokit has incredible confidence in his chin to be fighting like this. It’s that simple. #UFC334
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Yeah, I’m not sure about this take. Kayla doesn’t have a resume that comes even close to the other three on there + a few others not included. The win we just saw over Nunes coming off a 3-year retirement doesn’t secure anything given how that fight played out. #UFC334
Kayla Harrison, at the bare minimum, is now in the Mount Rushmore of WMMA GOATS. But where exactly does she rank? #UFC334
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Bizarre. Really makes you wonder what the hell was going on. #UFC334
Nunes somehow managed to lose 3 rounds and get submitted in a fight where she looked the significantly more skilled and less fatigued fighter.
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That’s a lot of empty seats in two sections of MSG moments after the co-main event, no? #UFC334
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Yeah, Amanda Nunes gave Kayla Harrison EVERY OPPORTUNITY to win the fight and got what she deserved by getting choked out. And, yes, I am taking away from Kayla’s win. That was underwhelming. #UFC334
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Amanda took 3 years off and apparently returned either dumber or more stubborn than ever. She is GIVING this fight to Kayla. #UFC334
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10-9 Kayla again in Round 2, thanks to some questionable strategy by Nunes. #UFC334
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Is Amanda Nunes trying to give Kayla this fight? Like, Round 2 just made NO SENSE at all. #UFC334
Amanda repeatedly trying to oblige Kayla in the grappling is certainly a choice #UFC334
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I don’t understand what Amanda Nunes is doing right now in Round 2. #UFC334
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Round 1 was all Nunes until it wasn’t after the takedown. BUT the damage wasn’t real. Kayla probably still stole it 10-9.
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Simon Samano retweeted
“ChatGPT don’t know shit.” Luis Gurule makes history as the first fighter to callout an AI system. #UFC334
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