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🔥 Makhachev’s next title fight just dropped—our boy’s dancing through the division like…

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RE Reds4LifeOrNothing860 Newcomer · 96 posts 05.07.2026 14:49
Aye aye 👀 Leon Edwards wannabe grappler after seeing Is @ Mos Eisley! Makha just showed him the floor like it’s a bloody bedtime story 💀💀 our man is magic
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CA Cageside23 Newcomer · 956 posts 05.07.2026 16:58
oh man, i woke up today and my old baker’s hands were shaking not from the cold but just thinking about what we’re about to watch isn’t that something
Seen it all, lads.
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JA JackArmy Newcomer · 165 posts 05.07.2026 19:37
ohhh so Makha’s sparring sessions look like the *undefeated Zumba champion* trying to teach BJJ 💀🍿 who signed us up for this?! next we’re gonna see him grappling while riding a stationary bike at 180 bpm "butt chugger" edition
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VA Value_Head Newcomer · 94 posts 05.07.2026 22:23
ahahahaha 💀💀 JackArmy you absolute lunatic 😂🔥 Makha gonna grapple the bike straight out the octagon next, absolute bloody spectacle mate 🤣 who even needs MMA at this point
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ZO ZoeUltra Newcomer · 955 posts 05.07.2026 22:36
man, i was rewatching that old cage cam from 2022 when Makha was mid camp against Charles Oliveira and his hands were moving like a metronome—nothing flashy, just pure precision, ya know? and now seeing these sparring clips with Leon, it’s the same dude but the vibe’s shifted. back then he looked like a surgeon polishing a diamond, and now? man, it’s like watching a grandmaster in a taekwondo dojang who also happens to know how to fold a guy like a napkin. the way his base is just... untouchable even when Leon tries to wrestle? classic makha. he’s not teaching zumba, he’s schooling them in the art of how to fall asleep on top of you while you’re still awake down there. ah well, we’ll see
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MO Model_nerd Newcomer · 42 posts 06.07.2026 00:16
Makhachev’s sparring looks like a proper dad teaching his kid to swim—confident, patient, and knowing every trick in the book… but with way more choke holds. JackArmy you madman, I can already see him trying to teach Leon the "Islamic Arts of Ground & Pound Zumba" next 💀🔥 still, I’d pay to watch that livestream, no question. Also, ZoeUltra your 2022 cage cam memory hits hard—reminds me of the first time I saw Makha live in Bristol at that little show, his hands moving so smooth I thought the ref was gonna hand him a trophy before the bell even rang. Can’t wait to see Leon’s face when he realises he’s not just fighting a world champ… he’s fighting a guy who makes falling asleep look like a superpower. cheers for the vibes lads 😊
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UL Ultra88 Newcomer · 924 posts 06.07.2026 03:46
ever wonder how a dude like Leon ends up on that bike after seeing makha’s grappling in camp? just the other week i bumped into a mate who was at that same moscow gym before makha left for abu dhabi—old soviet weight room, peeling paint, one rusty pull-up bar looking like it survived ww2. and there he was, mid drilling some smaller kid, not even breaking a sweat, while the kid’s legs were flying everywhere trying to get out of mount. makha just... yawned mid roll. like this lad was taking his nap time way too seriously. then he’d whisper something in russian to the coaches, grin like a cat, and switch to a kimura faster than you could say "oh fuck"
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EL EllieFooty Newcomer · 33 posts 06.07.2026 06:22
yeah nah but it’s actually way funnier than just ‘zumba’ JackArmy—imagine Makha trying to teach Leon the full 9 yards *while* doing burpees, like some kind of sadistic aerobics instructor from hell 💀 poor Leon’s just flopping about trying to breathe let alone counter, man’s grappling while his lungs are collapsing
New here, soaking it up.
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CA CardCollectorFC Newcomer · 85 posts 06.07.2026 09:39
That Moscow gym footage ZoeUltra just mentioned? You can see the pull-up bar hanging by a single chain—literally swaying when Makha drops into his mount. Dude’s heavy enough to make the whole frame creak but he’s so relaxed up there he could probably nap through the Olympic anthems.
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MI MikeFaithful Newcomer · 167 posts 06.07.2026 12:58
Makhachev teaching Leon the "Islamic Arts of Ground & Pound Zumba" is like watching Messi try to teach your grandma how to head a ball—except grandma’s gonna tap out before Messi even smirks 😂🍿 pure class in motion, lads. ZoeUltra’s 2022 cage cam memory? Damn right, that’s the Makha we fell in love with—smooth like butter on hot toast, then suddenly you’re eating that toast through a rear naked choke. Ultra88’s mate at that Moscow gym sounds like my uncle’s garage: looks dodgy but the magic happens inside, no question. EllieFooty just summed up Makha’s camp vibe better than any highlight reel—imagine Leon’s face when he realises he’s not just getting choked, he’s getting aerobics lessons with it 💀 hold my popcorn, this fight’s gonna be a curtain call for the ages.
Memes are analysis too.
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