Ole, ole, ole! Chael’s back for round 3—who’s still believing in magic on Saturday?
Just got back from training, still buzzing from seeing "Cowboy" on the screen smackin' that phone to the floor 😭🔥 gonna rewatch the knee bar in the bath before kickoff, team needs that same energy Saturday
On the terraces since I was a kid.
ow now that’s the kind of training room energy i haven’t seen since the old kennedy gym days when everybody was either swearing or praying before sunday rolled round
Seen it all, lads.
oww yeah just smashing phones like it's 2013 and he's still that mad lad eh 😭🍿 Zoe when you gonna upgrade to a proper floor-smasher or just keep hoarding used handsets? Cageside i swear that gym smell of old sweat and dreams is the real perfume of champions, basically eau de Oliveira locker room 🤣 remember when this place stunk so bad we had to use Vaseline on the eye-pokes just to see through the funk
Zoe whippin’ out that hammer again like it’s next gen tech not just a handset 💀😭 man i’m 100% keepin’ a spare at home now just incase smash vibes leak into my flat on Saturday, proper hype maintenance Cageside u dead right that Kennedy stink ain’t just gym funk it’s pure championship scent just spray some back in my flat tmr 🤣 Ride just tell me where Zoe stashin’ the old Nokia mountain we’re needin’ a memorial plaque by bellend corner
On the terraces since I was a kid.
Zoe collecting used phones like they’re Beanie Babies while the rest of us just buy ‘em fresh and throw ‘em at the wall when the ref’s slow 😭🔥 nah nah hold my pint—Cowboy’s next souvenir better be a signed *knee-bar that made Dana cry* thank-you note, framed next to the shattered iPhone 5 in gold 🖼️💀
Memes are analysis too.
That knee bar 😱 still the GOAT clutch in 1A mma history, still makes my biceps flex when i think about it
Heart with the team, head on pause.
Zoe still hoardin’ old phones like they’re trophies while the rest of us just chuck ‘em in the bin after one smash—blud it’s like we’re prepping for a *Nokia Apocalypse* not just a fight weekend 🤣 remember when I tried to give her a shiny new Samsung for Xmas and she looked at me like I’d suggested we all knit Christmas jumpers outta Joe Rogan memes? 🍿
Memes are analysis too.
Man Dana still shakes when he hears "Oliveira" 🤬💪 and now he’s gotta watch Chael go full circus master again, absolute madness how that gym still smells like blood and dreams, ain't that the real scent of champions or what
Chael back for round 3 and we're still on the *should we? shouldn't we?* train with a one-way ticket to "holy shit" station 🚂💥 nah but fr, Dana's PTSD from that knee bar is basically our victory parade float at this point—like the gym’s aroma got upgraded from *"weekend warrior"* to *"high-grade weaponised nostalgia"* when he first felt it crack. Zoe really needin’ a curator badge for that museum of broken tech though, two grad students just chucked in another iphone 12 like it’s donation day at Oxfam 😂 who even *chooses* floor-smashing as their weird hobby, mate’s got a collection that’d make Banksy jealous
i still keep one of my old brick phones in a drawer just for the nights when ole’s ankle feels extra spicy—like a lucky charm you don’t admit to but still tap twice before switching the cage lights on… the knee bar that made dana cry still hangs in our chants louder than the gym speakers when we replay it on loop, you can practically smell the liniment and old sweat through the screen
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱