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Eric Kurbyun
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Director of Research at Huddle Up and The Joe Pomp Show by @JoePompliano eric@joepompshow.com
Feb 11, 2022 • 24 tweets • 10 min read
On the eve of #UFC271, I want to recount the story of a kid from Nigeria who is now the UFC middleweight champion and one MMA’s pound-for-pound best fighters

Let’s talk about Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya

THREAD 🧵 Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya was born on July 22, 1989 in Lagos, Nigeria to Oluwafemi and Taiwo Adesanya

He’s the eldest of five kids
Jan 26, 2022 • 17 tweets • 9 min read
Two years ago, we sadly lost Kobe Bryant

Today, I want to talk about the lasting impact he had on MMA and martial arts, and the influence these communities had on him 👇 1) Kobe noted in interviews that martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee was a major influence on the “Mamba Mentality”

How much? In the 2000s, Kobe started practicing Jeet Kune Do — Bruce Lee’s hybrid martial art that combines the best of multiple martial arts disciplines