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Power Slap has seen a lot of controversy in its few months of existence. Congress is pissed off, the grades aren’t all that impressive, and athlete compensation is exactly as disappointing as one would expect. There was relatively little positive coverage of the event outside of UFC social media accounts, which received backlash for posting more slaps than promoting events like UFC 284.
Power Slap’s planned pay-per-view (PPV) debut has been downgraded to a random app.
UFC President and Power Slap frontman Dana White is undeterred, however. He seems to live up to the maxim ‘All publicity is good publicity’, as he actually credited media outrage for helping to further develop the sport. In his opinion, people just want something to get upset about, especially if his name is attached. Specifically, White shouts out to The New York Times after their recent review piece.
“The media has been amazing through this thing. If any of you saw Chris Rock’s special release, “Selective Outrage”, that’s what happened with Power Slap. Selective outrage! Slapping has been around for 10 years! Logan Paul and Arnold Schwarzenegger had a slap event – unregulated, no medical, nothing – no one said “Boo!” There was not a single story written.
He continued, “We are doing the right things. We go for approval. We test. We are investing millions of dollars in it. We secure it, go through the Nevada State Athletic Commission. And everyone is outraged, it’s disgusting! This should never happen! Selective outrage. I like the media. You’ve been helping me turn this thing into a monster for the past eight weeks. I just want to thank you all. Especially the New York Times, you guys are amazing.
Insomnia
No one ever seems quite sure how to handle Petr Yan’s willingness to have fun combined with his likelihood to throw a punch at any time.
Following the dismissal of Abubakar Nurmagomedov, he will be replaced by Jared Gooden.
The fight with Alex Pereira looks as miserable as one would expect.
A different style of wrestling:
There are four basic rules of Icelandic Glima:
– wrestlers must always stand
– the wrestlers must not fall or forcefully push their opponents. Technique, not strength, is put forward
– wrestlers must circle each other clockwise to avoid a stalemate
– opponents… https://t.co/NB3oxwSWhC pic.twitter.com/DNQBELwN1d— Blaine Henry (@BlaineHenryTFL) March 7, 2023
I’ve seen many not-so-kind rumors about Fernand Lopez alleging all sorts of negative acts and general incompetence.
The man who looked extremely emaciated doing Flyweight against the Flyweight who retired because the judges kept fucking him!
It’s crazy that the UFC continually photographs its champions even after it became a known thing on social media.
Sign me up for Derrick Lewis vs. Walt Harris!
Slips, tears and KO clips
Marlon Moraes nearly killed Merab Dvalishvili in the first round, but ‘The Machine’ is truly inhuman.
September 25, 2021
UFC 266
Bonkers fights against Marlon Moraes
Merab is almost done in Rd 1, but secures a clinch and proceeds to break up Marlon. Win via Rd 2 TKO pic.twitter.com/YEIB2xd7w0
—Ocelot MMA (@Ocelot_MMA) March 6, 2023
Context stolen from a comment: “In Thai they are called “Muay Wat”. Most of this event is organized outside Bangkok and mainly in the province of Isan. And in this video are two young men offering to fight without knowing it.”
A whole thread of retired One Championship strap-hanger Sam A shows off!
Random terrain
Hold on.
Midnight Music: Hip Hop, 1993
Sleep well fools! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
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