Thanasi Kokkinakis Makes a UFC Reference After Opponent’s Coach Threatens to Fight Him and Nick Kyrgios
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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.
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😂😂 that was crazy!! Mans thought it was @ufc https://t.co/TCYCRCj3E5
— Thanasi Kokkinakis (@TKokkinakis) January 21, 2022
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.”
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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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