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Let’s begin the night time off by taking look again over the three largest tales of Monday, Could 5, 2025.
Benoit Saint Denis turned down short-notice Mateusz Gamrot match up: I get that Saint Denis actually wants a bounce again win, however rattling if this isn’t a significantly better match up than the one we’re getting …
Belal Muhammad rejects Ian Garry’s again up function: Ian Garry nonetheless doesn’t have a High 10 win and possibly shouldn’t be as excessive up within the rapid title talks as he needs to be. Shavkat, Brady, and even Buckley have higher arguments in the mean time.
BJJ star Gabi Pessanha upset after large win streak: This headline served as a reminder to me that I do know little or no about who the very best gi grapplers on the earth are proper now.
Insomnia
Based mostly on my expertise with whiteboards and MMA gyms, that is extra of a heat up sequence or coaching routine than true “battle plan.” Whereas it doesn’t take a genius to know that Jack Della Maddalena goes to attempt to win the jab battle, use uppercuts towards a wrestler, and work his manner off the cage, it’s nonetheless not cool that the UFC publicly broadcasted it. I’m certain the JDM teaching workers would’ve most well-liked it saved quiet!
A couple of fan speculated that that is some kind of Trojan Horse/entice situation, which might be fairly an exemplary little bit of 4D chess.
Nicely, it seems like UFC 315 is assured to provide not less than one end …
A giant reserving for the 125-pound class:
Metallica vs. UFC within the final conflict of stinginess.
I failed to complete this clip, and it’s solely 13 seconds lengthy. Protected to see, I gained’t be tuning into future Raul Rosas Jr. podcasts …
After taking a break from preventing to reignite his aggressive spark, Brad Riddell eyes a summer time return. How about Bobby Inexperienced?
Azamat Bekoev scored a serious KO over the weekend and is on his technique to being a preferred X observe in addition!
Can we get 1.000 followers. For the one that can be follower number one.000 I’ll do completely nothing. However I’ll have 1000 followers
— Azamat Bekoev (@AzamatBekoev) Could 5, 2025
A lot of the boxing over the previous couple of days was completely unwatchable.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Wrestler in a karate stance is definitely an excellent harmful combo!
So I used to be simply put onto a LW mma fighter named Geno Morelli! He’s 5-0 and wrestled outta Penn State like Bo. Right here’s just a little clip from a end of his. What do you guys suppose? pic.twitter.com/13OZpwaUh6
— TheFlowMann (@iflowmannMMA) Could 5, 2025
Stiff as a board …
Shifted again to Southpaw to throw a test proper hook, a Volkanovski basic.
Random Land
I do know I’m growing older as a result of this pointless goofiness simply makes me unhappy.
Midnight Music: Hip-hop, 2001
Sleep nicely Maniacs! Extra martial arts insanity is at all times on the way in which.
