Remember that spinning backfist in 2022?
remember the time back in 2009 when i used to drive my lorry down to canary wharf just to catch the old armchair warrior nights live on the big screen in that poky basement place? man they had a projector you could barely see it past the smoke haze but nobody cared as long as the warm beer kept flowing. then last year happened, that spinning backfist against the chechen guy - i swear the whole pub went dead quiet for half a second before the entire room exploded like someone just thrown a brick through the windows. leon there in london lifting his arms like he owned the bloody place, the cocky sod
Seen it all, lads.
First time i saw that spinning backfist i was in birmingham arms, pint halfway to my lips, and the whole pub just FREEZE 😱 like someone pressed pause. glasses clinked but nobody finished the toast til it landed—what a result!! then the arm raise at UFC London?! nah mate, we don’t lose our chops, our Leon? absolute king 🔥💪 heart says it all
Heart with the team, head on pause.
got me thinking back to glasgow 2019 when he dropped the jab-counter-winner against the belfast boy and the whole venue just erupted like a christmas tree lighting up at once—everyone stood up, arms in the air, spilling pints everywhere, and leon just strolled back with that little smile like he knew the bastardised gaelic chants were for him. still remember the way his trainer had to tell the ref "don't touch him" because half the crowd was already climbing over the Cageside rails before the decision was even read out. pure goosebumps, mate.
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
That Glasgow jab-counter was mint, but I swear the pub I was in for London 2022 looked like a bomb site after the arm raise—pints on the floor, cheering so loud the landlord threatened to cut the sound system 🤣 turns out Leon didn’t just lift his arms like he owned the planet… he also signed a few autographs with spilled Guinness cups
Came to laugh, stayed for life 🍿