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MMA’s week out of the cage: Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov get on the same page

Social media has become a significant part of the sporting landscape. But few, if any, professional sports match the level of interaction and personal access provided by MMA.

In an individual competition in which nearly every athlete is chasing the same goal of financial success and championship glory, it’s important for fighters to provide insight into their lives in order to connect with fans and gain followings.

Although the life of a fighter often can be mundane and repetitive, there still are moments of interest that take place outside the cage, ring or training room. Here are some of the most interesting of those occurrences from the past week.

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McGregor and Khabib find common ground

Dana White gets stopped

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🤦🏻‍♂️i cant drive 55

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Weekly eats

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Meals today so far. #1 Homemade chicken bone broth ramen with thin sliced cabbage for noodle substitute and soft boiled eggs. #2 Grass-Fed lamb chops and steam-fried sweet potatoes. All organic to reduce toxins. People always ask me about diets and start telling me what they added to their meals or ask what they should add to there diet. Believe it or not most people don’t need to add anything. They need a reduction diet which is reduce the amount SAD CRAP you eat and eat a variety of whole plant foods processed down by your very own hands. Eat wild or organically raised meats and eggs. What is SAD CRAP? Standard American Diet Carbohydrates Refined sugars Additives Preservatives Your brain 🧠 is the fattiest organ in the body. It needs fat to run but also needs carbs to rebuild. Eating organic also insures a reduction in toxins that will get in the blood stream and impact mental and physical performance. Make sure those carbs are low glycemic like cabbage 🥬 or sweet potatoes 🍠 or else you might get a spike of energy and then crash until you fill up on more sad crap or caffeine. Eat good, feel good!! Eat crap, feel crap!! Holistic Health is not rocket surgery but it does take some attention to detail if you want to heal with each meal. Saying a quick prayer also can help food be more healing. Eating in a stressful mental state or stressed out environment can have negative effects on digestion’s. Playing some calming music or eating outside in nature can help with the setting. #food #foodporn #tlgmma #chekhlc1 #holistic #diet #nutrition #tysongriffin #coach #chekholisticlifestylecoach

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Birthdays

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Children of MMA

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Familia 🇩🇴❤️🌊☀️

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Depois de alguns dias curtindo Orlando com a família chegou a hora de voltarmos pra casa. Claro que gostaríamos de ficar mais, além de toda a diversão nos parques, ficamos em uma casa muito legal, espaçosa e confortável da @hautevacationhomes dos amigos @atanisa e @thehomeschef que não mediram esforços para que tivéssemos dias maravilhosos e assim foi. Adoramos demais, Obrigado! Se estiverem vindo para Orlando passar uns dias é com eles que vocês devem falar 👊👍 | After few days enjoying Orlando with family it’s time to go back home. We would love to stay longer besides all the fun we were having at the parks we were staying in a very nice and comfortable house from @hautevacationhomes of our friends @atanisa and @thehomeschef who did their best to make our days there great. Thank you! If you guys are coming to Orlando give them a call 👊👍

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Activities and adventures

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This was the best day. Can’t express our gratitude enough to all of the families that contributed to this amazing experience for the girls. Mahalo to Duane, Malia and the Desoto family for taking us in like your own, making sure we were safe and sharing your beautiful home with us. @makemagicmalia, you and your girls are 100% wahine toa goals! And Uncle Zane, MAHALO for lending us your tent! Came in super clutch and now the girls know how to disassemble it lol. To my kia’i @samkapoi, @alohalaiana, your beautiful daughter @haaipoipo and the beautiful @playkimie, mahalo for donating your time and mana’o with the girls. You all are pillars to our lāhui and we are lucky to know you! To the Keaulana family, @haakeaulana and @tiare4maui, and watermen that took the girls out, we were so honored to be received so warmly by you all. This too was my first Uncle Buff’s and I now understand why it is such a special event. There was so much aloha along that beach, it simply can’t be replicated elsewhere. The girls all agreed that riding those waves with you all was the highlight of their trip, despite getting little bit bussap on the hulimakaflip haha. But mahalo mahalo MAHALO for being the reason for their smiles—the pictures say it all. Makaha is truly a magical place. A hui hou. #NaWahineToa #MMIW #indigenize #UncleBuffs #Makaha #WessideBesside

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Random leftovers

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Just a little Light gardening innit.

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The Blue Corner is MMA Junkie’s blog space. We don’t take it overly serious, and neither should you. If you come complaining to us that something you read here is not hard-hitting news, expect to have the previous sentence repeated in ALL CAPS.

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