Midnight Mania! Nate Diaz roasts Khabib, gets roasted by Ben Askren
Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Ben Askren and Dillon Danis have been roasting each other online, but Ben Askren has no shortage of words for anyone, including Nate Diaz.
Diaz posted a picture of Khabib in the sauna with his boys. The picture is funny because, like many things in MMA, it has homoerotic overtones, but Khabib is very traditional and religious, and on good terms with Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov, who is famously and violently homophobic. (The part that isn’t funny at all is that Kadyrov allegedly conducted a ‘gay purge’ in Chechnya). Diaz and Khabib have had bad blood between them for a long time, even getting into a brawl back in 2015.
Askren couldn’t resist a counter-dig at Diaz and his crew in the 209.
Jake Shields, Nate Diaz’ longtime teammate, was quick to point out that this kind of thing would get Askren slapped in Stockton… and Ben was quick to counter that it would get you stabbed in Dagestan, but Nate still posted it.
Sure in the 209 you get slapped, in Dagestan you will get stabbed. Didn’t stop Nate from insinuating. I like you Jake, but try again. https://t.co/NgU0n7WwSz
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) March 12, 2019
This fun exchange of awkward insinuation, predicated on homophobia, has been brought to you by Mixed Martial Arts in 2019.
Insomnia
What is Dana White so happy about?
A focused Dustin Poirier training for Max Holloway
Rafael dos Anjos is thinking of cutting from nearly 200 pounds down to lightweight?
Paulo Costa’s manager denies Yoel Romero’s claim that he tested positive for PEDs.
Asked Paulo Costa’s manager Wallid Ismail about Romero’s comments today: “He’s a big liar. I don’t know where he got that from. Paulo Costa did not test positive for anything. He’s an absolute liar. This I guarantee you.”
Full interview with Romero: https://t.co/QX91nKghVQ
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 12, 2019
Ben Askren’s ‘boom roasted’ line is very corny, but some of his lines are accurate. Dillon Danis isn’t a difficult target.
Then again, he had a couple good lines of his own
Remember when you told everyone you were a better version of Kamaru Usman and had Woodly ready for the fight? Boom Roasted @Benaskren
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) March 12, 2019
Sure in the 209 you get slapped, in Dagestan you will get stabbed. Didn’t stop Nate from insinuating. I like you Jake, but try again. https://t.co/NgU0n7WwSz
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) March 12, 2019
A Novel, by John Danaher: sometimes just knowing is half the battle.
John Wayne Parr has had nearly a hundred fights, so he is always posting highlights I’ve never seen before of him in some war or other.
Slips, Rips, and Sumo Clips
Phenomenal fight. The guy who lost has a mean overhand.
Nasty choke
I love seeing obscure techniques being pulled off, such as this Aikido-esque wrist drag
Short but sweet
It’s not the size of the sumo wrestler in the sumo ring, but the size of the sumo in the sumo wrestler… or something like that…
Sleep well, Maniacs! A better tomorrow is always possible. Follow me on Twitter and Facebook @Vorpality
