Midnight Mania! & # 39; Soulmate & # 39; McGregor makes $ 66,000 dollar sculpture for the 30th anniversary

Welcome to Midnight Mania

Every night of the week, I'm questioning to find out if the MMA stew was simmering something weird and juicy beneath the surface, and apparently I do not I am not disappointed every week. But tonight's story, though somehow not unprecedented – there's a whole bunch of strange artists who represent MMA fighters just as strange, sometimes with a weird relationship between them; it's not even the first sculpture made of McGregor himself – still managed to lift a few eyebrows.

See, originally I thought, it's just what you make your 30th birthday if you're a Conor McGregor; you order a £ 50,000 sculpture of your face by a famous artist. Hey, this is not crazy anymore than anything McGregor has done, or anything else, very rich people.

But this statue was not commissioned by McGregor at all. The artist, Edgar Askelovic, also known as Aspencrow, just made it as a gift. According to the BBC via MMAJunkie.com:

"C&#39,it is an honor that Conor accepted this as a gift from me, "said the artist from Vilnius, based in Birmingham.

"He is a phenomenon of our time – not just a smart athlete, but also a visionary."

This is not even the weirdest part. But before we get to that, Aspencrow wants us to know that it's very normal. And as I said, there is a precedent, with athletes like Mark Hunt and Israel Adesanya, among others, serving as a muse for artists and fashion designers. But the thing is … he has never met McGregor.

"I think it's a phenomenon," he continued. "It is normal for someone to decide to immortalize it that way."

Aspencrow admitted to having neither met nor talked directly to McGregor, instead communicating via the intermediary of # 39; a fighter friend

"That's how I learned He knows sculpture, and he accepts it," he told the BBC

McGregor accept the gift.We do not know if he accepts what Aspencrow feels for him.

"It's up to you to see what you see there," said the artist. You can see him as a prisoner, or a god, or just as a person.

(Just one person, thank you)

"I love Conor McGregor – it's a great guy," continued Aspencrow. "I think he is my soulmate.

Okay then.

" Some of the decisions that he takes may not be correct, but none of us n? is ideal. "

I'm glad Aspencrow has some perspective here.

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Insomnia

The only other simultaneous champion of two divisions in the history of UFC, Daniel Cormier, is also carved in marble

It's really cool

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Urijah Faber liked this video of a guy biting more than he could chew

Poor Darren Elkins. No respect.

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Quick Hits

• It's pretty screwed up that Brian Ortega , who lost a championship fight without fail on his part, does not get a penny yet from the UFC to show up to do his job. Hopefully he'll be able to sort things out after White seemed upset that he's not accepting a last-minute replacement in the tough Jeremy Stephens because he's not one. man of confidence.
• I'm 100% on board for Yoel Romero vs. Daniel Cormier at the light heavyweight. Let's have fun. Dod bod vs impossible bod, Olympian vs Olympic silver medalist

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Slips, Rips, and KO Clips

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SUMO !!!!!

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