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Here's our interview with @LukeRockhold, and he's clearly feeling some type of way about @YoelRomeroMMA missing weight... #UFC221 https://t.co/G5aQ44nScp — FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) February 10, 2018

A hoarse Luke Rockhold, on the tail end of what clearly was a brutal weight cut, wasn’t happy that Yoel Romero didn’t complete his own weight cut. He rasped out:

Typical. Par for the course. Yoel Romero.

It didn’t change how Rockhold saw the matchup. He also unintentionally quoted this awesome song.

That’s all he knows, wrestling. I wrestled. I know wrestling. I know jiu jitsu. Wrestlers like that, it’s explosion... bring it. This is a different world, this isn’t wrestling, this is MMA, and I own the ground. I own the MMA ground. I beat him on the feet, I beat him on the ground. I’ve just gotta be relaxed, gotta be patient, just gotta let him expose himself.

Yoel Romero never quite plays by the rules. He famously took an extra minute to recover from getting rocked by Tim Kennedy. He got caught for steroids, but managed to get off on a tainted supplement defense. This latest miss seems just another in a long pattern of skirting the edge of the rules.

Yoel Romero missed weight on his second attempt (187.7lbs). #UFC221 pic.twitter.com/rilrqsJBvR — Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) February 10, 2018

Still... Yoel needs to learn some tricks from the master.

Yoel will be fine pic.twitter.com/DTJ7ZjTJLj — smoogy (@smoogymma) February 10, 2018

Insomnia

Joanna Jedrzejczyk looking strong ahead of her rematch with Rose Namajunas

Michelle Waterson did this impression and unexpectedly dropped some wisdom for the internet.

This guy, A. Serrano, inspires Khabib Nurmagomedov, and he should inspire you too.

Muay Thai legend John Wayne Parr play spars with Chris Weidman

Roy Jones Jr. has some stories.

Y’all seemed to like the BS self defense video I posted yesterday, so I went back to that account for more. Except, while I have no idea what he’s doing, I un-ironically enjoyed watching this guy do his thing.

By far the best part of this video is the music they laid over it.

Just an PSA:

Matt Brown offers to punch Snoop Dogg on sight.

Derrick Lewis has the best of the internet

A post shared by Derrick Lewis (@thebeastufc) on Feb 8, 2018 at 5:22pm PST

This meme is true, but unionized fighters are much further in the distance, a speck over the horizon.

Run Dana Run A post shared by COMBAT SPORTS / MARTIAL ARTS (@thestranglesquad) on Feb 9, 2018 at 10:57am PST

I take it back. Maybe it’s not so distant.

Leslie Smith and Lucas Middlebrook have a website - Project Spearhead - to try and get UFC fighters to unionize https://t.co/BDFDOWGKa4 — John S. Nash (@heynottheface) February 9, 2018

Truth from Aljamain Sterling

If you’re driving on the highway...and you’re in the left lane, driving slower than everyone in the right lane. You are Effing up the flow of traffic!! Move your slow ass over to the right or middle lane Jabroni’s!! — Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) February 9, 2018

Mike “The Count” Bisping also has the right memes at times.

Too good A post shared by Mikebisping (@mikebisping) on Feb 8, 2018 at 4:00pm PST

Slips, Rips, and KO Clips

Interim M-1 FlW Title Fight - Arman Ashimov KOs Mikael Silander in 2R pic.twitter.com/G60dsSFlBy — Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) February 9, 2018

Israel Adesanya

Rob Wilkinson can jump high

Rob Wilkinson has some serious hops #UFC221 pic.twitter.com/4qEezGUZnO — Honky Extraordinaire (@Mr_Honky) February 9, 2018

More Style Bender

"He's one of the best stand-up guys I've ever seen do this." @MeganOlivi and @ForrestGriffin break down the highly-anticipated debut of 'The @Stylebender' Israel Adesanya ➡️ https://t.co/RZnL2VJeHG pic.twitter.com/ZlaC5M3dXB — UFC (@ufc) February 8, 2018

Belated congratulations to my old coach, Travis Tooke, on this very slick takedown to submission at the 2017 Europeans!

Good Reads

Podcasts and Video

AJ and I preview Rockhold-Romero! Check us out on SoundCloud as well as iTunes and Stitcher on the official MMA Mania channel!

What beer should you be drinking tomorrow night? Flyin Brian J has you covered. Follow MMA Mania on Youtube

Random Land

This first-person story about a black dude hitting the slopes for the first time ahead of the Winter Olympics really did make me laugh out loud.

Self-righteous anger is the funniest anger.

My Response to the Lady who got mad because of my Chicken GoFundMe with a goal of a $1! I was just joking why u mad https://t.co/j1ggFNWuzA pic.twitter.com/80WZuhZAZr — Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) August 10, 2017

David Bowie waxes prophetic on the Internet in 1999

Unreal foresight from Bowie on internet culture, back in '99. pic.twitter.com/bVrRv2GHvf — Ninja Tune (@ninjatune) February 9, 2018

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