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Amanda Nunes smooth response to now-retracted implication that she's trans
Henry Cejudo: The Cringe is real
"Acting like the King of Cringe ... it's part of promoting my division. As great as Demetrious Johnson was, he never brought that sense of entertainment. ... I'm telling the truth, but I'm just turning it up a notch, as Uncle Chael [Sonnen] would say. He's actually the one that pulled me out of my shell. So I'm just being me; I'm tired of being fake." ***laughs*** Watch interview (8:31)
Carla Esparza not impressed with crowd reaction on Saturday night
Carla Esparza is of Mexican, Ecuadorian, and Irish descent, but opponent on Saturday night Alexa Grasso is Mexico born; the hugely partisan crowd was not impressed when 'Cookie Monster' won a Majority Decision in the fight of the Night, and Esparza responded in kind: “It’s just unfortunate and I understand that the Mexican fans are so passionate and they really stand behind their fighters and I’ve definitely fought in a lot of people’s hometowns, but definitely this was the most passionate crowd I’ve ever been in front of. The sad thing was that there were a couple of bad seeds in the crowd. I was walking out and somebody poured a beer on me. It just made me really sad because people win and lose, but you can’t control the judges, and I felt that I fairly won the fight and it was just really sad for me.” h/t MMA Fighting • Watch post-fight interview (:58)
Commentator Brendan Fitzgerald keeps working, under a table, as fans protest NC
Steven Peterson felt bad about extra shot post spinning backfist KO
Props to Michael Bisping for keeping a cool head on Saturday night
"If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you ..." Former UFC middleweight champ and current color commentator Michael Bisping was a boss on Saturday night, not flinching when Yair Rodriquez shoved and cursed him, and continuing to work calmly while co-commentator Brendan Fitzgerald ducked under a table to avoid the rain of beer and bottles from fans upset at the main event NC.
Stephens responds to Rodriguez suggestion that he could have been faking
Yair Rodriguez: "... he’s the only one who is going to have to live with that in his mind for the rest of his life, if it was a lie.” Jeremy Stephens: “Yair, you think I’m faking it, brother. You’re the one that poked me in the eye. Let’s run it back, four or five weeks, two weeks, whatever. I’ll be ready. Just a deep scratch or a deep bruise. You’re the one who poked me. Let’s run it back, motherf@$%er. Let’s go.” h/t MMA Junkie • Watch Karyn Bryant interview (:15)
Coach gives locker room update on Jeremy Stephens' eye injury
ESPN’s Heidi Androl: “I did get to speak with Eric Del Fierro, who is his head coach, who told me he still has not been able to open that eye. I asked him was it a scratch from the fingernails like a scratch of the cornea. He said that all he told him that he got hit and felt a tremendous amount of pressure, so much pressure he has never felt before. He said it was really uncomfortable and still was very uncomfortable back here. And, they will likely be sending him to an emergency ophthalmologist. Obviously very disappointing for their team.” h/t BJPenn.com • Watch
Not smart fans pelt Stephens following NC
2nd fastest NC in UFC history ends the main event
Spinning $#!@ counter to spinning $#!@ wins the night
Elbow ends second fight in a row
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After training with El Cucuy, fighting is easy for Jeremy Stephens
Lil Heathen spent the last 6 weeks of his camp at 3,000' higher elevation than Mexico City, and before that, it was tougher still - he was training with Tony Ferguson, one day for 6.5 hours, and then late at night, it got truly intense: “We’re chilling out, watching ‘Rocky IV,’ and he’s like, ‘Let’s hit this run.' I thought he was f@$%ing joking. I’m like, ‘OK, we’re not going to run. He’s tired.’ Sure enough, midnight hits, and we go off on this run. It’s like 1 in the morning, and I’m running up this hill, and he’s like, ‘Bro, I need you to sprint up this f@$%ing hill, bro. Everything you’ve got.’ I’m like, ‘OK.’ I’m tired. I actually ran in the morning and then went and trained with him. So I’m running up this hill, and ‘El Cucuy,’ the boogeyman, is like, ‘I’m going to get you! I’m going to get you!' I’m f@$%ing running my ass off, bro. He’s actually coming! He’s coming up the hill. He’s trying to chase me. He’s like, ‘Don’t let me catch you! I’m going to get you!’ The boogeyman is screaming at me. Like, what the f@$%? ... I had a smile on my face the whole time I sprinted up that hill. He gave me the best compliment I think anybody could give me. He says, ‘Man, you’re in f@$%ing phenomenal shape.’ For ‘El Cucuy’ to tell you that six weeks out from a fight? We’re ready, bro.” h/t MMA Junkie
RIP Ohio AC chief inspector Woody Kelker (1939-2019)
Woodrow H. "Woody" Kelker, age 79, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Woody is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Patricia Kelker; siblings, Josephine (Frank) Lowery, Shirley Mills, Brian (Jan) Kelker, and Wendy Sue Greene; as well as sister-in-law, Catherine Kelker. He also leaves behind children, Joni Hoffman, Rick (Lisa) McMillen and Felicia (Brian) Scruggs; 10 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews, as well as many dear friends. Woody served his country in the US Army for 26 years. He worked for over 30 years as chief inspector with the Ohio Athletic Commission. Friends and family may visit Tuesday, September 24, 2019 from 4-7 pm and Wednesday from 11 am-12 pm with a funeral service to directly follow at 12 pm with military honors at Newcomer Southwest Chapel, 3393 Broadway, Grove City, Oh. h/t Legacy
Jorge Masvidal: I have about 4 years left
'Gamebred' became one of the biggest names in the sport seemingly overnight following his record-breaking destruction of Ben Askren, but he's been fighting professionally for over 16 years. Now 34, he was asked how much longer he has in the Octagon: “I needed, what has happened recently to have happened a long time ago [but he acknowledges, he might not have been ready]. "This year is going to be a great year, next year is going to be even better. I got about four years left in me. ... All my mind has been on, is eliminating people off the planet earth." h/t MMA News • Watch SportsCenter interview (7:43)
