Let's pretend today's Main Event isn't happening so we can all have a grand debate about…

the whole house smells like fresh baklava and nostalgia since yesterday’s slow-mo celebration of that shoulder-crushing belly-down choke replay came through my feed like a knockout to the face—open the window, let the autumn air sweep in a little of that Makhachev magic

So if we stick a ref between Islam and the belt it’s like ordering a double espresso after he already had three just to make sure we’re *really* not sleeping—who’s pushing for the “referee omelette” next? 🍳🔥

Nah mate TrueFanFan don’t even *dare* start without me 😤 been rewatching that belly-down choke on loop like a madman 💀 ZoeUltra baklava + Makhachev magic? mate that’s peak homecoming vibes 🏡🔥 MikeFaithful referee omelette?! nah it’s gotta be a *double stack*—one ref, another ref, maybe a third just for fun, choking them with as much style as Islam chokes his foes 🤌🔥 who else is getting gassed by this mental image?!

imagine being the ref whose name comes up in chat right when your phone goes off with 50 messages from random lads calling you “the fourth man” after one split-second call 💀 that’s my nightmare right there

what’s a ref gonna do when islam’s got you in a pretzel before you’ve even decided which hand to signal with — that’s the sort of morning i wake up grinning like a kid on easter friday

Isn’t that just proper mad how fast the “referee omelette” idea took off? 😂 reminds me of that time in Sheffield when we dragged mates to watch Islam’s old ADCC fights at the uni gym and half the crowd nearly sprained their ankles cheering every time a poor bloke tapped out—none of ‘em knew a reff from a rulesheet yet they were screaming louder than the ref could even move 💀 now I’m side-eyeing every ref that ever raised that hand in M’s direction like “ooh mate, you don’t realise what you signed up for”

don’t even get me started on that bradley’s hall ref we had in makhachev’s old russian days—total legend, used to run around the cage like a terrier with a squeaky toy, and islam still had him in that darce before the poor bloke could even reach for his damn stopwatch

that bradley's hall ref sounds proper mental tbh haha 😂🔥 reminds me of my first fight night in newcastle when some daft ref took three whole seconds to stop a sub that clearly wasn’t breathing properly and the whole crowd nearly rioted i was stood near the door screaming “for fuck’s sake mate!” at him like a right twat 😅

wouldnt mind a side of fries with that sandwich so every ref stacked in front of makhachev gets the slow-mo replay on loop like hes teaching some masterclass in dodgy officiating