If I Did It: Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier + the Pope

Once again I'm back with my co-host extraordinaire Eugene S. Robinson, author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were…

By: Nate Wilcox | 8 years ago
If I Did It: Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier + the Pope
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Once again I’m back with my co-host extraordinaire Eugene S. Robinson, author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking and I brought back attorney and author Alexei Auld to grill us with some PR stumpers from the world of combat sports.

Today’s puzzlers include:

  • You’re Jon Jones, you avoided jail time for a hit and run, but everybody knows you aren’t the nice guy you tried so hard to convince the world you are. You don’t have your belt, you don’t have your old sponsors, and the stars of the UFC are media darling loudmouths. How do you re-introduce yourself to the MMA world?
  • You’re Daniel Cormier, you lost badly to Jon Jones but beat Rumble Johnson for the title after Jones was stripped. Jones is coming back. Is there anything outside the cage you can do to get fans on your side?
  • You’re Brye Anne Russillo. An amateur kickboxer who got more mainstream press talking about your massive mammaries than any other fighter other than Ronda Rousey and Kimbo Slice. How do you maximize your 1-1 awesomeness?
  • You’re the Pope. You made the Speaker of the US House of Representatives resign. Who do you talk to next?
  • Plus a surprise curveball!

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Nate Wilcox
Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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