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On the first episode of UFC 299 Embedded, Sean O’Malley gets his hair done for fight week, Gilbert Burns puts in work with Kamaru Usman, Chito Vera spends time with his family at a bakery, Benoit Saint Denis arrives in Miami, Michael “Venom” Page prepares for his long-awaited UFC debut, Dustin Poirier puts the final touches on his training, and more.

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Nobody seems that impressed by Jake Paul’s recent knockout win (watch highlights).

At first glance, it should be a solid moment for “The Problem Child.” He flew out of the country, took on a boxer with a better record than his own, and won inside of three minutes. That should be a great night! However, the facade starts to fall apart when Paul’s opponent Ryan Bourland is examined closely: he’s a 35-year-old oil rigger who retired from professional boxing a few years ago.

The bout wasn’t remotely competitive, similar to Paul’s bout a few months ago opposite Andre August (highlights). Paul is effectively padding his record, a time-honored tradition in boxing. However, not everyone appreciates his recent tactics, and the crowd critiquing his choice in opponent includes former UFC champion Michael Bisping, who released a rant on his podcast.

According to “The Count,” Paul is scamming fight fans and making a mockery of boxing by bullying opponents with no chance at victory.

“Jake Paul was always destined to win this fight and you all are the suckers if you paid for this fight.” Bisping said (via MMA News). “Now I know most people didn’t. Unfortunately, his opponent was utter dogs—t and couldn’t make it through one round. ‘How was he able to get it done?’ Oh, he’s just so good. He expected a second round but my god the guy did it round one!

“[Canelo] doesn’t want circus sideshow freakshow fights. He is disrespecting the sport of boxing. He is disrespecting all the people who worked their way up. But more importantly, he’s conning the fans. If Ryan Bourland is your next Uber driver, give him five stars and a good tip. Beating people you know you can beat, that’s called being a bully.”

At one point in 2020, Bisping was in consideration as a possible Paul opponent. The bout never materialized, but since then, the retired Englishman has been highly critical of Paul on several occasions. He’s not alone in his opinions, of course, but there’s clearly no love lost between the two.

Earlier on Monday, Paul seemingly announced his next boxing date as Friday, April 26, 2023. Based on that timeline and how quickly the date has been announced, I wouldn’t expect a significant step up in competition from the recent opponents.

Gotta earn back that $ 1.5 million somehow.

Insomnia

Satoshi Ishii definitely took the path less traveled. Here’s hoping the 6th dan Judo black belt enjoys retirement!

An amazing unranked Lightweight match up! The Lightweight cup runneth over with talent.

Merab Dvalishvili is accusing One Championship triple champ Anatoly Malykhin of owing him close to 40 grand! One wonders what the bet was …

Manel Kape wants the UFC 301 open shot at Alexandre Pantoja’s title, but missing weight last time hurts his chances badly.

This cage is holding quite a bit of mass!

The promotion for Francis Ngannou vs. Anthony Joshua has been quite cool.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Over the weekend, ex-UFC Heavyweight Chase Sherman earned his revenge over ex-UFC Middleweight Alex Nicholson, who knocked him out back in 2014.

Chaos in Poland! It was a nice double leg …

That first left hook to the liver hurt real bad!

Random Land

Owl photography.

Midnight Music: Folk, 1971

Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.

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Brandon Royval doesn’t think much of Muhammad Mokaev.

In February, Royval took home a split decision win over former champion Brandon Moreno at UFC Mexico City. Immediately afterward, Royvall called for another shot at UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja next. But there are some issues. For one, Pantoja just beat Royval in December, winning a dominant unanimous decision — and for another, rising contender Mokaev exists.

This past weekend, Mokaev scored a lackluster unanimous decision win over Alex Perez at UFC Vegas 87 and he also called for a title shot against Pantoja. And unsurprisingly, Royval was not impressed by the 23-year-old’s performance.

“Maybe he beat Alex Perez, maybe not,” Royval said Monday on The MMA Hour. “He could be Alex Perez’s only win over a current UFC fighter. That being said, I don’t think it warrants a title fight. I didn’t think it was very impressive. After the first round it just seemed like he was done for. It is what it is. I just didn’t think it was that impressive.

“Any time I watch that kid fight I’m like, ‘This s*** is lame. This is boring.’ It is what it is. He started off the first round kind of strong or whatever, but that being said — by the time he fights again, I always forget what he brings to the table. Then I watch and like, ‘Oh yeah, this kid’s f****** boring.’ I get amnesia.”

While Mokaev called for a title shot next, he also appears to be interested in settling the brewing beef between he and Royval. After Royval dismissed his performance on Saturday, Mokaev fired back at the former title challenger and called for a fight in July when the UFC returns to Manchester, England. And while Royval is focused on another title shot, if this is the way the UFC wants to go, he’s also open to that, especially if it’s a main event.

“I think it goes very well. I love that matchup,” Royval said. “That’s not a fight I would ever turn down. That fight has never been offered to me. That being said, me and him are both trying to take aim at the title fight, so if one of us is going to get it, so be it. But we’ve been hyping up a fight for about a year now, so when that time comes, if one of us has a belt, or one of us doesn’t have a belt, if that’s a five-round fight, he’s dead.

“I prefer to fight anybody in a 25-minute fight. Anybody in this division in a 25-minute fight, I’m very confident … because 15 minutes, you can nullify a position for 15 minutes. You can squeeze out two rounds for sure and then maybe hold me down. I’ve never been the strongest fighter so I have been nullified before. I feel like that’s most of my losses. Twenty-five minutes, it’s really hard to do.”

Whether or not the UFC wants to pursue that is anyone’s guess at this point, as the flyweight title picture is one of the more inscrutable ones in the sport at the moment. But whether it’s Pantoja or Mokaev, Royval believes he’s done all he can to set himself up, and now the chips will fall as they may.

“I have no clue [what’s going to happen],” Royval said. “I feel like I did everything I could do. I went and took the short notice against Moreno, the No. 1 contender. I feel like if he would have won that fight, they were for sure going to give it to him no matter what. That being said, I don’t know if the situation changes because of who I am and who Moreno is.”

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Ryan Garcia is alive.

After an alarming post that referred to his violent death and Satan being “on top,” Garcia attempted to clear the air in a short video posted on social media. Everyone was thrilled to see that ‘The Flash’ was both alive and in seemingly good health, but his explanation for his recent bizarre behavior only raised more questions.

“Hey guys, it’s Ryan,” he begins. “I’m coming on here to explain what’s going on. I’m not in possession of my phone, I can’t get access to my Instagram. My cards are locked. I’m being really taking advantage [of]. I personally just want to send out a video to the people that love me and my fans and my family that’s concerned that I’m okay.

“I’m not dead. I believe in Jesus; all those are lies, and they tried to put me in jail, they’re blocking my cards, I can’t access my money. Nobody is hitting me back. I don’t know what’s going on but just know I’m okay. Love.”

Ryan claims that he has no access to his social media or his money, indicating that perhaps his identity has been stolen. However, the Golden Boy product goes on to claim that someone is trying to put him in jail but never makes it clear who “they” are.

Garcia is currently expected to step inside the boxing ring on April 20 for a title fight with the reigning and defending WBC super lightweight world champion, Devin Haney. The bout will emanate from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and is expected to sell out well before fight night arrives.

All of this may be nothing more than one big troll job by Garcia, as suggested by his father and head coach, Henry Garcia.

Of course, that could also just be a feeble attempt to cover up Garcia’s erratic behavior over the last few days. Either way, it will be interesting to see if Garcia actually makes it to his championship clash with Haney next month.

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