I gotta say, respect to the Madden curse for really upping its fucking game. No resting on laurels there. 

Caught this last weekend, and yeah, as much as I was mesmerized by the feat, the process and the images (dude, when the camera pulls out at the end to show El Cap in its entirety, holy crap), I came away thinking something ain’t right with Alex.

the most impressive athletic achievement of our lifetimes

Just everybody who calls himself one

Easy now. Not all patriots are racist.  

They also have a team with a racial slur as its name.

I think that’s what Khabib was talking about when he called it a sport of respect.

Dana White only understands respect when it’s directed at him or can benefit him. 

1) It was very fun watching McGregor get his face ground into the mat last night. Fuck that guy forever.
2) I hope Khabib lawyers up over his lost purse. It seems that in light of at the very least McGregor’s bus incident, precedent would be on his side. 

“Whatever you think of Conor, at least respect the guy”

Exactly. In the region where Khabib is from if you disrespect someone’s family or religion the best case scenario is getting beat within an inch of your life. Depending on what faction you’ve insulted other, not unlikely, options are you, and possibly your whole family, end up in a prison to never be seen again or are …

Khabib should not have jumped over the cage to attack Conor’s BJJ guy who was spouting verbal garbage at him throughout his big moment. He should indeed be penalized.

While it’s a foregone conclusion that Khabib’s purse is going to be withheld, all this talk of banning him from the UFC smacks of favoritism. You’re telling me McGregor gets all the passes in the world, but Khabib gets banned for defending his family and religion? No, sir. That dog won’t hunt.

I haven’t seen anyone justify Khabib’s actions.  What I do see is a lot of people wanting Dana and the UFC to admit that they did spur this on.  They sat idly by and let Connor say vile things all because it sold PPVs.  Now the ramifications of letting Connor run wild and using his words in their marketing campaign…

There are 100%, without a fucking doubt, McGregor fans (not all, but for sure some) who are indulging in white power fantasy with him. The brash, swag, shit taking white guy comes in and insults (usually racially) and beats up brown people? They fucking love it.

They would need to win before they could pick up a defeated opponent.

Connor and White seemed to be the only ones not picking up on the fact that Khabib was not fucking playing. Connor comes out like a cartoon villain, insulting Khabib’s family, manager, culture and religion, he throws a fake fucking kick at the weigh in and Khabib does nothing. Because you know where he’s from it’s not…

I honestly can’t read anyone praising McGregor for anything—and I have relatives who adore him—without wondering how they’d feel about him if his skin was a few shades darker.

 It's actually more like an asshole swallowing itself

“What he should have done was walk over, pick Conor up and say some great things to one of other. Whatever you think of Conor, at least respect the guy.”