I don’t have Snapchat, so I’ll admit that I don’t completely understand this: But the popular messaging app has a new “baby” filter that turns photos of adults into toddlers, and it’s currently all the rage on social media.
If you ask me, it’s kind of creepy and weird. I mean, can’t I just look at old baby pictures of myself? But I digress.
Not surprisingly, this has become a thing in the sports world. And while I may be out of touch because I don’t use Snapchat, I know an internet trend when I see one. And so do the folks running ESPN’s MMA social media account, because take a look at some of these “baby” photos of UFC fighters.
Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Jon Jones, Amanda Nunes (via Twitter):
Max Holloway and Anderson Silva (via Twitter):
UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who ESPN included in its original batch of photos, had the best reaction (via Twitter)
Hey
@espnmma I love the baby fighter photos you did, I didn’t see mine so i figured I’d send it to you
It’s a baby goat. Get it? Because he’s the GOAT. Clever guy that “DC” is.
Here’s the actual “baby” filter photo of the champ-champ (via Twitter):
This concludes our silly blog post about fake baby photos of fighters. As you were.
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