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Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St. Pierre has a lot of experience in scary situations, but none of his fight training prepared him for this: he was charged by a gorilla in the jungle. The former champion made no pretense of unnecessary toughness, adopting a submissive posture and ducking out of the way.

This video was taken in Africa seconds after an alpha gorilla charged me. I had to take a submissive posture and get out of his way. One of the most frightening and incredible experiences of my life - even with all the fight training in the world I wouldn’t have been a match!

This video was taken in Africa seconds after an alpha gorilla charged me. I had to take a submissive posture and get out of his way. One of the most frightening and incredible experiences of my life - even with all the fight training in the world I wouldn’t have been a match! pic.twitter.com/pn5N8X2J1t — Georges St-Pierre (@GeorgesStPierre) June 12, 2018

In the background, the smaller gorillas continue casually playing and wrestling with each other. It’s evident from the video St. Pierre’s fear was justified- unlike the movie ‘“Tarzan”, there is no chance even a lifelong martial artist and athlete like GSP would have against a foe clearly out of his weight class.

St. Pierre has teased a return against a foe more his size, Russian lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who, incidentally, grew up wrestling bear cubs in the Caucasus mountains. The fight, if it comes to fruition, won’t solve the age-old question of whether a gorilla would beat a bear, but it might determine the best MMA wrestler in history.

Insomnia

Welterweight Darren Till, nicknamed the Gorilla, couldn’t resist cracking a joke in GSP’s direction.

What’s up with Canadian fighters exploring the wilderness today? Here’s Ragin Kajan Johnson doing some hardcore parkour.

Luke Rockhold’s leg is gruesome. You might not want to see this. Oh well...

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In other news, here’s an update on @LukeRockhold’s injured leg.



Doctors say it’ll be approximately three months before he can use it for kicking, he tells me. pic.twitter.com/uakpOK2XGV — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) June 13, 2018

Tony Ferguson has a lot of mats. He’s like the supervillain of mats, like the Joker on his pile of cash.

Cody Garbrandt has the traumatized smile of someone who has gone through this.

Dana White has jokes! Well, everyone has jokes about this. Here’s hoping the optics of international diplomacy actually leads to a better world.

A post shared by Dana White (@danawhite) on Jun 12, 2018 at 4:04pm PDT

Because I’m a more recent fan, I didn’t know this story, and I appreciated reading it.

Paige VanZant fought through her broken arm injury, evidently didn’t give it time to heal, and now she will have to have more serious surgery. Hopefully it goes well for her.

Angela Hill working her push kicks

Frankie Edgar’s dog is one resourceful canine

Jonny Bones has been training in his garage for a while, but with that Brock Lesnar fight in the offing he seems to have upped his social media posts.

Related Dana White Actively Working On Brock Lesnar Vs Jon Jones

Reps reps reps A post shared by Jon Bones Jones (@jonnybones) on Jun 11, 2018 at 8:37pm PDT

He doesn’t think Lesnar’s weight and strength will be a problem- bird legs or no.

Don’t let these bird legs fool you https://t.co/Ct7VyWAr1N — Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) June 12, 2018

How long has he been waiting to spring this joke?

No, that would make me Jon “bones your mom” Jones https://t.co/exAcWr0GGS — Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) June 12, 2018

Gegard Mousasi vs. Robert Whittaker would be an awesome fight, and a reminder that Bellator has managed to snag top five fighters across several divisions. They may not have the deepest rivals, but their best champions- Rory Macdonald, Mousasi, Michael Chandler- could beat UFC champions on a given night.

Who would you put your money on in this fight? The @BellatorMMA MW Champ or the @UFC MW Champ? I put my money on Bellator on this one. pic.twitter.com/QWScdMJJCI — Gegard Mousasi (@mousasi_mma) June 11, 2018

Apparently Charlie Chaplin’s version predated the infamous meme by a century.

l Best thing since sliced açaí A post shared by Because jitsu (@because_jitsu) on Jun 12, 2018 at 9:45am PDT

Lando Vannata with some incredible martial arts tips.

Some equally valuable travel advice here

Slips, Rips, and Comeback Clips

It’s generally rare to see comebacks so this regional MMA comeback was pretty fun to watch

A reversal is a comeback right?

This was a comeback of much higher stakes and skill

“The Ghost” Kelly Pavlik climbed off the canvas, in an epic fight, to clinch the WBC, WBO & Lineal middleweight titles from 27-0-1 Jermain Taylor.



Follow @KPavlikPunchlin pic.twitter.com/DlS6jkpGgA — EditinKing Boxing (@EditinKing) June 12, 2018

Podcasts and Video

Ariel Helwani’s final MMA Hour

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I guess we are really doing this: Dana White not really caring about the ethics of promoting an unrepentant domestic abuser like Greg Hardy because he is, surprise surprise, good at violence, is both predictable and symptomatic of our sport.

Random Land

People jumping

This 19-year-old long jumped so far he almost flew out of the pit! pic.twitter.com/geKQ9FDKzB — SB Nation (@SBNation) June 12, 2018

Coming to you live from Minnesota: Hopefully a raccoon that doesn’t jump. This is happening as I finish up so I hope to wake up and find out the little guy made it.

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