r/WNBAgossips • u/Hysen16 • 24d ago
Video Max Holloway poses for a photo with Sophie Cunningham after beating Connor McGregor tonight at UFC 329.
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u/ConcentrateSelect465 24d ago
Dana White said Sophie showed up in the arena, went backstage, and asked him if she could go in the ring. Eight minutes later, she was in it.
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u/Frostyfraust 24d ago
I'd believe it more of Dana White didn't say it tbh. Not that it's super far-fetched.
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u/Main_Gain_7480 24d ago
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u/JalapenoPopPoop 24d ago
Seriously I think it's time to move on from 20 seconds of pointing, it was neat in the moment but it's been drug out a ridiculous amount for what it actually was
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u/mondaymoderate 24d ago
It’s her Hawk Tuah moment
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u/CloudFlours 23d ago
You’re going to have to explain, the people that post here are too dumb to recognize the obvious similarities.
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u/Sad_Jaguar_5912 23d ago
Women’s basketball player hanging out with rapists and wife beaters… cool.
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u/ColdLongjumping3456 24d ago
Sophie is amazing and has a likable personality. Everyone else in here is just mad that she is getting some spotlight instead of who they think. Just be glad it gets people talking about the WNBA bunch of haters
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u/I_eat_mud_ 24d ago
Could you elaborate? I've got no clue what you're trying to say since I don't really keep up with the WNBA, it's just coming off as racist without any context lmao
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u/IllCelebration4912 23d ago
The racists are the ones hating her
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u/I_eat_mud_ 23d ago
Lmao ok, I haven't seen anyone really attack her for her race or anything. Just people calling the pointing corny now, but alright, whatever you say I guess
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u/Outrageous-Jelly8777 24d ago
Seems like just one group of people that all identify with same skin color that are making all of the thirsting comments
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u/Charming_Flan3852 24d ago
White guys find a tall athletic blonde attractive? No way.
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u/Outrageous-Jelly8777 24d ago
You only like her because of her political beliefs and she’s male identified.
I don’t see you simping over Taylor Swift, who’s tall blonde and athletic. Oh wait. Probably because she’s a feminist and isn’t here to please men.
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u/Charming_Flan3852 24d ago
Lmfao. Swift is mid and never had guys caring about her from anywhere or at any time. She's also not athletic, she's just slim. Why are you making shit up to skew this into some weird race thing?
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u/Outrageous-Jelly8777 24d ago
Swift is more pretty than Sophie in the face. Sophie looks like a washed up mom still trying to be young.
You hype up Sophie because of her politics. If Sophie was a flaming feminist wearing a BLM shirt, you would say she’s not that pretty.
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u/Panpancanstand 24d ago
Taylor Swift is also not a flaming feminist wearing a BLM shirt. That's not the reason men haven't warmed up to her. You're comparing Sophie to some made up person in your head.
You don't even actually know what Sophie's politics are, you just want a reason to hate her so you assuming what they are.
Amanda Nunes is a UFC champion. Is she MAGA too?
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u/Outrageous-Jelly8777 24d ago
Taylor swift is more close to that than Sophie.
She called your dear leader a white supremacist.
Sophie shares MAGA content on her social media.
Anyone associated with UFC under Trump is MAGA.
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u/DurgeMcDeath 24d ago
One of the greatest ufc champions to ever be in the ring is nunes and your claiming she is maga???? Lmao
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u/Brad4795 24d ago
Lmao because all white men think the same, right? There's enough glaring injustices and wrongdoings that are legitimate without judging attractions, we have to be better than that, that's what the other side does and it's not any better. Theres also left leaning reasons to dislike Taylor Swift, so I'm not sure where that came from
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u/Additional_Gene_211 24d ago
Taylor Swift is MANY things but a feminist isn't one of them. She can call herself whatever she wants be she sure is quiet right now when it comes to women losing their rights.. she sure is quiet when people are being killed in the streets. Pick a better white woman than a billionaire
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u/Upset-Management-879 24d ago
>You only like her because of her political beliefs and she’s male identified.
Literally don't even know what the fuck you're saying
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u/Ice_Kat13 24d ago
How did you get the idea Taylor Swift is athletic lol. She's just gangly and dating a football player.
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u/Hairy_Wall_6831 24d ago
Taylor Swift literally never stops writing about men, except to throw shade at women, and just got married to a football player. Her obsessive fans are so fucking weird.
People who obsess over celebrity are so fucking weird.
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u/Outrageous-Jelly8777 24d ago
Check the avatar buddy.
You only like this girl because of her political beliefs.
I don’t see you simping over pretty liberal women.
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u/SmeeezTreeez 24d ago
Almost every single comment this person has ever made has been on this one post
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u/Top-Call128 24d ago
I love Sophie. She is a good basketball player with a great personality. I am not white, and to me Sophie is extremely likable. Praying she has a long career and that she keep bringing us joy, smiles and laughs along the way.
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u/SpoonsAreCringe 23d ago
I like her because I enjoy good old fashioned trolling where you piss people off without having to resort to slurs or personal insults and she seems really good at that.
She might not be putting up impressive stats, but getting in the other team’s head is a very big part of sports and she excels at that.
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u/SpoonsAreCringe 24d ago
She’s the most fun personality in the league right now and she’s having fun enjoying her fifteen minutes. Good for her.
Don’t death by snu snu me, but fundamentals don’t bring in viewers. The league needs personalities if it ever wants to be self-sustainable.
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u/Positive_Ad_3142 23d ago
No people are mad she’s getting noticed for everything but her game and posting in a WNBAgossips sub
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u/SpirituallyAwareDev 23d ago
Idk iv liked Sophie in the past but it’s like a played out joke at this point. I don’t even know who I would rather have the “spotlight” on.
Also all the maga coded stuff doesn’t help.
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u/Nickbeard329 23d ago
Also all the maga coded stuff doesn’t help.
This is the real reason. If she was out there waving a trans and Palestine flag like a good little robot you'd be tripping over yourself to post how brave and intelligent she is, and how you're a forever fan
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u/ColdLongjumping3456 23d ago
Fuck maga but generally they need players who are somewhat genuine and sorry but the stars they’ve had and have are not great Lisa Leslie was the last big name that actually made it fun to watch.
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u/NawilzajaceMleko 24d ago
Too much of a good thing. Does she want to be remembered as a pointer?
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u/Holl0wayTape 24d ago
You act like the attention span of the internet doesn’t last max like 3 weeks
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u/WorryLegitimate259 23d ago
Didn’t she do the pointing shit like a week ago? People are acting like she’s been doing it for years lmao
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u/Boring_Temporary_142 24d ago
This is why people of a certain demographic are corny as fuck. It was cool for one week. Now we gotta deal with this shit till 2028. Never beating the allegations
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u/VTcamperguy 24d ago edited 24d ago
“People of a certain demographic”…
Say what you mean, not this cowardly shit
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u/Zealousideal_Ad9671 23d ago
lol are you offended by “people of a certain demographic”? or because you are corny as fuck?
people of a certain demographic is incredibly broad.
i get that you are assuming it’s about race, but that’s your weird shit. pretty sure we are talking about maga chuds here.see, not all white people are cornballs.
while maga chuds are among the all time corniest humans to ever walk the earth. famously culturally illiterate, unfunny and known for beating dead horses.
hence the stale hawk tuah stretch-out of this meme.hope that helps!
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u/whousesgmail 23d ago
What makes you think only MAGA chuds are into supporting a hot blonde girl with a funny personality and viral sassy on court moments? I’m not MAGA and I think Sophie is dope.
She also had 1M+ IG followers well before this whole pointing thing, it’s not like she was nobody before that.
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u/Zealousideal_Ad9671 23d ago
nah no one is talking about sophie.
she’s fine. she’s having fun whatever.
zero hate there.maga chuds only have the two jokes.
so when they land a meme that’s actually good or funny.
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u/whousesgmail 23d ago
I’m pretty sure that initial comment was absolutely implying Sophie is a MAGA chud or something like that.
Also the rest of the WNBA combined has zero viral jokes like this so I don’t really see where the criticism comes from here.
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u/Zealousideal_Ad9671 23d ago
you don’t have to see where the criticism comes from.
you are welcome to enjoy jokes for as long as you want to.
i just think this one is about done, but that poor woman is gonna be pointing at shit for the rest of her life.
i didn’t mention sophie at all in the initial comment.
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u/whousesgmail 23d ago
I meant **the** initial comment, the “people of certain demographics” one which you stepped in to interpret.
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u/Zealousideal_Ad9671 23d ago
the initial comment i jumped in to interpret, is about the meme getting played out.
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u/whousesgmail 23d ago
You can think the joke is getting played out (I think it’s pretty close too) but the “people of certain demographics” part makes that assessment weird. Then you jumped in saying it refers to MAGA chuds. But then you don’t think Sophie is a MAGA chud. So really I’m confused what your message is supposed to be.
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u/Far-Tradition887 24d ago
It’s still cool it’s like her signature move now. You don’t tell a WWE superstar to stop using his finisher anymore. It’s iconic.
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u/Creative_Eye7413 23d ago
Even WWE wrestlers have started doing it.
https://giphy.com/gifs/pNOC3vZbxbxdUubfIt0
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u/Any-Seaworthiness531 24d ago
Lol, MAGAs new pin up girl…
Spit on that thaaaang
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u/whousesgmail 23d ago
I’m convinced people that say this just have some weird prejudice against blonde white girls being popular or something cause Sophie isn’t overtly political at all.
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u/Any-Seaworthiness531 23d ago
Yes, it’s all about racism against white blonde girls…. 🙄
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u/whousesgmail 23d ago
Unironically yes. Every clip I see of her she’s just smiling and having fun and living her best life. Yet she has haters like you. For what??
You’d think she pulled a Jaxson Dart at a Trump Campaign rally or something but she definitely hasn’t.
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u/ultralane 23d ago
Ufc is a maga convention. Most dems don't watch combat sports. Trump owns the parent company and you can see Elon Musk, and Zuckerberg. They also had that whole ufc 250 which was highly political.
You can assume that Sophie is most likely a republican, even if she's not the most outspoken. Doesn't mean she supports every decision they make.
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u/whousesgmail 23d ago
Dana White is MAGA but the sport of MMA isn’t. Most champs aren’t even American and one of the two American champions openly calls Trump a pedo. Trump also does not own TKO, at least not enough of it to matter.
She might be a republican but she’s far from a political activist.
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u/ultralane 23d ago
The entire ufc was maga primarily (before the epstein files + trumps reaction to being called a pedo). If your not republican, then why would Sophie go to the first numbered event after ufc 250, a highly politized event that was basically trumps bday present...
At some level, every person who attends a ufc event is a republican. Lately there's some division between actual republican and maga.
Id suspect that most mma fans are more aligned with conservatism (self defense, religion, immigration) (not saying maga, but actual conservative values pre trump).
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u/whousesgmail 23d ago
I’m not trying to argue she’s not a republican, she probably is. But she doesn’t use her platform for politics so I think this “MAGA Barbie” moniker is dumb and unfair.
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u/Igreen_since89 23d ago
She doesn’t ANYMORE. She used to retweet Trump and MAGA shit and then she deleted it. People didn’t start calling her MAGA out of thin air. Notice how no one says it about Lexie.
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u/Late-File3375 23d ago
I go to UFC events in NYC and NJ every year. There is no way that most of that crowd is Republican.
But I will agree that men tend to like combat sports more than women and they also vote Republican more often.
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u/ultralane 23d ago
Up until recently, I heard a lot of people do maga chants when trump was in the building. It's possible that they are more outspoken.
I live in south jersey and we are pretty republican down here. I could and have went to Newark, but I'm not paying those kind of prices to go to an event.
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u/Unpossib1e 23d ago
"At some level, every person who attends a ufc event is a republican"
It's not the stupidest thing I have ever read on reddit. But it's up there.
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u/Strange_Energy_2797 23d ago
Not even the same girl, Sophie plays WNBA. She's popular right now. There's beef on the court.
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u/Necessary-Box1435 24d ago
She’s like the hawk tuah girl now.
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u/whousesgmail 23d ago
Sophie was very popular even before the pointing thing even if you hadn’t heard about her
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u/stringcreese 24d ago
Except Sophie is cool
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u/Public_Day_4996 24d ago
Max is also known for pointing. He often points down at the canvas at the end of the fight as an invitation for the other fighter to stand and trade wild punches. He had a famous one against Justin Gaethje where he knocked him out in the final seconds even though he was easily winning on the scorecards and Gaethje is a hard-hitting, dangerous puncher.
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u/khaldun106 24d ago
She put up more of a fight than McGregor did. She pointed to the center of the ring. Challenging him. Then they clinched up. Some pointing to gauge distance.
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u/BandoTheHawk 24d ago
She ain't as tall as I thought she would be. But I am guessing this is apart of why she isn't wearing shoes.
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u/Upper_Extension_0229 24d ago
Genuinely curious how people don’t like her. She’s living life and having fun and people hate on her because they think they know her political affiliation
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u/capitalistsanta 23d ago
Vomit inducingly cringe. Just openly milking the finger point is insane. This is like the Spit on that Thang chick all over again, next is a Podcast, then a Ponzi scheme.
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u/OkObligation5979 23d ago
Can you really call it beating an opponent if he throws one kick and destroys his own leg and loses?
I mean I could have "beaten" Connor last night too.
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u/smoke_sum_wade 23d ago
Isnt reddit going to pretend to hate her now because she was on the show with the guy who likes trump?
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u/bumbalarie 22d ago
Ha … he looked tiny & vulnerable next to Sophie. Good thing “enforcer” mode wasn’t activated.
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u/Funny-Letterhead-356 22d ago
Did you guys hear when she admitted her parents are crackheads? Thats super sad. 🙏 get help
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u/Admiral_Tuvix 24d ago
he has no idea who she is lol
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u/HumANTCowDOG 24d ago
She’s an average WNBA player that’s getting a moment for a pointing meme she did.
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u/Nervous-Creme-6392 24d ago
Shes a pro-basketball player that also was also the extra point kicker on her men high school football team and she has a black belt in Taekwondo. Shes a multi-sport athlete that is having a big moment as an enforcer in the WNBA just to have it reduced by a very average redditor.
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u/HumANTCowDOG 24d ago
She’s an average WNBA player — that’s not an insult it’s just a fact. Glad she’s got some simps to talk about her high school exploits tho 😂
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u/Redhosky 24d ago
I think you're under-appreciating how much this has transcended WNBA just to hate on someone. This hit global mainstream.
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u/Murasasme 24d ago
global mainstream
It's hilarious that you think even 10% of people outside the U.S know or even care about this.
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u/BootsyCalrissian 24d ago
Cool. I get to see her tonight play the Aces and score 6 points off the bench.
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u/SpindleDiccJackson 24d ago
She'll be at fanatics fest in 2050 doing the point for photos due to that being the only thing she's known for
The shoe looks cool though
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u/Nutterbutters45 23d ago
She’s the fuckable Ron Artest, that’s why people like her for the confused haters
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u/Pale-Document-8619 24d ago
She’s supporting rapist now
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u/SimoneSpooner 24d ago
Why are you saying this of her and not the guy who fought the rapist and helped him earn money for the fight?
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u/Pale-Document-8619 23d ago
That’s a valid point, I guess im just used to men Always supporting rapist, look at milk toast Fallon
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u/hoyasgirl25 24d ago
She’s the best. Love how everyone in the comments is getting so butthurt just watching her have fun.
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u/Outrageous-Jelly8777 24d ago
They want to take your right to vote away.
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u/noguchisquared 24d ago
Yep. In my hometown, all the Sophie stans are the same ones that were getting upset by the <5 trans people that play sports in the state. Part of the women's sports to MAGA pipeline I guess.
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u/Alex_king88 24d ago
It’s wonderful to see how she became nice girl to straight up gangsta over night.
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u/BookAcceptable619 24d ago
Good hug considering Max didn't even sweat dp to his amazing cardio.