Andy
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Shane Battier on why Kobe Bryant was the hardest player he ever had to guard: “Because there were guys that were faster and stronger and could, you know, fly and more talented than me, but I thought I was smarter than every player I played against except Kobe. Kobe was the one guy was mentally a guy I couldn’t wear down mentally or break. And so I had played Kobe I don’t know 40 times in my career. And he was a month older than me. His mentality was like unlike anybody I played against, right? If Kobe had 20, he wanted 30. If he had 30, he wanted 40. If he had 40, he wanted 50. If he had 50, he wanted 60. It was non-stop. So I just remember just like, you know, sitting in Marina Delray Ritz going to the Staple Centers. I’m just thinking to myself, “Oh sh*t man. I got this guy tonight. I got this monster. The anxiety was real. It was real. Kobe did a really funny thing with me. Like we played this game with each other that only knew we were playing. And one day he’d be super friendly to me. Hey Shane, what’s going on man? How’s the Family? How you doing? Playing great. Next day, man, stone cold assassin. He wouldn’t even look at me. Wouldn’t even look at me. You know, I fall, he’d step over me. Do all that bullsh*t right? Next game, hey man, what’s going on? So he was always trying to like play this psychological warfare.” (Via @hoopinghollerin)



Ilia Topuria went OFF on Arman Tsarukyan and tells him to "f*ck himself" 😳 "He's had his chance to fight for the title and he pulled out. Maybe he had to change his underwear after making that decision... What he doesn't understand is that people are investing money to promote him. So when you see someone you're supporting, you're investing money in, and they give you that in return... would you keep supporting them? Well, that's exactly what [the UFC] are doing. They sat at a table, and you know what they said? "F*ck Arman". So Arman, from here, go f*ck yourself." (via @eldoberdanMMA)


Alexandre Pantoja injured his elbow (as we all initially suspected) not his shoulder, per his team. Not sure why they kept saying after the event it was his shoulder. His team says no injury to his shoulder. The initial hope is it was a dislocation.



















