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Pound for pound best.
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You Thought You Had A Friend Boy!
At the the UFC 202 weigh-in face off, Mike Perry offered a handshake to his opponent Hyun Gyu Lim, removing his hand at the last second and yelling "You Thought You Had a Friend Boy!". The phrase has become popular among fans.
Mike Perry yelling at Hyun Gyu Lim during their UFC 202 face-off: "You thought you had a friend boy!!!! Aghhhhhhhhh!"
You thought you had a friend boyyy!? AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Weaponizing Pace
To fight at a faster pace than your opponent can maintain, tiring them out. Nick Diaz is a fighter known to weaponize pace. His training involved lots of cardio, so he was able to have higher output than his opponents during fights, often successfully tiring them out and overcoming them.
"Poirier has never been given credit for his ability to weaponize pace. Dustin's former opponents will talk about how hard and in your face Poirier is." - Chael Sonnen
Goof
Dana White commonly calls people "Goof" and so the nickname has stuck to him. He is now known as "The Goof".
Stockton Slap
A signature move of fighters Nick and Nate Diaz. The brothers often open hand slap their opponents during MMA fights, a move named after their hometown, Stockton, California.
(Nick Diaz slaps Carlos Condit during UFC 143 main event.) Joe Rogan: "We've never seen anybody do that to Carlos Condit before." Mike Goldberg: "That was the Stockton Slap."
STOCKTON SLAP BY DIAZ BROTHERS
Nick Diaz - Stockton Slap
Salon Quality Poirier
Early in Dustin Poirier's career his hair was in a buzzcut, but at some point he grew his hair a bit and added a little bit of style, saying that one advantage he has over his opponents is that his hair is "Salon Quality". UFC fans believe Poirier has performed better since receiving his new haircut, and have nicknamed the new iteration of Dustin "Salon Quality Poirier".
Dustin Poirier: "I'm a better boxer, I can scramble better, better Jui Jitsu, longer, faster, I can dance better, better looking, my hair is salon quality."
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Basically Clean
Chael Sonnen, a former UFC and Bellator fighter, once described his body as "Basically Clean" of performance enhancing substances. He went on to say "it depends on your definition of clean". Since retiring, Sonnen has since admitted to using PEDs while competing as an MMA fighter.
"Ariel, look at the size of that arm! (points to his own bicep.) That's Clean! That's off the juice! That's basically clean. It depends on your definition of clean." - Chael Sonnen in conversation with Ariel Helwani.
"Basically Clean." - Chael Sonnen
Basically Clean video 2
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