In this new daily column, I’ll break down the news from the world of combat sports and give you my thoughts on it. Check back each morning to read the biggest or most obscure headlines and my thoughts on them.
If it were in the PFL, it would have to be the fight of the night.
— danawhite (@danawhite) 17 August 2024
On Friday night, news leaked out that Marvin Vettori and Brendan Allen had gotten into a fight during a PFL fight in Hollywood, FL. Videos of the brawl surfaced and it was discussed on Twitter, but it was UFC President Dana White’s comment that really got everyone sitting up and taking notice.
White gave the PFL an epic jab when he wrote, “If it was on the PFL, it had to be the fight of the night,” and fans went wild. I love seeing tweets and interactions like this from Dana. It really makes the moment that much funnier.
Drake has placed a huge bet on Israel Adesanya to win UFC 305. According to his Instagram post, Drake bet $450,000 to win $855,000.
There’s always been this “Drake Curse,” but he bets so often that he’s bound to lose some. We need to put the Drake Curse behind us, because it doesn’t really exist. We just want someone to blame when a fight doesn’t go in our favor, and Drake is an easy target.
In an interview with MMA Junkie, Kayla Harrison announced her desire to be the alternate fighter for the Raquel Pennington vs. Julianna Peña title fight in November. “I wanted to fight for the belt, but I was promised that the next opportunity would be Julianna’s, so now she’s getting the next opportunity, unless one of them gets injured or gets sick, mom comes home,” Harrison said. “…Two hours’ notice, one hour’s notice, 20 minutes’ notice, yeah.”
I like the idea of Harrison being the alternate for the title shot. She deserves it. Plus, it would be good practice for her to cut down to 135 pounds since she hasn’t done that enough. Not to mention, Harrison versus either co-main fighter would be more exciting than the match we have now.
