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Jake Paul thinks Sean Strickland is a bully. And ‘The Problem Child’ doesn’t like bullies.

On Friday, the former middleweight world champion made headlines once again after footage emerged of him putting a beating on popular Rumble streamer Sneako. The two had met a month prior at an event and Strickland reportedly invited him to hit the gym and go a few rounds.

Once Strickland had Sneako locked inside a cage, all the pleasantries were out the door.

Strickland bloodied and battered the kid, prompting many people within the MMA community to offer Strickland a round of applause. However, not everybody was amused. Jake Paul took to social media and slammed ‘Tarzan’ for going hard on a kid with little to no experience.

Paul then offered to fly Strickland out to Puerto Rico so they could have their own hard sparring session in front of cameras.

“Shawn Strickland you’re embarrassing for trying to stop sneako like that you weren’t even able to drop someone with no experience while going all out,” Paul wrote on X in response to the clip.

“You’re a horrid boxer that only picks on inexperienced people.. I’ll fly you to PR and we can fight on camera… if you win I’ll give you $ 1 million (half your net worth) But if you get dropped you have to get Betr tattooed on you. DM me. But just like paddy I’m guessing you’ll find a way to run.”

‘The Problem Child’ followed up his initial post with another, labeling Strickland as a bully.

“I hate bullies,” Paul added. “I was bullied and then was the bully sometimes in my YouTuber days. But now all my energy is focused on Boxing Bullies @Boxingbullies and helping the youth. But when I see someone like Strickland constantly bullying people, it’s time to bully back.”

Of course, it didn’t take long for Sean Strickland to snap back at Paul, making light of the YouTuber’s loss to Tommy Fury last year.

“You lost to a part time boxer….. lmao……… don’t forget that,” Strickland wrote.

Sean Strickland didn’t stop there

The ex-champ was far from done, laying into Jake Paul in a series of expletive-filled posts and expressing his desire to take the boxer’s life.

“Real talk… jokes aside.. Jake Paul is an utter fucking joke,” Strickland added. “You box small retired old mma fighters and you sell sugar water to kids.. If it were legal I’d take your fucking life with a smile on my face. Is there any place on this earth I can take this man’s life and walk?

“Actually Jake I’ll make you a better deal because money can’t buy happiness and you have plenty of it and youre still a cunt……. No cameras, me and you in a desert…. That would buy my happiness… No Instagram, no likes, no games…. Just you that’s what I want…….

“I want to conclude this, I want you all to understand the phenomenon that is Jake. You’re a professional troll, you fight retired small MMA fighters because you’re a troll but the worst part of it all is that you’re a cancer. You inspire people to accomplish nothing, to be nothing. You inspire people to be trolls because you were successful at it. Jake Paul you might be rich but you’re not man, you byproduct of society that has fallen. Your trolls will rally around you and be inspired to be like you but understand one thing, you and your troll army are not my equals. Enjoy your virtual world with the understanding that you’re a cancer on this country. Money will never buy you dignity. Enjoy.“

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MMA truly is the sport of kings.

On Friday, Dogfight Wild Tournament 2nd Impact took place at Tarraco Arena in Tarragona, Spain, and delivered some of the most insane MMA-adjacent action you will ever see.

The brainchild of Spanish YouTuber Jordi Wild, the event was Wild’s second foray into combat sports promotion and featured a number of unorthodox matchups, including a no-rules fight, 2-on-2 MMA, a 5-on-1 “Last Survivor” bout, and a four-man “Bloodsport Tournament” that was striking only.

The main event was a 3-on-1 matchup that was absolutely electric. Eduardo Riego faced off against three smaller men (Manuel, Ivan, and Tomas) in two-minute rounds, and things did not go well for him early. As it turns out, three is quite a bit more than two, and Riego was swarmed immediately, barely surviving the trifecta’s onslaught.

Things heated up in Round 2, however, as Riego managed to choke out one of the fighters, forcing the referees to stoppage the action and remove him from the cage.

Now it was 2-on-1, and with the odds a little more evenly stacked … Riego still struggled because two is still more than one.

HOWEVER, in the third round, things took a major turn.

Riego managed to choke one of his two remaining opponents out with a mounted guillotine, turning the tide entirely. Now a 1-on-1 contest, his remaining foe stood little chance, succumbing to a rear-naked choked just a few moments later.

After the bout, the three defeated men were all class, hoisting Riego on their shoulders and parading him around the ring like the modern-day hero he is. A comeback for the ages.

The co-main event was a 5-on-1 survivor fight that was exactly like it sounds: Cesar Alonso faced off with five separate fighters, one after the other, having three minutes to get the finish in each round. Alonso is a 5-5 professional MMA fighter and he dispatched the cadre of opposition with relative ease, mowing through each man, primarily by relying on his grappling.

The event also featured multiple fighting surfaces. Most bouts took place inside a traditional cage, however the “Bloodsport Tournament” took place on an elevated v-like structure that was basically two ramps forcing the fighters into the center of the surface. The first of those fights resulted in one of the most brutal knockouts of the year so far, when “The Monkey King” (Emilio Montesclaros) got demolished by a knee from “El Ninja” (Sergio Hidalgo).

It should also be mentioned that throughout this phase of the proceedings, Jordi Wild and his fellow commentators sat overlooking the fighting surface from ornate thrones with a katana in front of him and a gong to the side. Wild also interviewed the fighters from this position after each bout.

The no-rules bout was a bit of a let down, as it ended up being a pretty standard-issue bare-knuckle MMA bout, but the 2-on-2 bout delivered as Alberto Rondán and Nicolas Martínez dominated Chiky Arroyo and Pau Peñalba in a chaotic display of paired fighting.

The event also featured a number of other attractions, from a heavy metal band playing an interlude, to a stand-up comedy act in the middle of the cage. The whole thing was entirely outlandish and the raucous crowd seemed to love every minute of it.

You can watch a replay of the entire event below.

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The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 86 fight card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas officially weighed in on Friday.  Following the weigh-in, the fighters faced off with their opponents ahead of Saturday’s event.

The event is headlined by a middleweight bout between Jack Hermansson and Joe Pyfer.  Hermansson (23-8) is coming off a loss to tenth-ranked Roman Dolidze and hasn’t fought since December 2022. He’s struggled to put together a win streak over the past five years stuck in a pattern of winning one and losing the next, but is ranked 11th in the division. 

Pyfer (12-2) is riding a five-fight winning streak finishing each of the five opponents. His last loss came in 2020, and he’s only gone to a decision or the third round once in his career. The match is a classic up and coming making waves taking on an older more experienced veteran.

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A light heavyweight matchup is headed to Miami.

Light heavyweight contenders Philipe Lins and Ion Cutelaba will face off at UFC 299 on March 9 in the Kaseya Center in Miami, multiple sources confirmed with MMA Fighting, Marcel Dorff was first to report the news.

Former PFL heavyweight champion Lins joined UFC in 2020, losing his first two bouts in the promotion. He then dropped down to 205 pounds where he’s won three straight, most recently a unanimous decision win over Maxim Grishin at UFC Vegas 74.

A staple of the UFC’s light heavyweight division since joining the promotion in 2016, Cutelaba flirted with the top 15 once upon a time but has had a tough run of late, dropping three of his past five bouts. Cutelaba did rebound in his most recent outing though, scoring a first round TKO over Tanner Boser at UFC Kansas City.

UFC 299 will be headlined by a bantamweight title fight between Sean O’Malley and Chito Vera, and will also feature a five-round co-main event fight between former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier and Benoit Saint Denis. The full UFC 299 fight card can be found below.

Sean O’Malley vs. Chito Vera

Dustin Poirier vs. Benoit Saint Denis

Kevin Holland vs. Michael “Venom” Page

Gilbert Burns vs. Jack Della Maddalena

Petr Yan vs. Song Yadong

Curtis Blaydes vs. Jailton Almeida

Katlyn Chookagian vs. Maycee Barber

Mateusz Gamrot vs. Rafael dos Anjos

Pedro Munhoz vs. Kyler Philips

Michel Pereira vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk

Robelis Despaigne vs. Josh Parisian

C.J. Vergara vs. Assu Almabayev

Joanne Wood vs. Maryna Moroz

Philipe Lins vs. Ion Cutelaba

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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Vegas 86 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by a 185-pound showdown between middleweight maulers Jack Hermansson and Joe Pyfer. The action gets underway this Sat. night (Feb. 10, 2024) on ESPN+ from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, and also features a lightweight co-headliner between long-time 155-pound veterans Dan Ige vs. Andre Fili.

Before the ESPN+ live stream gets underway this weekend in “Sin City,” which also includes the middleweight showdown pitting Brad Tavares opposite Gregory Rodrigues, all 28 fighters must hit the scale to prove themselves worthy. Note: Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) affords a one-pound allowance in non-title fights.

The UFC Vegas 86 weigh ins will stream LIVE in the embedded video player above beginning promptly at 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT). We’ll also have real-time text updates for the “Hermansson vs. Pyfer” weigh ins listed below, updated as they happen. Remember too that staredowns will commence at the conclusion of today’s weigh ins (roughly 2 p.m. ET).

Complete UFC Vegas 86 weigh ins text results below:

UFC Vegas 86 Main Card on ESPN+:

185 lbs.: Jack Hermansson (185) vs. Joe Pyfer (185.5)
145 lbs.: Dan Ige (146) vs. Andre Fili (146)
185 lbs.: Robert Bryczek (185.5) vs. Ihor Potieria (187.5)
185 lbs.: Brad Tavares (186) vs. Gregory Rodrigues (186)
155 lbs.: Darrius Flowers (156)* vs. Michael Johnson (156)
185 lbs.: Rodolfo Vieira (185.5) vs. Armen Petrosyan (186)

UFC Vegas 86 ‘Prelims’ Card on ESPN+:

170 lbs.: Trevin Giles (171) vs. Carlos Prates (171)
155 lbs.: Bolaji Oki (156) vs. Timothy Cuamba (155)
115 lbs.: Loma Lookboonmee (115.5) vs. Bruna Brasil (115.5)
205 lbs.: Devin Clark (204.5) vs. Marcin Prachnio (204.5)
170 lbs.: Max Griffin (170.5) vs. Jeremiah Wells (171)
205 lbs.: Bogdan Guskov (205.5) vs. Zac Pauga (206)
145 lbs.: Hyder Amil (145.5) vs. Fernie Garcia (146)
135 lbs.: Daniel Marcos (136)* vs. Qileng Aori (136)

* Missed weight on initial attempt, had one hour to lose .25 pounds. Made weight on second attempt.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Vegas 86 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the ESPN+ preliminary card bouts at 4 p.m. ET, followed by the ESPN+ main card start time at 7 p.m. ET.

To check out the latest and greatest UFC Vegas 86 news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive here. For the updated and finalized “Hermansson vs. Pyfer” fight card and ESPN+ line up click here.

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