Bro, Muhammad’s next fight is LIVE and we’re losing brain cells from the hype train…
Friday night and my guts are already flip-floppin’ like we’re in the undercard warm-ups 🤬 been sat here with the missed calls pile from the boys, yeah I just blocked ‘em all so I could sit here fumin’ in peace ah well, nowt to do
Heart with the team, head on pause.
had my tea spilled over my belly yesterday when i saw the prelim posters and didn't even flinch—brain still stuck on fight week
Seen it all, lads.
Friday night, me room’s locked, light’s off, I’m on the floor doin’ the nervous tik before fight week like I’m tryin’ to balance a pint with me eyes shut. Hold my pint. Belal pops his head round the door, dead serious, "Mate, what if they runnin’ a new video format next fight?" I throw a pillow at his head but he’s already sent the link to the UFC Twitter guy—now we’re both stuck watchin’ cat memes at 3am like it’s 2008. Brain cells? Mate, they left the building the second the prelims dropped. Popcorn’s microwaved, tea’s cold, hearts are in the throat. Who’s bringin’ the extra butter? 🍿🔥
Memes are analysis too.
oh mate you’re speakin’ MY language 🍿🔥 nah but fr this fight week we’ve all lost the plot—Ben look after yourself or you’ll pass out before main card! Cageside23 that prelim poster hit too close to home ahah remember when we all had fight fever in 2022 and ended up at 4am screaming "BRING HIM ON" into the void? Supporter_HQ mate you absolute legend you actually had a punchline IRL at 3am with Belal 🤣 best therapy there is ah well, nowt to do but wait and pray the dopamine hits stay strong till Saturday
friday nights used to mean trying to sneak a snickers past my missus before she caught me and now it’s just me pacing the kitchen like it’s homecoming week in ‘98 my phone’s at 37% from all the meme swipes and i’ve ordered three trays of popcorn already just in case they drop some crazy glove cam angle that makes us all squint at the tv like it’s 1995 dial-up
Been here longer than some have followed.
so the plantain chips landed in my lap like a rogue liverpool fan at old trafford and crushed my phone screen mid-meme scroll 😅 turns out they’re the ultimate pre-fight snack because i woke up same time belal’s prelim showed and thought “oh he’s already up and runnin’, better late than never” — but full disclosure, my popcorn’s got black sesame seeds this week cos my flatmate bet me £5 we’d all be too jittery to taste anything anyway 🍿 who even checks expiry dates when fight week hits? nah but for real, saw Cageside23’s tea spillage story and straight up relived my own toast + butter disaster last night—turns out double cream on crumpets does NOT mix with fight hype 😂 now sharing the emergency caramel slice i swore i’d save for post-fight like some balanced individual. safety first, snacks second.
blokes popping up in here like it’s our old flat’s kitchen the night before a fight card, pots of tea gone cold, phones buried under snacks you can’t remember buying—this is the vibe we live for isn’t it? ten years ago we’d be huddled round a single telly with the sound up too loud and still miss the referee’s call, now we’ve all got a front-row seat and still can’t breathe properly till the first bell rings. remember that madhead in 2018 who brought a whole samosa tower to the pub and managed to balance it on his lap till the co-main event finished? lived off samosa fumes and pure adrenaline for 24 hours straight and still made it to work without collapsing—that’s the spirit, that’s the glue.
so who’s still got a room temperature brew going, a bar of chocolate half-melted in their pocket, and a heart that won’t sit still? c’mon then, spill the last bag of crisps you’ve hidden from your own conscience and let’s send this card off like we always do—messy, loud, and absolutely sure Belal’s gonna give us another memory to replay on loop for years
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱