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MMA Fighter Gets Punched Into Another Dimension, Tries To Keep Fighting
Welterweight Matt Dwyer landed a Superman punch on William Macário for the knockout Sunday night at UFC Fight Night 61. Macário got hit so hard, his mind was transported to another dimension in which he was fighting an alternate-universe Dwyer. And then he fell to the mat and lost....
Even God Cheats: How Anderson Silva Shocked Us By Doing The Expected
The Nevada State Athletic Commission is a bumbling, soulless government agency, and so a strange agent for the delivery of the message that our gods have forsaken us. They never have been particularly diligent messengers in any event, but for whatever reason—bureaucracy, incompetence, something more...
Norm Macdonald: Eddie Murphy Was To Be Cosby In <i>Celebrity Jeopardy!</i>
Norm Macdonald turned storyteller on Twitter tonight, sharing his experience of being involved with Sunday's Saturday Night Live 40th-anniversary episode and revealing that "Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketch writers originally called for Eddie Murphy to play Bill Cosby—but that the Norbit star begged ...
MMA Fighter Suffers Seizure After Getting Viciously Knocked Out
At an Oplot fight card held in (we believe) Russia earlier today, a fighter went into a seizure after being knocked out with a kick to the head. The footage, as seen above—it starts at about the 56:30 mark—is difficult to watch, not least because of a seemingly confused response from the referee, ...
Anderson Silva And Nick Diaz Both Flunk Drug Tests
If Deadspin had a "LOLUFC" tag, this would be the perfect story to append it to. ...
Jon Jones's Interview Last Night Was A Ridiculous, Hilarious Sham
Last night, Jon Jones sat down with Fox Sports 1's Charissa Thompson to explain what's happened since his successful UFC light-heavyweight title defense against rival Daniel Cormier earlier this month. Just days after the bout, news broke that Jones had tested positive for cocaine in a Dec. 4 drug t...
It Looks Like McGregor Wants Aldo
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Conor McGregor Flips Dennis Siver The Bird
Fox Sports 1 cut away early from Conor McGregor's middle finger to Dennis Siver before their UFC Fight Night featherweight bout, but our friends at Fox Deportes stuck with the gesture. In McGregor's defense, Siver wouldn't touch gloves....
Celebrated MMA Ref Herb Dean Under Fire For Slow Call On Guillotine
Herb Dean is recognized as one of the best referees working in MMA today, but critics and fans are attacking the cage arbiter after an incident tonight at the Bellator event in Temecula, Calif. where he allowed Bubba Jenkins to be held in a guillotine choke for at least seven seconds after the for...
The Night A Heartbroken George Foreman Boxed Five Men In One Hour
So I was clicking my way through the internet on this beautiful Friday afternoon, as I'm wont to do, and I happened upon this piece, inside of which was this passage:...
The Time Muhammad Ali's Hero Turned Him Into A Dish Washer
In the video above, you will see a young Muhammad Ali, still Cassius Clay then, beating the brakes off Archie Moore in 1962. Moore was 48 years old at the time, and was once the fighter Ali admired above all others. That changed the year before this bout, though, when Ali finally got a chance to t...
Jon Jones, Overachiever, Beats Alleged Cocaine Addiction In 24 Hours
A week ago, just three days after dismantling rival Daniel Cormier in a brilliant title defense, UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones announced he was entering a drug treatment facility after testing positive for cocaine on a December 4 test. "I am taking this drug treatment program very seriou...
Introducing: The Shabazz Assist
Two years ago, Grantland's Kirk Goldsberry introduced the Kobe Assist, a new statistic that "proves that missing shots is sometimes just as valuable as making them." Goldsberry's analysis was interesting, but it left out a key component: the dunkpass. You see, Goldsberry examined what percentage o...
Jon Jones Is Checking Into Rehab After Testing Positive For Cocaine
Just three days after handling longtime rival Daniel Cormier, UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones is voluntarily checking into a drug treatment facility. ...
How Jon Jones Finished Daniel Cormier
Last night, UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones defended his title against Olympian Daniel Cormier, Jones's nemesis and the one man many thought could equal him in a cage fight. Shortly after the fight, in the post-fight presser, a defeated Cormier vowed to come back stronger than eve...
Donald Cerrone Literally Kicks Myles Jury's Ass
"Cowboy" Cerrone's lightweight bout tonight at UFC 182 against Myles Jury was an ass-kicking, of both the literal and figurative senses. This is how the fight ended: with repeated "fuck you, man" boots to the rear (and thigh, and at least once crotch). Cerrone won by unanimous decision, understandab...
Report: Tim Marchman Named Editor Of Sports Blog
According to a report from Capital New York, Deadspin deputy editor and weird cereal fetishist Tim Marchman will be named the site's editor-in-chief, replacing the departing Tommy Craggs....
How Jon Jones Became The Baddest Motherfucker On Earth
The baddest motherfucker on Earth and I are in a posh restaurant in a poor city with two guys he picked up at some point or another to shoot guns and drink beer with whenever he isn't elbowing people in the face, and we're laughing, the four of us, hearty guffaws that crash around the table. I'm t...
Good News, Fat-Ass: Here's Another Great Imperial Stout
Do you guys use Untappd? It's a combination social-media platform and beer-measuring contest wherein you and your friends brag about all the dope shit you drink. That part's pretty fun, or at least pretty harmless—it would lean more fully toward the fun part if I'd even heard of the super-rare stuff...
Serbian MMA Fighter Chokes His Opponent Out, Then Helps Save His Life
The Serbian Battle Championship 4—which occurred earlier this month—saw a crazy end to this fight between Dusan Dzakic and Sebastijan Emini. At the 4:20 mark in the video above, you can see Emini frantically tapping out. The reason? Dude's starting to choke to death. Lucky for him, both Dzakic and...