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MMA’s week out of the cage: UFC 234 shoeys with ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone and Tai Tuivasa

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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The crowd gets crazy at UFC 234

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When in Australia 🤷‍♂️ #UFC234

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Animals of Instagram

Weekly eats

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Spain day 1: flights, food, soccer 3 flights and 29 hours later, I finally made it to Seville! . 7:30am I left Lax, 4:30 I arrived in Atlanta. In Atlanta I had a 3 hour layover. From There it was an 8 1/2 flight to Madrid. When I got into Madrid the airport was massive. I had no idea where to go. The best part was, I had yet another layover and still needed to collect my Luggage and then proceed to my next flight to Seville. This was a perfect opportunity to eat my first meal in Spain. . Arriving in Seville: I finally see a familiar face. I think The most unique part of traveling to another country for the first time without speaking much of the language is the feeling of getting lost. Seeing that familiar face becomes extremely comforting. We left the airport and headed to my hotel. The hotel is awesome. It’s right next to the soccer Stadium in Seville that was to have over 45,000 people in attendance tonight for the game! That is going to be insane. (Photos included). I dropped my bags off in the room, went off for a quick bite to eat and a little site seeing before classes begin at the gym. . I really haven’t slept in about 30 hours now. I need to train and shake this traveling off. Enrique took me to his gym, (that is Next to the stadium as well) and we got a great nogi session in. As we were training You could hear to soccer game getting going. Thousands of people starting to flood in with Chants and screams followed by the sounds of explosions from the arena. It sounded like a war zone. It was now time to eat again. We left the Gym and walked through the pre party infested streets. It looked like a huge college party had finished. I can only imagine what it will look like when game is over. I’m a little glad we won’t be around for that lol. . As this incredibly long day comes to an end, I leave you with the pictures of food and Seville. I hope you enjoy. Tomorrow I will teach a class and experience more of the culture Seville has to offer. I can’t wait. .. #seville #food #futbol #soccer #spain #madrid #chadgeorge #food #foodporn #wasabi #teamavage #teamcmma #zevia #travelstories

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Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and engagements

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Happy Birthday, @Henry_Cejudo! 🎉

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Children of MMA

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🇵🇱5️⃣ lutego świat zmienił się nieodwracalnie. Tego dnia swoją drogę rozpoczęły dwie najbardziej wyczekiwane przez nas istoty👶🏼👶🏼, kochane całym sercem❤️, idealne pod każdym względem😍. Przedstawiam Wam oficjalnie moją córeczkę Glorię i synka Marcela. Dzielna mama i maluszki czują się dobrze 🤱🏼 a tata…. tata pęka z dumy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💪🏼 🇺🇸The world has changed forever on Feb 5️⃣th. On this day the world welcome two the most looking forward people👶🏼👶🏼, loved by all my heart❤️, perfect in every inch😍 I am so happy and I want to introduce you my lovely girl Gloria and my little boy Marcel. Mommy and children are doing very well 🤱🏼 I am very proud of them 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💪🏼 #newborn #baby #daughter #son #córeczka #synek #dzieci #noworodek #miracle #babies #daddy #prouddaddy #jestemtata #twins #blizniaki @rozdwojona.ona

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Activities and adventures

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🙌 #westernwall

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Random leftovers

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The Blue Corner is MMAjunkie’s blog space. We don’t take it overly seriously, 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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