Media I went to UFC Paris and had a blast!

[Buff]

Uber TS 2.0 looking huge!

 

[Buff]

 

[Dionysian]

Thanks TS, wish more Sherdog posters did breakdowns of events. Too bad you couldn't catch GSP in time.

 

[Buff]

Shitty template:

 

[Buff]

 

[BoxerMaurits]

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Ready for take-off

 

[BoxerMaurits]

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God damn this looks like a romantic scene from a movie (or a scene from my dreams).
Reem is one lucky mf’er for having her

 

[Buff]

God damn this looks like a romantic scene from a movie (or a scene from my dreams).
Reem is one lucky mf’er for having her

And many 100s before her.

Meanwhile on sherdog...

 

[ehxsur]

Great review of the event, also glad you enjoyed your time in my country, feel free to comeback anytime you like bro

 

[goOb]

Post pictures of you and BJ Penn at the airport or this entire thread is bullshit.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

And many 100s before her.

Meanwhile on sherdog...

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Hahahah
We’re not the same<45>

 

[Buff]

Hahahah
We’re not the same<45>

Sherbros get 100x better women anyway.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Great review of the event, also glad you enjoyed your time in my country, feel free to comeback anytime you like bro

Thanks!
Also thanks for the invite bra

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Post pictures of you and BJ Penn at the airport or this entire thread is bullshit.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Sherbros get 100x better women anyway.

What else

 

[HaulParris]

I want to start by saying that the French crowd really exceeded my expectations, wow.
Looked like a London crowd, but in a French sense<45>
Succesful debut in France. I’m sure the UFC will return there.
And I haven’t even talked about the fights yet. What a great night of fights

We arrived in Paris friday afternoon and immediately went to the ceremonial weigh-ins and Q&A featuring GSP. Hotel was at 100 m from the Accor Arena, so luckily that wasn’t a long walk.

The Q&A with GSP was fun. MMA reporters were the first to ask questions. Then it was the fans' turn to ask questions. I also entered the queue to ask a question, but unfortunately they ran out of time and I didn’t make it to the mic.
GSP is so well spoken, a joy to listen to him.

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Followed by the ceremonial weigh-ins.
Here’s a vid of Tuivasa’s and Gane’s weigh-in and staredown:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0949h1T-Vp5MWh-Jv1_ehkT0w


After this we went to an English-pub to eat something, followed by a lot of beer while enjoying ARES 8 on tv:

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Around 1am we were getting wasted, so we went back to the hotel.
On our way back we walked by the UFC fan-experience so I decided to open the gate and walk inside, while my dad made this blurry ass picture of me standing totally sober at UFC-ground by midnight

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When I woke up I had a little letdown, but after eating a few croissants I was ready to go to the UFC fan-experience

I met Volkan Oezdemir at the fan-experience:

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And almost got into a fight with him:

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He’s a nice dude


I also had the pleasure to meet Brandon Moreno:

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Afterwards Brandon told me he felt honored to meet one of Sherdog’s own:

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What a fun kid he is. You ain’t gonna see him not smiling


I also had a face-off with my dad, just for fun:

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My old man is actually standing a little bit taller than me, but for some reason he looks shorter here (I think he’s kneeling a bit)


The UFC fan-experience was fun. We went to eat something and after that we entered the Accor Arena. It looked like the Arena was almost fully packed before the prelims even started, insane!

Okay so before I start talking fighting I wanna share this:
This fella walked by like 100 times, so he got my attention at some point.
The guy was dressed like a woman, (which is okay imo, I really have no problems with that), not a normal woman but a caveman woman. He got make-up on his face aswell..
He was also built like a god damn bodybuilder and had a lot of tattoos. And as cherry on the cake: His handbag was in the shape of a golden fist.
What a fucking warrior<45>
For some reason he seemed familiar to me. Is he some kind of hardcore/known UFC-fan maybe?
https://share.icloud.com/photos/05cAwb4lQyhm1BdEB2E897H7Q

Allright, so Bruce Buffer kicked the event off:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0bf07ZgS1oon9AHXl1HtT3L0A

Here Bruce introduced the main card:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/015Onn_D9snvjpFO3Ih6_XryQ

My fellow Dutchman Jarno Errens walked out to some techno music:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/032OjS70O129v_T5VQneNE8UQ

Marvin Vettori brought some fantastic Italian fans with him. Didn’t help him much in the fight, but still pretty sick imo. Check it out:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0e0b6J32NzHuouoYqJupeDJQA

But Bobby Knuckles had the French crowd on his side:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/091XNFse0kvbUoAEujQMd2diA

Tuivasa’s walkout was fun as always:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0f7vGZnoWlKfa9zcs5b_lAIjg

Gane got by far the biggest pop:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/014NRylRdWTZI6itovj1eKJ3Q

Here is Buffer’s introduction of the main-event, and the first round of the fight:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/096Bo0IAAZiy8-w0AQFDNquKw

Round 2 right after the knockdown:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a7hrGzXDA-JCKp01_rUNb3HQ

Round 3 including the stoppage:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/081PGf-xWuHqW88dodP5Vrbaw

Announcement of the winner and part of Ciryl’s post-fight interview with Michael Bisping:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/010HMqVPkeBciaCfDoJ5FR48Q

BamBam walked out the octagon with his son on his shoulder:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/09bv7TGiDQ9GcH0S5R86I3FBg

I was almost walking outside, but then I saw Gane walking out of the octagon and filmed that aswell:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0db4ULp8M6UYuFyeDSRkQdJbg

Ngannou walked away and got some pop:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a8l50s2qGTgJjqPgRWZNG2Yw

Aswell as Usman:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/014upkiR2HCY0EbNHL1L-dXCw

At the start of the event my boy Skyscraper Steven Struve walked by too:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/096nNF2RrRmkmM_HsmdCH90tw

I forgot something! When we entered the Arena and went down the stairs we immediately bumped into the ESPN+ team featuring Lionheart Anthony Smith

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I hope you enjoyed this read !
Next up for me is GLORY Kickboxing,
Collision 4: Badr Hari vs Alistair Overeem, October 8.



Looking forward to that one, great fightcard!

Good stuff! Oezdemir always looks so serious, I thought he had NO TIME for fans. Happy to be wrong. It's honestly awesome you were able to share the experience with your dad, that's what life is all about. Cheers!

 

[Sasha]

That would be cool.
No chance an European PPV-card will be at local time?

I'm really not sure actually, it was just a guess ; the thing is, when Fight nights happening in Europe are set on the local time, Americans can still watch it in the middle of the day, as opposed to us Europeans who have to watch US cards (almost every card in fact ) in the middle of the night.
So I suppose it could actually be done.

They asked if they did Leon vs Usman 2 in the UK if it would be on a terrible time for the UK too. But Dana said they wouldn't I think. Might have to rewatch that bit just to be sure. But you gotta think that'll be a PPV too.

Oh, I missed that. Good news then. Time will tell !

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If that girl ever lurks on sherdog she's gonna freak out LMAO<Lmaoo>

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Good stuff! Oezdemir always looks so serious, I thought he had NO TIME for fans. Happy to be wrong. It's honestly awesome you were able to share the experience with your dad, that's what life is all about. Cheers!

Those are the weekends you’ll never forget !

 

[BakaSurvivor]

Good thread. Absolutely insane crowd. UFC is definitely gonna go back

 

[HHJ]

Damn man how tall is your dad?