A Night of Tweets: UFC 189
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#UFC189
Welterweight War pic.twitter.com/GQxKEpl65Z
— Nathan McCarter (@McCarterN) July 12,
2015
Here'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, 2015
The UFC was founded on Shamrocks.
W A K E U P S H E E P L E
#IlluMMAnati
— Derek (@ricketyoldshack) July
12, 2015
Something 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,
2015
Lawler 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,
2015
CONFIRMED: Chad Mendes won R1 from all three
judges.
— Matt Erickson (@MMAjunkieMatt) July
12, 2015
Anyone 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, 2015
Congrats, champ. #TheTakeoverContinues
@TheNotoriousMMA
pic.twitter.com/bMzLNw18eV
— #UFC189 (@ufc) July 12,
2015
For Ireland! @TheNotoriousMMA wins
#UFC189!
pic.twitter.com/EG2Zlz5uvp
— Reebok (@Reebok) July 12,
2015
Photo: 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, 2015
No 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, 2015
Tonight's bonuses shall be decided by amount
of blood lost per fight. It's the only fair way, guys.
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) July
12, 2015
Aldo'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, 2015
Amazing UFC event, and now I have no doubts
that Conor McGregor would slaughter Jose Aldo.
— jim genia (@jim_genia) July 12,
2015
I want to take UFC 189, brew it into beer
and pour it on my brain.
— RJ Clifford (@RJcliffordMMA) July
12, 2015
Do you hear that? That's Dana White
breathing the illest sigh of relief you have ever heard.
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) July
12, 2015
I 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, 2015
Every 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, 2015
Mendes 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,
2015
Goodbye doubters. McGregor is
undeniable.
— Eric Stinton (@TombstoneStint) July
12, 2015
oh 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, 2015
That 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, 2015
UFC 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,
2015
Rory's face gone you guys. It's gone.
#UFC189
— Tommy Toe Hold (@TommyToeHold) July
12, 2015
MacDonald 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, 2015
Robbie Lawler's lip looks like the Joker's
cheeks. #UFC189 #UFC #MMA
— Danny Acosta (@AcostaIsLegend) July
12, 2015
The 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, 2015
That'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, 2015
I can't lie: I'm Canadian and even I find it
hard to root for Rory MacDonald.
— Freddie DeFreitas (@freddefreitas) July
12, 2015
The Robbie Lawler championship kit is about
to become a collector's item.
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) July
12, 2015
Rory's cornermen look like a team of
paramedics.
— Bleacher Report MMA (@BR_MMA) July 12,
2015
Admit 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, 2015
I think this sums up #UFC189 so far
tonight! @Rripman916
@TommyToeHold
@Izi_Garcia pic.twitter.com/9L7ygtKOH2
— Jay Roberts (@jayrobertsradio) July
12, 2015
If this was the Sprite Flying Knee contest I
wouldn't know who to score higher.
— Tomasz J. Marciniak (@tjmarciniak) July
12, 2015
Bodies-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, 2015
Stephens 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, 2015
i think its bullshit that Bermudez doesnt
get 20% of win bonus.
— E. Casey Leydon (@ekc) July 12,
2015
My 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, 2015
The 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, 2015
He's a squirter #UFC189
— Zara-Blue Barry (@ZaraBarry) July 12,
2015
Rory MacDonald #UFC189 pic.twitter.com/iKLXqfSKcP
— adam nelson (@GorillaTheBear) July
12, 2015
Seems 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, 2015
One octagon girl for each side of the
octagon and one fluffer?
— tanya (@TheTanyaAttack) July
12, 2015
Fun fact: Brandon Thatch told me that he
took a piss in the Playboy Mansion pool. #LifeGoals
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) July
12, 2015
Even Gunnar Nelson's walkout song is
depressed.
— Chuck Mindenhall (@ChuckMindenhall) July
12, 2015
Pickett making Octagon angels. https://t.co/2XoPsJZRcK
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) July
12, 2015
Every 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, 2015
Wow. 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,
2015
Pickett 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
cc: @HugeMantis pic.twitter.com/IQ2tPDtRNf
— 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, 2015
I bet all of Dana White's keyboards have
chips lodged in the caps lock key.
— Suzanne Davis (@SoozieCuzie) July
12, 2015
Matt 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, 2015
Matt 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, 2015
Matt Brown would get the last Jello cup in
the prison cafeteria. I'm convinced of this now.
— Greg Savage (@TheSavageTruth) July
12, 2015
Matt Brown now has the most finishes in UFC
welterweight history with 12.
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) July 12,
2015
That was a scrapppppp
— Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) July
12, 2015
That's the Marcelo Garcia special right
there. To perfection. Matt Brown is your god.
— Luke Thomas (@SBNLukeThomas) July
12, 2015
I 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, 2015
Thank 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, 2015
Somebody better wake Rory up out of the
coffin he sleeps in. Almost fight time.
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) July
12, 2015
The 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,
2015
This was my mom during the last fight. Lol
pic.twitter.com/BZ6WBVPhJy
— Sherdog (@TheSherdoggy) July
12, 2015
Guilty 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, 2015
The only thing worse than that fight was the
score!!! Split decision????
— Dana White (@danawhite) July 12,
2015
Reebok got these cornermen looking like...
#UFC189
#UFCFightKit
pic.twitter.com/VIv5IjBoIK
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) July
12, 2015
You 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, 2015
The Team Alpha Male moms won't let their
kids play with Cody because of his scary tattoos. #UFC189
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) July 12,
2015
Please get kicked in the nuts just so I can
say, "Right in the Briones."
— Suzanne Davis (@SoozieCuzie) July
12, 2015
Smolka 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, 2015
Anybody 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,
2015
i am digging the cleaner graphics. now just
get rid of all those logos in the cage.
— E. Casey Leydon (@ekc) July 11,
2015
I 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, 2015
That's what happens when you pfister. You
bleed. #sorry
— midnite (@123midnite) July 11,
2015
One 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, 2015
A 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