KNUCKLE UP #286: TUF 24 Finale of Seem + An Inspired Genius WME Way Back to the Future of Ice C.R.E.A.M

Literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one"-of-a-"kind" "perspective" to the most significant reason to be cheerful as 2016 comes to a close: a glimpse at the "invisible" hand of the WME as shifts and shunts around fights and approaches to fight games indicate that there's nothing more serious than the $4 bil they just spent. Total war. Total focus. From JONNY BONEY JONEY to the MYSTIC MONKEY McGREGOR and more importantly the glorious signifier of the change afoot: the TUF Finale 24. Believe it.

By Eugene Robinson
on December 5, 2016 8:03 am

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IN Round #286, EUGENE S. ROBINSON [with the "S" standing for "Sole Survivor"], KNUCKLE UP host and noter of the fact that you can't spell HOSTILE without HOST one more time into the breech steps and this time to talk more turkey about a sudden satori moment of realization: the unseen almost invisible hand of WME is shown. Or, do you really think stupid people would have thrown $4 billion at a "fading" franchise? Absolutely fucking not. Smell the coffee. If you can STAND to smell the coffee.

And for the listener ON THE GO? The KNUCKLE UP TIME LINE.

1] 7:01: THERE'S A CAR AT THE END

2] 8:52: SPEEDBALLS

3] 30:34: GETTING HURT: AND NOT TALKING ABOUT FEELINGS

4] 41:00: THE SEX HAD BETWEEN 10s AND 3s

5] 41:30: MURDER IN BROOKLYN

6] 41:35: I THREATEN YOU: A SONG

7] 41: 37: WE CAN BE HEROES

Eugene S. Robinson host of Knuckle Up and author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking [Harper Collins], A LONG SLOW SCREW[Robotic Boot] and a play called THE INIMITABLE SOUNDS OF LOVE; A THREESOME IN FOUR ACTS [Southern] also sings for a band called OXBOW and appeared in Bill Cosby's Leonard Part 6 (and yes, a Cosby story is in the works), a Miller Genuine Draft commercial, and had his own TV show in Germany called? "The Eugene Robinson Show."

MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR SHIT? Right here, baby.

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