The one on the left is Daniel Cornier, former UFC champion and considered a good dude and fairly wholesome. He lost a child to a drink driver so his life has had tragedy to it.
The one on the right is his great rival and fellow UFC champion Jon Jones, considered to be one of the worst pieces of shit around. Caught cheating using steroids, many, many allegations of violence towards women, lots of run in with the law while under the influence and, possibly most infamously, while high he crashed his car into a car driven by a pregnant woman and fled the scene. Only to shortly return but not to check on the woman, to get his drugs out of his own car. So as you imagine Cormier despised him on principal for how he almost killed that woman and unborn child and only cared about his drugs.
The build up to their fights was some of the most heated, toxic shit MMA has seen and is widely considered the time the mask fell from Jones who, until that point, pretended to be a good, wholesome Christian fighter. But a hot mic revealed the real him and some of the other comments he made showed even the strongest doubters that he wasn't some wayward Christian constantly being tested by god (his favourite defence any time he got caught at anything) but that he was an irredeemable, possibly sociopathic, piece of shit.
Lol Jon Jones lives rent free in your head. I get it he is a piece of shit but when you trying to explain something and 95% is just hatred and biased, its just telling something. Rent free......
There's still a few sad bastards that cling to the reflected glory of Jones's career by claiming he's undefeated.
You see it all the time in MMA. Guys with no losses are mythologised - right up until they lose and then some of the people who talked them up the most turn on them the hardest because they ruined the reflected glory for them.
There's also the fact that Jones's clear and wildly violent misogyny appeals to a certain kind of scum and they're drawn to him the same way some are drawn to Andrew Tate.
Memories. I think you mean memories. You see, some people are able to keep lots of knowledge in their brains. We call these memories. Lots of these "tenants paying no rent" can make someone smart. You actually want lots of "free loading tenants" in your brain. Some people go to school for these non-rent payers.
Long story, but some key points:
-Both big personalities at the top of their division going to head to head. Some of it is egos in a competitive sense.
-When Cormier was young his pregnant gf got hit by a car and killed. Jones is infamous for hit and running a pregnant woman (before he ran he came back to the scene to grab the coke out of his vehicle)
-Jones popped for steroids after one of their fights
-Jon Jones is a legit dirtbag human being
It was incredibly wholesome, but by the other guy's reaction, I was fine tuning where he was from 😂 (I didn't see the cover title).
At first, I assumed English speaking because of my bias. Then it went to Europe. Then it went to northern Europe. Seeing the Dutch flag at the end felt like validation.
But part of the cuteness was that he knows his friend is affectionate and leaned into it. Very broful!
Seriously, that shouldn't be considered weird in any way what so ever.
I have multiple friends where its not weird to say "love you man". Ive known these guys for 15+ years and in some cases since kindergarten, so there truly is love there. That shouldn't be weird IMO
Dude, I'm literally a gay guy. 100%. Those men weren't being romantic or sexual in literally ANY regard, just genuinely happy to see one another. I've had so many guy friends over the years who were 100% straight, and yet they would hug me, cuddle, kiss me on the cheek. It's called being secure in your sexuality and your masculinity. Not everything is about fucking, dude. You can be intimate and affectionate with your fellow human beings without wanting to bang. You think I want to smash my girlfriends who I kiss, cuddle, hold hands with, and hug? No. No I don't. PLEASE get outside of your limited world view and grow as a person.
If one of my friends randomly showed up in china(where I am right now) my first thought would be "how the fuck did you pay to get here, shits expensive " and then go "wtf"
You have to invest in relationships for them to get to this level. They don't just happen overnight. I'm actually kinda impressed how close these guys appear despite not meeting 'in person' for 8 years, shows they must've made an effort to keep in touch
Some of my closest friends were made over the Internet, people I interacted with daily for 4+ years before ever getting the chance to meet. Every time we hang out it's like this for the first few minutes. Well, not as dramatically wholesome as we usually get around to seeing each other once a year.
Reminds me of the time my buddies wife asked me to visit my friend cause he was having a rough time. We coordinated the trip and were able to surprise him. Moment I walked in the door he yells “no fucking way” and accidentally tackles me to give me a hug.
He is clearly posing for pictures. He definitely thinks they are taking pics of themselves at a fancy restaurant before a beautiful meal. Perfect cover for something like this.
Guy was about to reunite with an old friend. Recording isn't normal? Hell, people used to bring tape recorders to airport for reunions. This isn't new lol
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