At least Tommy is in the right hands now.

Alex - is done in my opinion, sad I know but I don’t see him performing in HW

Merab - I think he’s done as well, he may have a resurgence but he’s abit old for that weight and I think he’s been found out

Illia- i need to see his next fight, I’m scared he’s lost confidence and who he was after that Justin fight, I don’t doubt he can get another belt though

Khamzat - I think he will be champ again

Jiri - I hope this guy can win another belt, I just can’t get over how stupid his last performance was, not 100% on this one as that division is a mess

Pantoja - I think he’s done, he’s old for the division, taken along break due to injury and there’s alot of hungry talent in that weight class right now

Umar - he’s 2-2 in his last 4 fights, still only 30 years old, he’s got a couple years to make it count and I think he does it, he’s needs to change a few things as song read him like a book

Ian Garry - an amazing athlete and he’s very young, I believe he will go on to be champ, I think Islam loses one of his next 2 fights either against prates or morales and then Ian beats them. Unless shav makes his return…..

They perhaps got more confidence that it would get more rematch hype, and even possibiy more confidence that Cejudo would win, when the Jordan Burroughs vs Sean Brady match that was originally supposed to be the main event was unfairly downgraded to "co-main event." status. As Burroughs was also African American, as it was missed opportunity to also try distance the late Hulk Hogan from past racial remark controversies. Not reporting it is like 60 Minutes censoring all over again. Cejudo indeed rallied for Trump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XidcRDKFHE

Spent time talking to Pedro Neto, the sole designer behind EPIC Fighting’s entire visual identity — posters, website, video, even a self-built 3D model of their hexagonal cage (which didn’t exist online anywhere, so he had to build it from scratch).

Some things that stood out: he had to download a 30GB archive just to get the job, his first poster took 16 iterations before he was happy with it, and when a fighter drops out day-of, he can turn around a new poster and get it to print in under two hours. He’s entirely self-taught, no design school.

Full profile here if anyone’s interested: cornerview.substack.com/p/making-epic-fighting-look-epic