Mixed martial arts journalism is a serious business. Following the MMA community on Twitter, is not. The following is a light-hearted (and sometimes insightful) look at how the combat sports world viewed UFC 189 via social media.
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#UFC189 Welterweight War pic.twitter.com/GQxKEpl65Z
— Nathan McCarter (@McCarterN) July 12, 2015Here's what Frankie said to Conor at the cage: Congratulations. F--k Aldo, let's me and you fight next.
#UFC189
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) July 12, 2015The UFC was founded on Shamrocks.
W A K E U P S H E E P L E
#IlluMMAnati
— Derek (@ricketyoldshack) July 12, 2015Something tells me that nine months or so from today, a few new Irish babies will come into the world.
— Steven Marrocco (@MMAjunkieSteven) July 12, 2015#Strikeforce alums continue to reign! Congrats to @Ruthless_RL. https://t.co/RRtdjDgpMD
— SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) July 12, 2015Lawler took Rory McDonald's nose off so bad, he turned into a South Park character #UFC189 @MMARoasted @Izi_Garcia pic.twitter.com/XIeoqMrxnr
— Mars Herns (@MarsHerns) July 12, 2015CONFIRMED: Chad Mendes won R1 from all three judges.
— Matt Erickson (@MMAjunkieMatt) July 12, 2015Anyone who spent $70 for tonight's UFC fight just got more excitement w/Almeida's knee than anyone who spent $100 on Mayweather-Pacquiao.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 12, 2015#UFC189 McGregor-Mendes was everything Mayweather-Pacquiao was supposed to be
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) July 12, 2015Congrats, champ. #TheTakeoverContinues
@TheNotoriousMMA pic.twitter.com/bMzLNw18eV
— #UFC189 (@ufc) July 12, 2015For Ireland! @TheNotoriousMMA wins #UFC189! pic.twitter.com/EG2Zlz5uvp
— Reebok (@Reebok) July 12, 2015Photo: Rory MacDonald was up 39-37 on every scorecard before finish against Robbie Lawler http://t.co/bXF0SEYZhR pic.twitter.com/Fe04jo5Z6V
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) July 12, 2015No excuse can be made about a short camp. Everyone knows Aldo's history of pulling out of fights. Conor isn't a good wrestler. Didn't matter
— FrontRowBrian® (@FrontRowBrian) July 12, 2015Tonight's bonuses shall be decided by amount of blood lost per fight. It's the only fair way, guys.
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) July 12, 2015Aldo's gotta be salivating though. He knows he's gonna make more $ cause McGregor hype stays high & his lead leg is there to be brutalized.
— Justin Ivey (@JustinIvey_) July 12, 2015Amazing UFC event, and now I have no doubts that Conor McGregor would slaughter Jose Aldo.
— jim genia (@jim_genia) July 12, 2015I want to take UFC 189, brew it into beer and pour it on my brain.
— RJ Clifford (@RJcliffordMMA) July 12, 2015Do you hear that? That's Dana White breathing the illest sigh of relief you have ever heard.
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) July 12, 2015I love Conor McGregor so much. He's a cross between a lost "Bloodsport" character and 30 guys I went to Holy Cross with.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) July 12, 2015Every single opponent Conor McGregor fights
They all crumble. They all crumble.
You can hate, but facts are facts
Give him his respect
— MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday) July 12, 2015Mendes with a full camp wins I think but no guarantee. McGregor is accurate with heavy hands. Best possible outcome for all involved.
— Josh Gross (@yay_yee) July 12, 2015Goodbye doubters. McGregor is undeniable.
— Eric Stinton (@TombstoneStint) July 12, 2015oh fuck #was Rory's nose “@MMALatestNws: So this is Rory MacDonalds nose. Ouch!! #UFC189 pic.twitter.com/K1Zc2dOnHG”
— Muscle Phone™ (@MusclePhone) July 12, 2015— Chris Nelson (@3ammma) July 12, 2015
McGregor walkout pic.twitter.com/sDR2axoUeF
— John Stouffer (@johnstouffer) July 12, 2015That Irish flag in the Octagon canvas with Sinead signing live in person is the UFC I've always been waiting for.
— Luke Thomas (@SBNLukeThomas) July 12, 2015UFC 189: Facial Surgery
#UFC189
— James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) July 12, 2015"@3ammma: i thought they canceled Hannibal pic.twitter.com/XJsjHFigXA" Red King
— laura gilbert (@TGILaura) July 12, 2015Rory's face gone you guys. It's gone. #UFC189
— Tommy Toe Hold (@TommyToeHold) July 12, 2015MacDonald might've been 5 minutes from victory. Lawler made him crumble with one left cross. That broken nose is the symbol of this classic.
— Jordan Breen (@jordanbreen) July 12, 2015Robbie Lawler's lip looks like the Joker's cheeks. #UFC189 #UFC #MMA
— Danny Acosta (@AcostaIsLegend) July 12, 2015The fight started out very technical and calculated
It turned into a bloody fight
Amazing amazing fight.
One of the best of all time
— MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday) July 12, 2015That's one of the best wins of Robbie Lawler's career. I'm so happy to have been so wrong in writing him off years back.
— Todd Martin (@ToddMartinMMA) July 12, 2015I can't lie: I'm Canadian and even I find it hard to root for Rory MacDonald.
— Freddie DeFreitas (@freddefreitas) July 12, 2015The Robbie Lawler championship kit is about to become a collector's item.
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) July 12, 2015Rory's cornermen look like a team of paramedics.
— Bleacher Report MMA (@BR_MMA) July 12, 2015Admit it, if Rory MacDonald lived next door to you you'd call the cops and tell them you know someone they should at least look into.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) July 12, 2015I think this sums up #UFC189 so far tonight! @Rripman916 @TommyToeHold @Izi_Garcia pic.twitter.com/9L7ygtKOH2
— Jay Roberts (@jayrobertsradio) July 12, 2015If this was the Sprite Flying Knee contest I wouldn't know who to score higher.
— Tomasz J. Marciniak (@tjmarciniak) July 12, 2015Bodies-in-the-streets level violence tonight. I don't know whether to push the bar stools back together or gather up the gloves and sticks.
— RJ Clifford (@RJcliffordMMA) July 12, 2015Stephens just got mega gangster and smoked Bermudez with a flying knee. That was some real gangster shit. Eazy E just nodded from heaven.
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) July 12, 2015i think its bullshit that Bermudez doesnt get 20% of win bonus.
— E. Casey Leydon (@ekc) July 12, 2015My mom woke up and said wake me up when that Irish kid fights I want to see him get punched in the mouth then went back to sleep. #UFC189
— Sherdog (@TheSherdoggy) July 12, 2015The production truck shows that a clash of heads caused a cut.
Three UFC doctors have denied it. "It's an old cut."
— Suzanne Davis (@SoozieCuzie) July 12, 2015He's a squirter #UFC189
— Zara-Blue Barry (@ZaraBarry) July 12, 2015Rory MacDonald #UFC189 pic.twitter.com/iKLXqfSKcP
— adam nelson (@GorillaTheBear) July 12, 2015Seems like a good time to put context to sponsorship deal.
UFC/Reebok - 6 yr, $70M;
Kevin Durant/Nike - 10 yr, $300M.
— Mike Chiappetta MMA (@MikeChiappetta) July 12, 2015One octagon girl for each side of the octagon and one fluffer?
— tanya (@TheTanyaAttack) July 12, 2015Fun fact: Brandon Thatch told me that he took a piss in the Playboy Mansion pool. #LifeGoals
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) July 12, 2015Even Gunnar Nelson's walkout song is depressed.
— Chuck Mindenhall (@ChuckMindenhall) July 12, 2015Pickett making Octagon angels. https://t.co/2XoPsJZRcK
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) July 12, 2015Every once in a while I get to say it: Dear Media Members: You may now write your post-fight bonus story.
— Matt Erickson (@MMAjunkieMatt) July 12, 2015Wow. I feel privileged to have just watched one of the greatest knockouts in the history of this sport. Thomas Almeida is something else.
— Jon (@oldbeanjon) July 12, 2015Pickett did the testifying in church bit where the hands fly up when they crash to the canvas. That's the ultimate sign of being donezo.
— Luke Thomas (@SBNLukeThomas) July 12, 2015— Chris Nelson (@3ammma) July 12, 2015
When Joe Rogan and Dana White talk (yell) before the UFC PPV I wait for one of them to literally explode on camera. #2MuchEnergy
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) July 12, 2015I bet all of Dana White's keyboards have chips lodged in the caps lock key.
— Suzanne Davis (@SoozieCuzie) July 12, 2015Matt Brown just told the world he knew he was going to have a cage fight where elbow supremacy was to be battled out. We are not worthy.
— Luke Thomas (@SBNLukeThomas) July 12, 2015Matt Brown is a burning wand of sage that the UFC uses to smudge any hum-drum energy out of the octagon on fight night. #ufc189
— Jeff Wagenheim (@jeffwagenheim) July 12, 2015Matt Brown would get the last Jello cup in the prison cafeteria. I'm convinced of this now.
— Greg Savage (@TheSavageTruth) July 12, 2015Matt Brown now has the most finishes in UFC welterweight history with 12.
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) July 12, 2015That was a scrapppppp
— Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) July 12, 2015That's the Marcelo Garcia special right there. To perfection. Matt Brown is your god.
— Luke Thomas (@SBNLukeThomas) July 12, 2015I remember when I thought Matt Brown was a scrub. I'm happy that I turned out to be very, very wrong.
— Eric Stinton (@TombstoneStint) July 12, 2015Thank the MMA gods for Brown-Means. We deserve some violence after all of that, dessert after our Brussels sprouts. #UFC189
— Patrick Wyman (@Patrick_Wyman) July 12, 2015Somebody better wake Rory up out of the coffin he sleeps in. Almost fight time.
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) July 12, 2015The last time Mike Swick was in a back & forth MMA bout, Paulo Thiago brabo'd him so badly they animated it into the 2nd UFC Undisputed game
— Joe Ortiz (@PochoMMA) July 12, 2015This was my mom during the last fight. Lol pic.twitter.com/BZ6WBVPhJy
— Sherdog (@TheSherdoggy) July 12, 2015Guilty that atrocious Pendred/Howard score is none other than Tony Weeks. Tony is not judging either title fight. pic.twitter.com/NBH0BZmWDl
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) July 12, 2015The only thing worse than that fight was the score!!! Split decision????
— Dana White (@danawhite) July 12, 2015Reebok got these cornermen looking like... #UFC189 #UFCFightKit pic.twitter.com/VIv5IjBoIK
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) July 12, 2015You pretty much have to go with the guy with the neck tattoo right? I mean the guy is all in.
— RJ Clifford (@RJcliffordMMA) July 12, 2015The Team Alpha Male moms won't let their kids play with Cody because of his scary tattoos. #UFC189
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) July 12, 2015Please get kicked in the nuts just so I can say, "Right in the Briones."
— Suzanne Davis (@SoozieCuzie) July 12, 2015Smolka fighting like he just bought the UFC Strategy Guide and learned all the buttons for the combos and fatalities. Show out, my man.
— Jordan Breen (@jordanbreen) July 11, 2015Anybody else enjoying Neil Siri on the new irelandPhone? Mine keeps calling me a daft cunt. #UFC189 @MMARoasted pic.twitter.com/KveRGeGGoN
— Joe Jaggi (@joejaggi) July 11, 2015i am digging the cleaner graphics. now just get rid of all those logos in the cage.
— E. Casey Leydon (@ekc) July 11, 2015I tweet this every time, but here it is:
"2 Tap" Seery has more knockouts than submissions.
"One Punch" Pickett has more subs than KOs.
— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) July 11, 2015That's what happens when you pfister. You bleed. #sorry
— midnite (@123midnite) July 11, 2015One of the selling points of the reebok deal was "cleaning up" the look. Take a look at the octagon. Littered with advertisements.
— FrontRowBrian® (@FrontRowBrian) July 11, 2015A Night of Tweets returns Saturday night for #UFC189 on @sherdogdotcom. Send me your fire: http://t.co/YJQbjpEb0D pic.twitter.com/FIiKkXW8fu
— Mike Fridley (@mikefridley) July 11, 2015