Meeteetse. I’m calling it.

Does anyone know how to do them right?

Hay is NOTHING. Remember the upside-down room???

You, uh, ever been to Yellowstone?

We have the only government-sanctioned monument to a prostitute (Mother Featherlegs!) here in Wyoming.

I’m interested to see how this plays out. I believe, on a level, that as people (not personas) Johnson, Curry, and Copeland are wrestling with walking a weird line. I also think of the three of then, the Rock probably has enough cachet to make a pretty big splash in the public eye and within the company if he were to…

God, thank you for this comment. I am so sick of these weird thin narratives that Rousey somehow beat herself by trying to box a boxer AND that she’s a one trick pony who fought cans. Holm fought one hell of a fight against her.

Concussions are actually just the jiggle of the brain, not the brain hitting the skull. I agree with your comment that the right connecting is what rattled Sage and basically won the fight for Gall (as Sage reverted to — bad — instinct), but I just wanted to point that out because it’s a common misconception!

Right, the moment right before Gall connects with the overhand right is just as telling, too — Sage throws a pretty textbook knee in the clinch and winds up for that left hook, but isn’t prepared for someone who can really muscle him around the way Gall can. Gall’s movement right before the punch that drops Sage is a…

A punch is just a push with some mustard on it, when you get down to brass tacks.

Ha, well, hard to extend a career that never really gets off the ground...

Sage: *hands an apple to Nate Diaz* “Hey Nate, try the apple challenge!!!!”

Yup, it is! If my gossip memory is correct, that was supposed to be one of the reasons his dad had issues with Tristar, right?

There’s always room for rampant speculation to be wildly off base, of course, but I can’t think of another explanation for the bullshit around his training at Tristar that doesn’t involve his dad being a weird stage parent.

20-year-old blond wonderboy Sage Northcutt

Right, exactly. I’m loathe to say he has no real future in the sport — he has some native talent and obviously an element of athleticism going for him, and he’s 20, so who knows. If he would commit to a camp that would push him hard maybe the picture will change some both technically and mentally, I don’t know. But he…

All I want for Christmas is clear audio of Sage’s shit talk.

His fight IQ is also just....not there, my god. He should treat the ground like it’s lava and historically rarely does. The shit talking he did with Gall tonight while Gall was on his back was probably the most mature fight decision he’s ever made.

He’s young and green and has a lot of style, but huge holes in his game. He can definitely close some of those gaps (he’s got enough substance to be legit, to some degree), but it depends on a change in his training situation. He needs to get his ass to a camp that will push him.