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Former UFC champion Meisha Tate weighed in on the controversy between Donald Cerrone and his old gym, Jackson-Winklejohn. Cerrone had a lot to say about Mike Winklejohn, in particular, after he was booted from the gym in favor of newcomer Mike Perry. He blasted Winklejohn for allowing anyone off the street to spar pro fighters, among other complaints. In return, Winklejohn called Cerrone “narcissistic” and said the split was a long time coming. Meisha Tate came down largely on the side of Donald Cerrone. Via MMAFighting.com:

“This is reminiscent,” Tate said. “I feel like we’ve heard this story about this camp before when it was Rashad Evans and him feeling like he was pushed out of the spot with Jon Jones coming in. “What I think is not cool, if it had been someone that had been training there like Carlos Condit or someone like that who had been training there a long time and they were gonna fight each other and both had that mutual respect, and mutual foundation at that gym, that’s different. But when the new guy is coming in and he’s like, ‘I wanna fight Cowboy’ and he comes to Cowboy’s gym, I think that the right thing to do by the gym - I think there’s some loyalty that should be towards Cowboy. He’s been there a really, really long time.”

Winklejohn’s response to this would probably be similar to the response he already gave “Cowboy”, that loyalty runs both ways and Cerrone hadn’t been showing loyalty to the gym in his estimation.

Tate explained how she thought the situation should have been handled:

‘This is probably not the camp for you to come in, Mike, because you’re fighting our boy. Cowboy has been with us forever. We’d love for you to come in for the next camp but Cowboy’s our dude,’” Tate said. “That’s how I think. Even though I know Cowboy doesn’t drive there every single day, he doesn’t train at the gym - there are some other reasons I think behind that, I think - that’s just me. That’s how I hope my gym would operate if I was under those circumstances.”

Insomnia

The Chosen One

How will Darren Till’s historical cardio issues interact with Tyron Woodley’s historical cardio issues?

Three years later, Nicolas Dalby vs. Darren Till is an epic MMA curio. A 22-year-old "Gorilla" trounced the Dane for 10 minutes before experiencing system failure from flagging cardio and a bum shoulder. Madness ensued.



Dalby returns tomorrow at #CW96, Till next week at #UFC228. pic.twitter.com/oWEhgyaWpz — Kyle Johnson (@Maldobabo) August 31, 2018

Disaster in slow motion. This guy is lucky he still has a nose

A post shared by Derrick Lewis (@thebeastufc) on Aug 31, 2018 at 11:35am PDT

Tito Ortiz tried to clarify his training schedule, and it did not go well.

Tito Ortiz clarifies his previous comments about his training schedule: pic.twitter.com/pVZiwH4x7t — Borrachinha Depot (@FullContactMTWF) August 31, 2018

Makes sense

I’m told the Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3 bout in November is three rounds. Apparently there was some speculation it could have been five. But it’ll be three. — Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) August 31, 2018

Sorry, but this was funny.

It’s good to see that Ray Borg’s child is out of surgery and doing well!

Little man did great and is out of surgery recovering, thank you all for the love and support. pic.twitter.com/SrWNccJazq — Ray Borg (@tazmexufc) August 31, 2018

BJ Penn vs. Ryan Hall? Sign me up.

It appears as though BJ Penn isn’t done yet. According to multiple sources, the UFC is currently discussing booking Penn vs. Ryan Hall later this year — https://t.co/MZFKTsSrsr — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 1, 2018

Someone on Twitter replied, “five finger discount to five finger death punch”

Shoplifting bully gets wrecked pic.twitter.com/hqGnHN3Aww — ZombieProphet (@GIFsZP) August 31, 2018

Brian Kelleher explains why everyone is lining up to fight Logan Paul.

We don’t all wanna fight Logan Paul , we all just want more money — Brian Kelleher (@brianboom135) August 31, 2018

Good point

Logan Paul fighting in the UFC would make a mockery of MMA. What happened to this upstanding sport? PRIDE never die. pic.twitter.com/2J3WbUUQwK — caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 31, 2018

Power workout

Invicta FC 31 imminent

Slips, Rips, and KO Clips

Flying knee knockout

flying knee KO by Alexandre Bezerra !

What a vicious event tonight ! pic.twitter.com/ucvVkeW1lf — Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) August 31, 2018

Controversy

Combat Sambo ace Tagir Ulanbekov (7-1) just tossed around Kazakhstan's Zhalgas Zhumagulov for 25 minutes in the #FNG88 main event, somehow got stuck with a horrific decision loss by the Kazakh judges



Some representative highlights. Zhumgalov is in red, definitely not winning. pic.twitter.com/lNxELQptg5 — DC Howard (@FightFan_DC) August 31, 2018

Question mark kicks are awesome

More angles. Sadibou Sy sleeps Caio Magalhaes in R1. It's a Brazilian kick this time. #PFL7 pic.twitter.com/m7kBIgN20L — caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 31, 2018

Position before beatdown

Asu Almabaev > Saud Karagishov – 2R TKO - HL (FNG) pic.twitter.com/7kvyxbBkfJ — Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) August 31, 2018

Not what he planned

flying knee attempt punished

Nice T/KO by Ziyodilla Kurbanov (MX) pic.twitter.com/zZONWVJhNz — Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) August 31, 2018

Nice throw

Zamzagul “Bopay” Fayzallanova (6:1 now) TKOd Alena Gorchinskaya in 1R (FNG) pic.twitter.com/AWezu84E2G — Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) August 31, 2018

I’ve been seeing a lot of these land lately

Gotdamn. Bazigit Atayev stops Sean O'Connell via spinning back kick to the liver & punches #PFL7 pic.twitter.com/UzI9YvUWzV — caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 31, 2018

Kyoji Horiguchi is a whirling dervish of violence

Random Land

I need one of these

Bitch I’m never missing my flight again. pic.twitter.com/hPc1zNbmKv — ✭Ms. Alyce✭ (@GloUpElite) August 28, 2018

This dog has an evil spirit

Stay woke, Maniacs! Follow me on Twitter and Facebook @Vorpality. By the way, my little dog is back home from surgery and already trying to walk on her healing leg, so she’s definitely feeling better.