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'That's what happens to virgins': UFC's Colby Covington comically manhandles TikTok influencer who challenged him



Former interim UFC lightweight champion Colby Covington accepted a challenge from a TikTok influencer resulting in a laughable beatdown of the young star.

Covington agreed to spar Kaz Sawyer, a 23-year-old content creator with a whopping nine million TikTok followers, with another near two million followers on Instagram.

"Today, we're sparring!" Covington screamed at the start of the video. The two set rules that the UFC star could only try to defend himself, not throw punches, while the influencer was allowed to punch, kick, and try to tackle him.

'Anyone comes around here thinking they're tough, they end up like that.'

"I think I'm tapping him out," Sawyer jokingly said before the spar started.

Sawyer began by saying it was "pretty intense" to step into the cage, but then gained some confidence when he realized Covington wasn't allowed to hit back.

Showcasing the stark difference between a trained fighter and a regular person, the influencer barely landed any strikes on the evasive Covington throughout the sparring session, even with the slanted rules.

After tiring himself out, Sawyer noted he was "exhausted," at which point, Covington decided he didn't want to follow the rules anymore.
"Now, it's my turn," the 170-pound fighter said.

"This is not a part of the rules!" Sawyer screamed as Covington began posturing to throw punches.

Covington toyed with Sawyer as he landed body punches and eventually grabbed a hold of the young creator.

"Colby! Stop!" the influencer yelled.

"He's gonna take a nice little trip to the hospital," Covington joked after playfully slamming the influencer to the mat.

What made the video more shocking was that Covington didn't even take off his hat for the duration of the sparring session.

"That's what happens to virgins around here!" Covington yelled as Sawyer was sarcastically taken away in a wheelchair. "We take you to the hospital, we take your lunch money, we stuff you into lockers. We give you a good swirly," the fighter continued. "Anyone comes around here thinking they're tough, they end up like that."

UFC fighters have increasingly accepted challenges from online commentators and influencers in recent years, something that would have been unheard of for previous generations of fighters. Whether it is to expand their online reach or to simply show their talent level compared to a commoner, fighters are popping up on a lot of social media feeds.

This was as least the second time Covington strapped up his gloves to spar with an influencer; the welterweight toyed with a YouTuber named Lofe in late 2023 but didn't take it as easy on the young star, who admittedly has martial arts training.

Similarly, former UFC champion Sean Strickland has accepted challenges as well. However, Strickland informs his opponents before stepping in the cage that he will not be holding back at all. This included a challenge from commentator Sneako in February 2024, when Strickland more than likely caused a concussion to yet another young online personality.

Joe Rogan reacted to that video negatively, saying it's "not a good look" for a fighter.

"He beat the s*** out of that guy. I don't know why he wanted to do that," Rogan continued. "It's not fair," he added.

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Ricky Gervais DESTROYS celebrities who tell Americans how to VOTE



Ricky Gervais has a history of speaking out against his fellow celebrities, but his response to a celebrity voting video may be his best work yet.

The 2016 video features a host of Hollywood’s favorite actors sending a message: that the American people must not vote for Donald Trump.

The celebrities repeatedly call themselves “famous people” in the video and drive the point home how important it is to get out and vote, as long as it's not for Trump.

Or, as actor Don Cheadle said in the video, “a racist, abusive coward who could permanently damage the fabric of our society.”

Gervais’ response began with him sitting up to his chin in a bathtub with his phone camera turned on himself.

“Ricky G. here, wellness and beauty influencer,” he began.

“As a celebrity, I know all about stuff like science and politics, so trust me when I tell you who you should vote for. If you don’t vote the right way, that’s like a hate crime and it makes me sad and angry and I’ll leave this country, and you don’t want that.”

Dave Rubin can’t help but love what he’s hearing.

“God, he’s just great. You must defend him with everything,” he says.


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'Quote me': Oil worker turned pro boxer Tristan Hamm promises viral KO against former NFL running back Le'Veon Bell



Former pipeline worker and outdoorsman Tristan Hamm ensured viewers that his upcoming boxing match will end in a knockout victory.

The influencer known as "Mr. Adventure" scored a shocking knockout victory in his last fight over Rodney Peterson, who is best known for looking like fellow boxer Logan Paul and for being allegedly choked unconscious by UFC fighter Nate Diaz.

Hamm will fight former NFL running back Le'Veon Bell in Houston, Texas, and revealed to Blaze News that he is taking this opportunity and running with it.

"I'm going to take the circus out of this act," he said.

Hamm explained that coaches were willing to work with him because he has a large social media footprint, including more than 2 million followers on Instagram, but when they saw his athletic prowess firsthand, they were excited with what they were working with.

"They said you have the ability to be champion one day. You have that in you. ... To have such a team that believes in me is solid, and that gave me the confidence to say, 'Hey, who's the toughest guy right now with the biggest name that could make the most entertaining fight?'"

Bell has being trying to make a jump to fight bigger draws like the aforementioned Paul, Hamm said, adding that he wants to "be the guy that takes that away from him."

"I'm going to knock him out, there's no question about it. I promise you you're going to see a clip go viral. Quote me here."

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Headlining the card are two adult-content creators, OnlyFans creator Elle Brooke and former UFC fighter Paige VanZant. The latter has dabbled in bare knuckle boxing but has largely transitioned to pornographic content.

Hamm said that he didn't approve of any such promotion that would involve glorification of the adult content.

"I really wanted women to be the main event," Hamm explained. The boxer noted that he wanted to help elevate the women's side of the Misfits Boxing promotion and eventually support partner Stefi Cohen in her boxing career.

"I love that girls are fighting. I don't like the whole OnlyFans thing. I'm not a fan of it, and I hope they don't leverage that in the promotions," Hamm stated.

The 28-year-old said that he did recognize VanZant's in-ring talents, however, and said that her opponent was in big trouble due to the level of talent that VanZant is used to.

"She's actually a real fighter. ... It's going to be a big fight. ... The cool thing about that is it's going to bring a higher level of competition to the women's side of boxing."

"It explains to the viewers that Misfits is not going to be a circus act," he added.

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Hamm started working on oil pipelines at the age of 16, a profession that he said matured him and gave him a good work ethic.

With millions of followers for his work in travel, he has done his best to promote conservation at the same time.

"I started noticing that when I would go back to certain places I had traveled to, they didn't look like how they were before. So, I've encouraged people to, if they are producing traveling or outdoor content, not reveal or geo-tag their location."

Hamm's fight against former NFL player Bell airs May 25, 2024, live on streaming platform DAZN.

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'Just barbaric': Social media influencer allegedly tortured, killed animals for YouTube likes while singing morbid songs



A social media influencer in Pennsylvania has been charged for allegedly torturing animals for likes on YouTube, police said.

Anigar Monsee, 28, was arrested on Jan. 19 and charged with four felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. She is being held at the Delaware County Jail on a $200,000 bond.

Apparently, someone tipped off the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals about animal torture videos being posted to YouTube. PETA then reportedly notified the Upper Darby Police Department about the YouTube channel that reportedly featured the torture of animals.

Monsee's YouTube channel allegedly had four livestream videos that showed her mutilating a live chicken, pigeon, rabbit, and frogs.

According to the Daily Times, Monsee was torturing two conscious animals while "singing a song; 'Happy death day' (to the tune of 'Happy Birthday') to the third animal."

The New York Post reported, "Monsee, who in some of the videos appeared scantily clad, allegedly solicited more likes and followers from her 20,000 subscribers as she hacked at the animals in the various livestreams, according to a criminal complaint."

In videos posted in August and September, Monsee is accused of dismembering several frogs while alive and plucking a live pigeon’s feathers before running the bird’s head under scalding water and then sawing it off, according to the Upper Darby Police Department.

In a video shared online, police said Monsee used a “dull knife” to torture a rabbit to death for over 30 minutes.

Monsee allegedly used a knife to slice a chicken’s neck over a kitchen sink as the animal attempted to flee in a video titled "Cooking lucky."

Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt explained, "During the video, she is soliciting more likes and more viewers. And once she gets to the point where she is satisfied with the number of viewers, she then proceeds — over the course of 10 minutes — to harm and ultimately kill that chicken."

During the videos, viewers were reportedly told that they could request an animal for Monsee to cook if they paid money.

"In the affidavit, officials noted that Monsee appeared to solicit more likes before she would harm an animal and said that some of her commentary was sexually charged," according to WCAU.

Bernhardt said, "It's just barbaric. It’s inhumane that someone could do that. She’s going to answer to all four of the incidents. Detectives looked into it and charged her. Hopefully it will send a message that this is cruelty.”

Bernhardt stressed that it was a disturbing “fact that you are soliciting and people are encouraging this.”

Her YouTube channel named "motherndaughter" has since been deleted.

According to YouTube’s community guidelines, animal abuse is not permitted.

A YouTube spokesperson said, “Content that is violent or abusive toward animals is not allowed on YouTube, and we have terminated the channel in question.”

Monsee allegedly described herself on social media as a “blogger” originally from Liberia.

Monsee is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 5.

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