Darren Till
Till went full older brother breaking up a fight on X, admitting Usman “might of fucked up giving Merab a slap” before laying out his timeline: “Merab slapped one of his team, Usman slapped Merab.” Then the man got philosophical, reminding everyone that “2000 years ago it wouldn’t have been a slap it would have been an arrow so be thankful that we now live in a peaceful society” and confessing “I probably am due for a little slap to the face” before signing off by calling everybody boring. That was the funniest post of the day and the most useful one too, because Till is the one putting the first slap on Merab’s side of the ledger, which makes this a lot messier than a clean good guy versus bad guy story.
Sean O’Malley
Suga took the opposite lane, posting “Merab JUMPED by KHABIB’S COUSIN” with a link on @SugaSeanMMA. That’s a New York Post cover in caps lock, and you’ll notice his version skips the part Till mentioned about Merab slapping someone first. Two fighters, two posts, two completely different movies about the same scene.
Renato Moicano
Moicano wrote on @moicanoufc, “acabei de postar um video do amigo do merab! craque do jogo! osss” which roughly translates to him saying he’d just posted a video of Merab’s friend and calling that friend a star of the game. He doesn’t name the friend in the post itself, so I’m not going to guess. But when the whole timeline is arguing about who touched whose face, Moicano showing up with a Portuguese hype post is peak Moicano.
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Conor McGregor
The biggest post of the day by a mile had nothing to do with slaps. McGregor wrote on @TheNotoriousMMA, “Today I am thankful to be alive and healthy, working hard in my home gym!” and then typed out the entire Hail Mary. Every McGregor gym mention gets treated like a comeback press release, and this one is a Hail Mary in the most literal sense possible.
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Kayla Harrison
Harrison went scripture too, posting Psalm 46:5 on @KaylaH: “God is within her; she will not be moved.” No context attached beyond a link. For a two-time Olympic judo champion, refusing to budge also works as a pretty accurate scouting report.
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Josh Barnett
The sneaky best beef of the day lives in pro wrestling. @SuperKingofBros claimed the rules, the idea and the name of Bloodsport all came from him, and said Barnett “did not create or even help with the original bloodsport” while adding that the two crossed paths at WrestleMania. Barnett fired back on @JoshLBarnett with “Let’s go with conversations that never happened for $500 Alex” and insisted the last time they saw each other was backstage at Natural Born Killers. He called the 2018 version “a loose, amateurish execution of an idea” and said it lifted the font, name and theme song from the movie Bloodsport. Then he closed with a spelling correction, noting “even in the logo you were ripping off it’s one word” which is the pettiest possible finisher and I respect it completely.
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Gary Goodridge
Goodridge kept it short on @garyhgoodridge: “Today I’m choosing kindness. It’s too early we’ll see.” Big Daddy has the most honest morning outlook in combat sports, and judging by Darren Till’s timeline, he’s right to keep his options open.
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