The UFC is the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the world. It has made the sport of MMA popular even among people that were never interested in it. As MMA is now mainstream, one can spot huge names and celebrities at the events. This helps the company reach even more people that aren’t into it and increases the market.

Now, it seems like stars from other sports are casually making MMA references. Australian tennis star, Thanasi Kokkinakis, was the latest one to do so. He did so while replying to fellow countryman and his doubles partner at the Australian Open, Nick Kyrgios.

Both men secured a fantastic upset win over the top seeds, Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic, in the second round. However, after the match, the coach and trainer of the Croatian pair threatened to fight Kyrgios and Kokkinakis.

This prompted a reply from Kyrgios. He tweeted, “Just letting you know after yesterday’s chop fest in doubles, my opponents coach and trainer proceeded to threaten to fight in the players gym. Tennis is a soft soft sport @TKokkinakis all because I moved and hit them with a tennis ball.”

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His partner, Kokkinakis, replied to the tweet and made a UFC reference to the incident. He wrote, “That was crazy!! Mans thought it was @ufc.”

UFC is back with its first pay-per-view of 2022

UFC had a brilliant 2021. They put together some of the biggest events and garnered even more fans. The start of the year was great, as UFC Vegas 46 was a huge success. It saw some great fights, and the main event just lifted people off their seats.

Now, the first pay-per-view of the year, UFC 270, is just around the corner. It is a card packed with amazing bouts, which includes two huge title fights.

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One is a flyweight title trilogy fight between Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo. There is no love lost between the two men, and everyone knows they will come to put a stop to each other. The other title fight will see Francis Ngannou battle interim champion, Ciryl Gane.

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Will both champions be able to retain their titles? Let us know in the comments!