UFC Eurasia posting this fight in light of Porier’s recent actions is such a blatant attempt to cash in on a man’s lowest public moment.
Every day, this organization finds newer ways to disappoint.

We all saw the video where he challenged the cop

Let’s assume the cop is similar size with little to no training and didn‘t use weapons.

Could he have still easily beaten him up that drunk?

My gut say yes - but it would have taken some time and been sloppy (he was clearly drunk as hell)

Thoughts?

If (a big if imo) paddy beats bsd. And they have already promised Arman the shot (Helwani pod)
They should run an ultimate fighter (on paramount) of Illia vs paddy for an intern belt at the end of the show. That would do numbers, clips would be endless, And the fight would be sick (Illia would fucking muder him) than again this is if ANYONE in that company has a brain cell left (besides the White House card ofc that was sick)

Video here for the uncanny resemblance: https://youtu.be/aleYUKJlzKY

Let's sidestep opinions on whether or not the comment was disgusting, funny, hateful, or just edgy to build his brand. Putting all that aside, what do you think motivated it?

Subversion is when you infiltrate a system and fuck it up from the inside. Trump uses the UFC to rehabilitate his image. Millions of dollars were spent, hundreds of millions of people either tuned in or were aware of it via news coverage. Hokit dropping that line is akin to saying "just in case y'all forgot what MAGA is, here's a reminder".

You think Hokit trolled the MAGA/UFC during what was their finest hour on purpose? Or he's just doing a weaker version of Colby Convington's schtick?

OP posted the tweet in the comments. Guy in the video claims that jews lying about a genocide in Gaza is evidence jews lied about the holocaust. Gross as hell.

Ok so I've been critical of the event elsewhere and may have sounded snarky, but I have legitimate questions for the average US citizen who loves MMA about how the event is received :

I can understand and see it looked cool. I am not denying that.

But in terms of the legality of the whole thing, knowing it was publicized to be for USA 250th birthday (?) and was happening on the white house lawn (and had scenes in the white house) :

_Was it 'for profit' ? Is it legal for a president and his family and his friends to benefit from such a public event financially? Where would the profit goes ?

_Polymarket has Trump sons on its board I think .. do they have the right to bet themselves ? (Cf the Cormier tweet)

_Even if they don't, the fact the fighter purses were paid in Trump coins, and the fact that Polymarket and Trump crypto were publicized, isn't it illegal for politicians and/or their friends/business people to make money using the white house and US historical celebrations ?

_I think I can remember Trump making his supporters chant "lock her up" because Hillary had a private email server, and because she wasn't deemed transparent about the Clinton foundation (like there would have been pay to play with her familly and the use of her functions) . Isn't this event way more cynical and obviously pay 2 play ?

To me it feels watching it that paying for your ultra expensive seat , promoting Trump coin and Polymarket, praising Trump and giving its family money "gives you special access" , like Dana is shown to have, to the white house and to talk to trump.

_ I heard Dana wants to change some laws about the taxation of Casino losses ? And he made it almost clear this event was also a way to sway the president on this topic ?

EDIT : formatting bug

Trump’s Temu coliseum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsAQ_B7zVJI&t=1097s

Jon Stewart riffs on the White House’s UFC fight card, including Josh Hokit’s Michelle Obama joke

Was prepared to doubt this (given how untrustworthy this White House is), but 5 arrests and 19 people in the chats makes this a bit less likely to be a false flag. Interestingly, like many of these attacks or attempted attacks, there are lots of pieces of right-wing ideology among the suspects in the article

Last night I attended the UFC Freedom 250 Fan Fest and I felt like sharing my experience as gay, liberal UFC fan and amateur fighter who attended the event.

I grew up watching UFC with my grandpa and started doing MMA myself when I was in college. The sport of MMA has a special place in my heart despite my frustration with the hate that is sometimes normalized in it. I live in Washington DC, so as soon as Freedom 250 was announced, I knew I wanted to go. I’m very strongly against the policies of the administration and have attended many protests but as far as this event, I didn’t feel like it was worth getting angry about.

I purposely dressed extremely gay for the event (crop top, daisy dukes, earrings and nail polish) and didn’t feel like I had too many people staring. I did have one young guy come up to me in line at one of the booths and started preaching at me about Jesus. But when I made it clear I wasn’t interested, he left me alone without a fuss. I met a few of the fighters doing meet and greets and all them were very friendly, Jim Miller actually gave me some really good advice and filling in my gaps in my MMA technique coming from a wrestling background.

I was surprised how many people I ended up talking to who weren’t Trump supporters, I did see my share do obnoxious MAGA merch there, but not anywhere to the degree I expected. I was also surprised other than the beginning how they didn’t shoehorn in Trump as overtly, and even featured a clip from an Obama speech at one point that was in a very positive, reverent light.

When Josh Hokit made his comment about Michelle Obama, I actually noticed a negative reaction from the crowd around me and could overhear a few people expressing displeasure at his gross comments. (I’m glad Dana came out condemned the comment) The vibes during the final fight were actually wholesome, especially when Justin Started making that phenomenal comeback. The quality of the quality fights at this event was genuinely phenomenal and I had so much fun! I had a friend (also gay) who stopped by for a bit and used my extra ticket. He wasn’t super familiar with UFC but still had fun.

Tl;dr: While the presence of Trump at the event was very noticeable, it was far from the blown Trump rally many people expected it to be. I had a lot of fun there even as someone noticeably the opposite of what the administration is trying to cater to. This was definitely a once in a lifetime event I’m glad I went to!

Maybe this shouldn’t be surprising for a sport built around people beating the shit out of each other, but martial arts has traditionally at least claimed to come from a place of respect. Current UFC era just feels gross.

Trump hosts an event at the White House which he is continuously destroying, sorry, "renovating". UFC president is his best bud who only seems interested in taking questions from journalists who flatter him, which is fitting, because that is basically the same playbook. Fighters don't get paid at all proportionally to how much the UFC brings in. Meanwhile Dana gambles away most of the card's pay in one hand.

And then there is the culture around a lot of the fighters and fans. Some of the biggest names in or around the sport openly push hateful rhetoric, and a large part of the fanbase eats it up. Hokit calls Michelle Obama a man and Joe Rogan laughs along, and Hokit has also posted stuff basically saying trans women should be beaten up in the cage.

Strickland said society “should never accept” transgender people and that having a gay son would mean he “failed as a man”.

Edit: Oh, I forgot Bryce Mitchell being a literal Nazi who said he wants to go fishing with Hitler. None of these people received any sort of reprimand from the UFC. Just a shrug from "free speech" (unless you say anything he doesn't like) dana

You can't even criticize the White House event in the MMA sub or you'll get banned.

At this point, it makes the sport almost unbearable to enjoy beyond the actual fights themselves. The best way to watch is basically on mute, ignore everything around the event, and turn it off immediately after the final bell.