Fans are questioning the legitimacy of the Jake Paul vs. Dillon Danis driveby water balloon attack after the release of new footage — this and much more on Thursday's social media roundup.
Food Truck Diaries' footage of Jake Paul's run-up on Dillon Danis
Previously on social media, Jake Paul posted a video on both Twitter and Instagram of him pulling up on Bellator fighter and teammate to Conor McGregor, Dillon Danis. At the time of the video, Danis was filing Brendan Schaub's series Food Truck Diaries. The following footage has fans wondering if the incident was actually staged.
This couldn’t not be more fake-------- pic.twitter.com/MJcUEbkRCU
— TheArtOfWar---- (@TheArtOfWar6) December 17, 2020
UFC releases new cool fan ranking system
It's fair to say when UFC rankings are released and updated every Tuesday morning, some of the fighters' rankings are very questionable and baffling. Currently, UFC rankings are determined and voted by the MMA media. The UFC has given fans an excellent custom rankings tool to give fans their opinions on what each division should look like.
The ranking power is now in your hands! --
— UFC (@ufc) December 16, 2020
[ Create your own here -- https://t.co/DLDvmlA36O ] pic.twitter.com/UQnl4wAhWK
Ali Abdelaziz willing to compete against Tony Ferguson in SUG
Since Tony Ferguson's unanimous decision loss over Charles Oliveira, Khabib Nurmagomedov's manager, Ali Abdelaziz has been taking verbal jabs at Ferguson via social media. The most recent string of jabs at Ferguson has been quite brutal. Abdelaziz mentions to Tony how Khabib would have crippled him, and that he is now a gatekeeper to rising stars like Islam Makhachev and Beneil Dariush.
You’re lucky you lost because @TeamKhabib cripple you you know it I know it and now the whole world know it https://t.co/ZnqN1eShK1
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) December 15, 2020
You are now Gate keeper Young upcoming talent to beat your ass like @MAKHACHEVMMA @beneildariush hooker and many more https://t.co/ZnqN1eShK1
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) December 15, 2020
Abdelaziz then went on to say that he would be willing to compete against Ferguson at a Submission Underground event.
Yes -- https://t.co/OFPPSmYm3i
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) December 16, 2020
Israel Adesanya needs his hentai fix
Since Israel Adesanysa burst onto the scene in the UFC a few years ago, he has certainly let fans know about his passion and love for things such as anime. It seems Adesanya is also a fan of Hentai.
Hentai would hit so different rn. https://t.co/c2H5wRT3jV
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) December 16, 2020
Robert Whittaker ready to pile on the pounds over the festive season
Moving on from talking about the current UFC middlweight king, lets go on to talk about the former middlweight champ, Robert Whittaker. After Whittaker beat Jared Cannonier back in October, he expressed his desire to get home and spend the holidays with his family instead of booking fights. Whittaker's main focus now is to carb load until 2021.
Nothing but carb loading until next year ---- pic.twitter.com/lxjzqSnHyd
— Robert Whittaker (@robwhittakermma) December 16, 2020
Highlights from Mark Hunt's loss to Paul Gallen
Check out some of the highlights from Mark Hunt's recent boxing match loss to former rugby player turned professional boxer, Paul Gallen.
【速報】ボクシング 2020.12.16
— ---------------- (@kixaboxa) December 16, 2020
旧K-1、UFCで活躍した“サモアの怪人”
マーク・ハント vs ポール・ガレン pic.twitter.com/SaWwMsFZVU
Dillon Danis funnily reacts to Jake Paul
Following Jake Paul's verbal and physical attacks on Dillon Danis over the past few days, Danis has took to Twitter to react to the situation.
"dip dip dip" https://t.co/Q5EMdPVx1O
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) December 15, 2020
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) December 15, 2020
Relive Stephen Thompson's reaction to Megan Olivi ignoring hid hand shake offer
And to round off Thursday's social media roundup, we finish with an extremely funny clip of Stephen Thomspon. As far as funny videos of MMA fighters go, this following clip of Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson being declined a handshake from Megan Olivi is about as good as it gets.
It’s okay @WonderboyMMA, we won’t leave you hanging -- #UFCVegas17 pic.twitter.com/QJknUvUt6L
— UFC (@ufc) December 16, 2020
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