THIS week has been all about legends.
Past legends from the UFC have announced their return to the octagon, despite both being old enough to refer to their future competition as “young whippersnappers”.
Also Steph Curry’s legendary status seems to be growing by the day with news of more of his miraculous acts coming to light.
What’s the most dangerous spat in international sport between two legends?
UFC’s retirement zone
It was reported this week that UFC veteran BJ Penn is returning to the octagon in UFC199 and another former champ, who is getting a bit long in the tooth too, Georges St Pierre, is also in talks with the UFC for a comeback.
St Pierre is close to 36 and Penn is 37. Neither man could be considered spring chickens. In fact they would both be close to being eligible for the pension.
When you think about it though, it makes sense for retirees to join the UFC. They can save money on mouth guards and just remove their dentures completely before a fight.
They could write off a busted hip as an injury suffered in the octagon and claim a new hip replacement through UFC medical insurance.
They may have to re-consider their sponsors though, because I’m sure Monster Energy Drink would be out of the question for people on heart or blood pressure medications.
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Steph Curry: the second coming
Steph Curry’s 2015/16 Golden State Warriors have managed to dethrone Michael Jordan’s 1995/96 Chicago Bulls outfit as the most successful team to have ever graced the NBA.
The Golden State Warriors have eclipsed the Bulls regular season record of 72 wins and 10 losses, achieving 73 wins and nine losses during the 2015/16 regular NBA season.
This feat is just another block in building the ever-lasting legend of Steph Curry: NBA’s second coming Michael Jordan.
On top of draining more than 400 three-pointers in the regular season, there are also wild rumours flying around that may or may not be true: it’s hard to differentiate the fairy tales from the facts when it comes to Steph Curry.
It has been said that one time Steph miraculously turned water from a tap into Gatorade during a training session earlier this year.
I heard Steph managed to feed his entire team with just a single Happy Meal from McDonalds.
One time, Klay Thompson had a dead leg. Legend goes that Curry was able to resurrect Thompson’s dead leg, as if like Lazarus.
WilliamHill.com.au has Steph’s Golden State Warriors as unbeatable favorites to down the Houston Rockets in their Play-Off Series. The Warriors are $1.01 against the Rockets’ $19 to win the series.
The most dangerous spat in sport today
Who is the last person you want to pick a fight with? Someone with an arsenal of guns and an Olympic gold medal proving he is the best person in the world at shooting said guns and hitting a moving target with them.
Well, maybe you wouldn’t be too afraid if you had a couple of Olympic gold medals for shooting as well.
This is currently the situation unfolding in Australia with a pair of Olympic gold shooters, Michael Diamond and Russel Mark, conducting their own personal social media war, calling each other all sorts of colorful names.
This saddens me a little.
It upsets me to see bonafide gun slingers like these two have resorted to social media to sort out their problems instead of an old fashioned duel at sun rise: ten paces, turn, shoot. Come on fellas!
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