I have yet to see any compelling research that starting your kids at a young age in the weight room is a bad thing. Everybody is like, no heavy weights, but what are push-ups? If they can do push-ups, they can lift weights. Touch your chest on the ground push-ups. Elbows locked out at the top. That's a good one. That's a good barometer for when to get started, don't you think? I forgot who said it, but if lifting weights is bad for youngsters, all those hard-working farm kids would be little people.
The whole McGregor thing was like a bad dream. I'm a huge fight fan. I can't believe it still exists in this soft-ass society. But it does, and it is wonderful. It solves it all. Fighting is just like life but on this whole other level, magnified ten-fold. The old warrior goes on a rampage for 5 years after a horrific injury, allegedly getting in much trouble with women other than his wife, allegedly doing cocaine and much drinking. He lived the high life, and he deserved to live a little. He trains like a madman to go in there and be a warrior, where the chance of dying is real. But that lifestyle is not so conducive to being a fighter. It takes years off your fighting life. Just retire and do what you want. If not, you have to live like Justin Gaethje, like a monk. No social life, fights consistently, stays home, and only goes out to golf and to be wonderful to his fans. You can't live like Conor and be a champ these days! Who are we kidding? These guys evolve so fast that the sport never stands still. These guys have personal chefs that watch all their macros and coaches for every damn thing. Some of the strength stuff isn't great. Does Strickland weight train? I never see it. Maybe bodyweight stuff. Works for him, and fighting is so mental that if you have a successful career going, I would think they would be hesitant to switch it up. I think Gaetsche trains pretty well. He works his ass off. Does bench and medball stuff. Trap bar with bands. It's fine. You have to be so precise with the balancing of all the training and the recovery. It has to be tough. McGregor needs to retire. What was up with his face? Was he holding water? I was like, what the fuck when he started falling on the ground. It was crazy! Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tyson all at the ring side. And Sophie Cunningham. She's smart. She knows that her window of fame is small, so she is taking every advantage of it. Smart, she is everywhere.
So McGregor was all bloated. He looked unsure of himself. I see him leave the facility after the fight, the whole facility, into the parking lot, hobbling. Why wasn't he on a stretcher? Where was the medical staff? Where was he going?
Dustin Poirier was not upset that he got hurt, not at all. He was like, "Karma is a bitch, couldn't have happened to a better guy." Dustin is not a fan, and McGregor does go too far in some shit talk; however, he is unbelievably witty and quick at those press conferences. Not for this fight. He was just there. Like halfway there. Strange all around. How disappointing was that? Surreal, very strange.
Josh Hokit is the future star. The UFC has never seen an athlete like Josh. Maybe John Jones. Hokit was a pro football player and All -American wrestler? A true athlete. Fast and mean. He has that wrestling, no-quit stuff. He will go and go and never ever quit. That's the way that group is. Wrestlers are unbelievably tough. They love to be exhausted and to prove that they can keep going. He's gonna be champ soon, I believe.
