THINGS in the Twitterverse never cease to amaze.
It is a living, breathing organism that constantly offers up peculiar little morsels that us lesser mortals can read and laugh at.
So let’s have a look at the top 10 sports or punting related Tweets of the last week.
Grove Hits a win… and hits…. and hits….
Watch as Kendall Grove pick up a brutal KO win at Bellator 150 last night.#Bellator150 https://t.co/hPykI7om0T
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) February 27, 2016
MMA fighter Kendall Grove must have taken to heart the public outrage after the lackluster Dada5000/Kimbo Slice cuddle fest last week. Slice and Dada 5000 threw more punches that didn’t land than did.
Kendall Grove clearly decided he needed to step up and over compensate for the lack of punches that connected in the Dada/Kimbo bout.
In Grove’s Bellator 150 bout against Francisco France he floored France early in the second round. France was clearly KO’d and seeing stars, but Grove was not to be perturbed, delivering another two crippling blows to the unconscious France before the ref could clammer over Grove to put an end to the fight.
Grove was in no danger of being accused of fighting like a limp-wristed nancy-boy, that’s for sure.
Silva needs to take a leaf out of Grove’s book
IT'S NOT OVER!! IT'S NOT OVER!! They're carrying on!! #UFCLondon https://t.co/2x3a2oHZp6
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) February 27, 2016
Another MMA fight took a stunning turn on the weekend during UFC Fight Night 84 in London.
Michael Bisping eventually won on points against Anderson Silva. The thing is though, Bisping won with his face looking like a box full of melted Lego. He had been knocked around that much. Silva on the other hand looked bright eyed and bushy tailed.
Silva was especially confident after he claimed an early victory. Silva let rip with a flying knee that dropped Bisping to the canvas at the end of the third round. Silva immediately threw his arms in the air in victory. His trainers were screaming at him to finish the fight, while Bisping’s trainers flooded the ring to attend to the woozy fighter.
If Silva had just taken a leaf out of Kendall Grove’s book and kept hitting Bisping when he was down, then Silva would have been the victor during the third round.
In the end, even Bisping seemed genuinely surprised when he was given the win.
JOC heart attack?
https://twitter.com/JamesOConnor832/status/703332902902370304
Everyone in the rugby world was freaking out when reports started to leak late last week that Toulon star James O’Connor had keeled over and had a heart attack on the team bus.
Turns out reports of O’Connor’s cardiac arrest were greatly embellished. In the end O’Connor took to Twitter to claim that his passing out was simply a case of “hypoglycemia and game/training fatigue”.
If that’s what we call passing out these days, then I had countless bouts of “hypoglycemia and game/training fatigue” every Saturday and Sunday morning. It had nothing to do with the pubs, clubs or empty bottles of Jack Daniel’s.
CrownBet.com.au has Toulon as $2.85 favorites to take out the French Top 14 competition this year.
Van Gaal, Olympic diver?
https://twitter.com/FootyMemes/status/703969410428641280
Manchester United manager, Louis Van Gaal, was clearly a little agitated at being left out of the action on the field and has become an internet sensation in doing so.
Van Gaal was blowing up deluxe at one of the side line officials after Man United were penalised when Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez hit the deck in a dive worthy of the Olympic high board.
During his remonstration Van Gaal fell to the ground, as though he’d been hit by a sniper. The farcical fall was to demonstrate how easily Sanchez went down, but the side line official was having none of it.
Ronaldo to Man U?
Monster boost for Man Utd as Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos hand in transfer requests https://t.co/KrxWT7xmWm
— Everton 1878 (@Bluetoffeeman07) March 2, 2016
This story could be enough to make Louis Van Gaal fall over again!!
Reports are beginning to emerge that Christiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos have requested a release from Real Madrid in a bid to link up with van Gaal’s Manchester United.
Keep your eyes peeled for more info on this one. Could be massive.
Rob Simmons’ F-Bomb
.@Reds_Rugby skipper Rob Simmons dropped the F-bomb in post-game interview. WATCH: https://t.co/BZIeG5FCa9 #SR16 pic.twitter.com/iEUKkUQf4K
— 7Sport (@7Sport) February 27, 2016
New Super Rugby’s Queensland Reds captain, Rob Simmons, was pretty chuffed with his side’s performance, despite their 30-10 loss to the NSW Waratahs.
So impressed was Simmons that in his first post-match interview as captain he said, “the way the boys played with 14 men on the field was f*cking quite impressive”.
Don’t change Rob. Don’t change.
CrownBet.com.au has the Reds as surprising $1.45 favorites against the Western Force ahead of the weekend.
Pearce’ historic fine
Mitchell Pearce has reportedly been fined $125,000 and suspended for 2.5 dog years.
— Titus O'Reily (@TitusOReily) March 3, 2016
Mitchell Pearce, the now infamous drunken, puppy-interfering NRL player has copped his full punishment and it is the biggest punishment handed down in NRL history.
The aftermath of “simulating a sex act” with a dog while heavily intoxicated has come at a very hefty cost for Pearce. The Sydney Roosters’ punishment for Pearce was to strip him of his co-captaincy of the club while the NRL wanted to throw everything – including the kitchen sink – at the wayward halfback and suspend him for 12 weeks.
In the end the NRL’s punishment amounted to eight weeks and $125,000 – the largest financial fine in the NRL’s history.
Sure, $50,000 of the fine has been suspended, but still, it will make other players think twice before they think about simulating sex acts while intoxicated and possibly urinating on someone else’s couch. Or at least they’ll have the sense not to be filmed doing it.
WilliamHill.com has the Roosters as $2.10 outsiders against the Rabbitohs. Check out WilliamHill.com to see the 84 other markets they have available on the game.
Kyrgios/Wawrinka re-match a fizzer
The much anticipated match between Nick Kyrgios and Stan Wawrinka, their first since the infamous “girlfriend sledge” fizzled out in unspectacular fashion last week. Kyrgios had to retire hurt and even delivered up this Tweet:
Always feels terrible to retire, sorry and good luck to @stanwawrinka 👍🏾
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) February 26, 2016
I was bitterly disappointed. I wanted the match to crack on with Wawrinka claiming to have slept with Kyrgios’ mum. Or Kyrgios saying he heard Mitchell Pearce took Wawrinka’s dog on a date.
No such sledging occurred. Lift your game boys!!
Rabs to hang up the mic
Ray Warren begins his last year as a commentator this next week. The best voice and wordsmith in any sport. pic.twitter.com/xCMjHsgHyF
— Dave Woods (@DaveWoodsSport) February 29, 2016
The NRL’s most iconic voice, commentator Ray Warren, has declared that season 2016 will be his last in the commentary box. We will miss his inability to correctly identify any ethnic player, except Jarryd Hayne. He could spot the Hayne plane a mile away on a dark and stormy day.
NRL will not be the same. Especially if we have to suffer through the monotone of Andrew Johns in the commentary box from 2017 onward.
Steph Curry is too good
Steph Curry doing Steph Curry things. pic.twitter.com/E4BbaFZgNC
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 28, 2016
The world was in awe of Steph Curry’s buzzer beating shot to beat Oklahoma City. Curry, with six tenths of a second left on the clock, casually drained a shot from 32 feet downtown to win the game. It was his 12th three point shot of the game.
Stehpen Curry, you are a freak.
