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MTushclips posted on X a sparring clip from Deen fight night tryouts.
MThe caption says it all: "That shot looked personal at Deen fight night tryouts."
LCanvas checked him immediately. That's not sparring, that's a receipt with gloves on.
MDeen The Great is the influencer boxer Nurideen Shabazz. These tryouts are where he picks people for his card.
LAnd somebody walked in and decided the job interview required a nap.
MI love a clean knockout, but in sparring? You're there to test guys, not delete them.
LOh, come on. It's a fight tryout. You show up soft, you leave on the canvas. That's the point.
MNo, the point is to see if they can box, not to score a viral clip off a guy who isn't defending himself.
LSo the coach's job is to step in— "too hard, too hard"? It's a combat sport, Marcus.
MAt a tryout? Yes! You save the heavy artillery for the actual fight. Otherwise you're just collecting footage for clicks.
LThe clip is out there. You think Deen isn't watching the guy who did that and saying "that's my guy"?
MMaybe he thinks "that's my liability." One wrong shot and the whole card loses a fighter before it starts.
LOh, so now we're bubble-wrapping tryouts?
MI'm saying gym wars are bad business. Every real coach will tell you that.
LAnd every promoter will tell you the knockout got more views than the card will.
MLiam, that's exactly my problem! We're not picking boxers, we're picking clips.
LAnd yet you watched it, I watched it, and we're talking about it. Welcome to the business.
MGreat, so the business is a headshot in sparring. That'll end well.
LIt ended fine for the canvas. It broke the fall.
LDifferent world entirely: the UFC Fight Night card has real stakes, and Gorkha Bets posted on X their lean on Lee versus Erosa.
MThey like Jeong Yeong Lee's sharp boxing and counters. Erosa is dangerous with submissions and an aggressive pace.
LBut that pace can leave openings. That's the exact read.
MI think Erosa is live. Everyone sees the boxer, nobody respects the submission game until he wraps your neck.
LLee's discipline is the problem. He won't trade wild, and Erosa needs chaos to get his grappling going.
MBut if Erosa closes distance, Lee's clean boxing doesn't matter on the mat.
LThat's every fight. "If the grappler grapples, he wins." Thanks for the scouting report.
MNo, it's about fight style. Lee can counter, but Erosa's pace is what makes it hard for him.
LSo you're basically agreeing with the post.
MThe post gives both sides. I'm saying Erosa's path is more realistic than the line suggests.
LI'm taking Lee's corner. He'll pop Erosa coming in, force him to pay for every entry.
MYou want to make a real call? Fine. I'll say Erosa by submission. You say Lee by decision.
LYou just want to be on the other side of me.
MI want to be on the side that collects.
LBoxing and BBQ posted on X about another fight on that card people are sleeping on. They've got Silva at nineteen and seven, Fernandes at eleven and four.
MCareful, those records are the account's numbers. Nothing confirmed.
LTheir read is both experienced grapplers trying to snap skids.
MThe post says Silva is coming off two losses, Fernandes off a first-round knockout. That's a real pressure fight.
LFlyweights with ground games, someone's getting their hand raised.
MThat's usually how fights end.
LI mean, both are grapplers, so it'll hit the mat.
MIt'll hit the mat until one of them lands a punch out of frustration.
LGive me Silva to get back on track. I trust the volume.
MI'll take Fernandes as the live dog. A first-round KO loss can wake a fighter up.
LYou just love chaos.
MI love a comeback story. Or at least a fighter who fights like she needs it.

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