LUFC 333 just dropped a claim that Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili took Fight of the Night.
MThat's a brawl I'd pay to see, but nobody's confirmed that award yet.
LFight of the Night after an iconic showdown, per the UFC account. Okay, but I want to see the replay before I sign off on ironic.
MBecause Yan and Dvalishvili only fight wars. If they actually went five rounds, that's a bonus.
LAnd Alex Volkanovski posted a TKO in his 12th straight title fight. That's a record pace, but again, we don't have the official card.
MTwelve straight title fights, Liam! The guy's a machine, but let's not crown him before the commission does.
LFair. But if Volkanovski keeps finishing people, the featherweight division is dust.
MDust? After Topuria and Evloev exist? Come on.
LTopuria's gone up, Evloev's still a wrestler. Volkanovski beats stylistically awkward guys.
MWe'll see. Speaking of fights, Formula One just posted that Saturday pole is done and Sunday is a question mark at the USGP.
LMax on pole? Probably. The real story is whether Red Bull can keep the car alive.
MThat's the thing. They've had one job all season: finish the race. McLaren's on their heels now.
LNorris needs a win to keep the title fight alive. The USGP crowd wants chaos.
MI want to see Norris and Verstappen go wheel to wheel into turn one without one of them cutting the corner.
LHa, good luck with that. But if Max gets through clean, it's over.
MNot over. Norris has the pace. The question is whether he has the elbows.
LMeanwhile, ProFootballTalk on Bluesky says the NFL should move the Paris game to London.
MAh, nothing says bold like suggesting the same city that already hosts five games.
LBut Paris has real infrastructure problems for the league right now.
MThen fix Paris. Don't just dump another game on London and call it international expansion.
LWait, you want the NFL to fix Paris on a short timeline instead of using a proven venue? That's fantasy.
MNo, I want them to stop pretending every European city is interchangeable. Paris isn't London.
LLondon has the stadiums, the fans, the logistics. You go where you can actually play.
MAnd if they keep going to London, they'll never build the Paris market. It's lazy.
LIt's not lazy, it's practical. You don't lose a market over one stadium.
MFine, practical. But it's still a smaller league move.
LYou know what else is sloppy? That MLB post claiming the Rays face the Brewers in the World Series tonight.
MWait, what? The Rays and Brewers are not in the World Series.
LMLB's own account posted that. Someone in social media hit send too fast.
MThat's a mess. The actual playoff picture is the ALCS, and the Rays are fighting for their lives there.
LBut a fake World Series matchup? That's a glitch in the matrix.
MSocial media managers are undefeated in making things worse. But let's get real about the actual slate.
LPackers against the Lions tomorrow afternoon. That's the game to watch.
MDetroit's rolling. Green Bay needs a win to stay in the division race.
LAnd the line swung hard because of the Saquon Barkley practice news.
MThat's Eagles–Cowboys, not Packers–Lions. Different game entirely.
LRight, but both involve NFC East chaos. Barkley back changes the whole spread.
MNo, no. The Eagles have a bigger problem: a rumor says Jalen Hurts might miss the rest of the season.
LThat's the one. If Hurts is out, the Eagles are fighting for their playoff lives.
MBut the Hurts news is still just a rumor from a betting account. No official word yet.
LRight, but if it's true, Philly's season is over.
MYou don't know that. They still have a defense and a good run game.
LI know that without Hurts, they're not beating Dallas. Not in this division.
MYou sound like a guy who bet the over on Hurts' season. Calm down.
LDon't tell me to calm down. The Eagles are one quarterback away from being the Giants.
MThat's your take? The Giants comparison?
LYes! And that's the panic on Philly's timeline.
MMeanwhile, a Bluesky user named God says Colin Kaepernick was banned by every NFL owner for taking a knee.
LThat's misleading. He wasn't formally banned, he was just never signed again.
MThere's a huge difference between blackballed and banned. Words matter.
LBut the effect was the same. He didn't play again.
MThe effect wasn't a vote, though. Saying every owner banned him overstates the coordination.
LDoes it matter if it was formal or not? He was out of the league.
MIt matters because you can't fix a problem by lying about what happened.
LHe took a knee for a cause and faced consequences. That's the clean version.
MNo, the clean version is that teams individually didn't sign him. That's not the same as a league ban.
LFine. I'll take the nuance, but I'm not pretending the league didn't get what it wanted.
MNow here's the real question for Sunday: who wins Packers–Lions?
LDetroit. Their offense is too balanced, and Green Bay's defense is soft on the edges.
MSoft? They held Minnesota to 17 points last week.
LMinnesota doesn't have Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jahmyr Gibbs.
MJosh Jacobs is back and the Packers run the ball better than anyone in the North.
LJacobs is good. Detroit is better. It's not close.
MI think Green Bay wins by three. The Lions are due for a stumble.
LDue? That's not analysis, that's hope.
MIt's probability. Undefeated streaks don't last forever.
LThey last until someone actually beats them. Green Bay hasn't shown they can.
MTomorrow at 4:25 Eastern, we'll find out. And I'll be right.
LYou've been wrong every week about Detroit.
MThat's because I keep betting on chaos. Chaos is due.