Conor McGregor
The Notorious One went into motivational poster mode on X, writing, “I was saying this back in 2014. Two years later, I held both belts.” He followed with the meat of it: “If you’ve taken a knock, look at it straight. Keep what worked. Change what didn’t. Go again.” He also admitted “There was no perfect run to that night,” which is a rare bit of humility from a guy whose whole brand was built on calling his shot. And that is exactly why it lands. McGregor said it, then did it, and now he’s handing the receipt to anybody who just ate a loss.
Tenshin Nasukawa
The best story of the day came from @TeppenTenshin, who wrote that a tuk-tuk driver asked if he was a fighter because he looked familiar. Tenshin says he answered in what he jokingly called very fluent English, which was one enthusiastic yes written in katakana, and it turned out the driver knew exactly who he was. They took a photo, became fast friends, and the driver showed him around a bunch of spots. Somewhere out there is a tuk-tuk guy with the greatest camera roll in his neighborhood.
Sean Strickland
Strickland skipped the fight talk and went straight for drug policy. On X he laid out his version of both sides, then delivered the punchline himself: “Liberals love drug addiction.” The former middleweight champ has never met a political debate he couldn’t shrink down to two sentences and a dunk, and this one pulled 1,317 engagements, so the formula clearly still works for him.
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Jake Paul
The Problem Child put on his venture capital hat, posting, “Wild how many investors only want in once a company is famous.” He added, “Famous = expensive. Early = where the returns are. At Anti Fund we hunt early.” I love a lot about this, mostly that the man who turned being famous into a boxing career is now warning people about the price of fame. The pitch is sharp, though. Somebody get him a TED Talk stage and a headset mic.
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Kyoji Horiguchi
Horiguchi turned 36 and celebrated at ATT, and he plugged a new YouTube Short on X with “YouTube shorts出ました！” In the clip, per the video’s title, the gym asks the birthday boy what his goals are for his 36th year. Happy birthday to one of the slickest movers of his era. Plenty of guys at 36 are talking retirement plans, and Horiguchi is out here filming goal-setting content.
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Gaston Reyno
The Argentine commentator posted a clip with the all-caps warning “TERRIBLE LESION,” writing in Spanish that a Muay Thai kick left someone’s neck twisted. He didn’t name names in the post, and the caption alone is enough to make you rub the back of your own neck. Watch at your own risk.
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Yuta Kubo
The first K-1 welterweight world champion and current RIZIN fighter got into it with a fan who estimated he was spending roughly 70 million yen a year on designer goods, and who reminded him he’d lost twice to Shei. Kubo replied on X starting with “マジレスするとコレは個人の財布です。” He explained that his gym and fighting career run through a separate company that he doesn’t own alone, so the money is fully split. He went further, saying he doesn’t spend a single yen of fight purses or sponsorship income on himself, and that all of it goes back into the gym, the fight world, and volunteer and charity work. His lifestyle, he said, is funded by other businesses plus stock and FX investing. Respect to a guy who answers a reply-guy jab with a full corporate org chart.
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