https://twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1535324685763764224




https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing/jake-paul-next-fight-date-amanda-serrano-b2098595.html

It seems that both Jake Paul and Serrano will be fighting as a Co-main event in August but doesn't look like any opponents have been announced. Weird. Unless they're fighting each other haha.

I'd imagine Jake won't be fighting anyone big less he likely would have announced it already and done his own fight. Maybe he's combining it with Amanda so it's not a flop. I'd be very surprised if he fights anyone notable, especially someone like Tommy Fury, unless he's worried that not many people will be interested without another headline act like Serrano. I really think he should have tried to set that fight up as it's a logical step up for him and gets him the cred of actually fighting a boxer.

I wonder why Serrano just didn't take the Taylor rematch which it seems Taylor really wanted. Even Hearn seemed to be disappointed and very surprised it wasn't happening but maybe Jake thinks he can earn more for her with this fight. The first was a really close fight and I'm sure the rematch would have been even bigger.

It made me realise how people fall for cults and their leaders. All you need is enigmatic leader who can talk a good talk regardless of the facts and the sheep will follow because they want to believe. They'll even keep promoting and defending you when all the evidence is starting to stack against them. Craig really does have a genius way of turning even a negative into a positive. He will somehow claim a loss as a victory and his followers will spread that as further proof he is who he says he is. When he lost the Kleiman case the first thing he did was publicly proclaim it a victory and a 'better result than he expected' even though he lost that case and now has to pay 100+ million and his followers all spread the same and that he was somehow vindicated with the verdict. I'm really hoping the Australian Tax Authority pull their finger out and just issue an arrest warrant for him as that will severely fuck his plans up and I doubt he's going to be able to get himself out of that one since it looks like a blatant out-right tax scam.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/oops-i-did-it-again-may-2022-update/id1592521379?i=1000563101102

Newest episode chronicling Craig's latest shitnannigans. Can't believe this guy has the balls to try sue Coinbase etc. Hopefully these lawsuits will end up bankrupting him and Calvin Ayre will come to his senses and bail on him pulling the financial plug. Hopefully he gets marked as a vexatious litigant as well which will stop him filling lawsuits with no merit because it looks like he's going to continue to try use the courts to try give base to his baseless claim to be Satoshi. I'm guessing he's hoping that he can at least con one into thinking he's satoshi or when people lose cases by default he counts that as another 'proof'.

I don't think that should have been a penalty. It was a 50/50 thing for me. You could even argue Kane fouled the German player. Kane left his left his trailing - probably looking for the pen - and his leg looks to have hit the German player and that ricochet caused him to trip them both up. Kane might have even been offside as well. That disallowed German goal for offside looked to have come off Maguire as well but they didn't show it close up again in the highlights so hard to tell.


The Nations League matches are essentially just glorified friendlies. Just UEFA trying to give the matches some meaning and milk some more money out of it in the process.

I wouldn't put too much weight on that pre-order thing they did (or them removing it) anyway. It's largely meaningless. It will have been a little bit of fishing for info on interest, free advertisement for tesla and the pre-order cash probably boosted their cash balance and end of year financials a bit. Most people probably won't end up actually going through with the order especially once the actual price is revealed (which I'm sure will be a hell of a lot more than was initially stated - possibly even double). I'm sure a lot of people did it out of excitement and FOMO rather than having 100% intent to purchase it and they were offering refunds for it anyway so most people have nothing to lose by pre-ordering. I'm not even sure it's 100% certain it will go into full production or maybe it'll be limited. The design might even be drastically different to what the initial design looks like. It could end up looking like a pale imitation of the original and certainly not as spectacular. Like you also said, it sadly might be both far too big for UK roads and probably not even road legal at all given the shape and material it's made out of. The UK/Euro Union is big on pedestrian safety and it might not be anywhere safe by their standards so they might either have to make some huge sacrifices to it or just forget about the Euro market completely (though does the UK have to abide by EURO standards now since Brexit?). Either way, I'm hoping it does make it's way over here even in compromised form but I would just wait until you can actually go see it in the showroom before making your mind up about buying one. It could end up being a complete disaster or at the very least a disappointment given it was initially presented as something so unique and futuristic.

I don't think we can blame everything on France, though they did seem to handle it badly there are likely a lot of factors involved here. Everyone is telling a different story and I'm sure there's truth in bits of many of them but many sources also have their biases. From what I understand is fans - could have been Liverpool, Madrid or even neutrals - were storming the stadium, many climbing over the fences to get in without tickets. It seems that some fans had probably bought fake tickets from scammers as well, so that probably added a whole other issue with very annoyed fans having paid exorbitant amounts to touts for fake tickets having to be turned away from the ground and I'm sure they were reluctant to leave as I would be. There are lots of videos of many people storming the grounds trying to get in but it's not clear exactly what sort of fans they were though. In some of the videos I've watched about it it's claimed a lot of people storming the grounds were actually African immigrants which could be true, though there are obviously biases on both sides. The racists and anti-immigrant mouthpieces will jump on that but on the flip-side the cowardly mainstream media often ignore the facts and the politicians try to downplay the situation and blame others. It seems the police were very heavy handed but in these sorts of situations the police politely asking them to refrain or disperse usually doesn't cut it so further measures are needed. With that being said, this sort sort of stuff happens whenever pissed up football fans go aboard (and it applies to all clubs and nationalities) and lets not forget ticketless Man United fans stormed their own ground a season or two ago which also caused a delay in the fixture. I'm sure there will be a full investigation but regardless of the outcome hopefully everyone can learn from it and further measures are put in place to stop things like this from happening in the future.

It usually is always about the money. Look at Mbappe. Looks like he was dead set on a move away, then voila, he's now very happy to stay once PSG have promised him a quarter of a billion over the next three years and looks like he's practically going to be a player-manager.


Something needs to be done about the finances but it'd just be a hollow gesture as I think it's already too late. The big clubs are already big and will stay that way and the rest will just battle it out for even a whiff of a dream of becoming a bigger one and actually challenging for something. I'm sure they will end up capping wages and clamping down on the fair play rules but that leads to 2 other main problems. They'll either just go to some other far off league that doesn't have such wage restrictions or clubs will just end up sweetening the deal behind the scenes ie, we'll pay you the max capped wage, but we'll also pay your mortgage/buy you a mansion and here's a free Lambo and a Rolex etc. Clubs could either keep this all off the books in the name of some off-shore company or just have it in their name and just let the players 'use/lease' the houses and cars from them for free. I'm sure stuff like this already goes on anyway, especially with the Neymars and Ronaldos of the world. There's probably no other way to get them without bribing them with some other luxuries, otherwise why go to them when there's plenty of other choices? There's also no loyalty with players these days either. Why would Salah or Mane even want to leave Liverpool, the club that arguably made them who they are today? I imagine it's purely financial because there's not many clubs you can go to where they're going to win more stuff than they do with Liverpool so it's almost certainly about just grabbing more cash as opposed to wanting more silverware. If Liverpool upped their wages there'd be no talk of wanting to leave I'm sure of it.

I've no idea what will happen nor do I really care who wins - I'd just like to see a great game. Hoping for lots of goals, cards, and drama. Hopefully Bale off the bench to score another all time CL classic over-head kick  . Gone for 2-2 cos I can't really decide on a winner and am just hoping there's a lot of goals and action. Probably will stick a quid on my classic both teams to score in both halves, 2 cards and corners in each half etc.

There's never been as much interest in the CL pools as in the PL ones but I'll set it up earlier for the next one.

The prizes in the op of this thread are an example following the pervious year as stated: The total prizes will depend on how many people ultimately join, but the previous prizes were as follows:. I should have updated it with the actual prizes once they were determined though. I'll make sure to do that this year.

As for the actual prizes I can't announce them in advance as it depends on numerous factors such as how much sponsorship we get and how many people join. The price of the joining fee is also determined nearer the time as I like to keep it to both an affordable amount and a nice round number in bitcoin like 0.001 or 0.01 etc. The fee is normally between £25-£50 in btc though. I'll speak to jeremypwr about sponsorship and once I know that I can start to give at least an estimate of prizes.

Yeah, just sent out all the payments to those who sent me their address. I will speak to jeremypwr about sponsorship for the next pool before I officially announce the sign-up thread so we know what sort of prizes we are playing for. Hopefully we can get 50+ users this year and a bigger sponsorship pot to entice others in. I will also be doing a World Cup pool but that will be nearer the time as it doesn't start till November. I'll update everyone in here when they sign up pools go live in Games & Rounds.

Yeah, Pereira clearly won it IMO, but I gotta say his fights just aren't the same without some wild shit thrown in. I think he can do without the backflip thing he does. As entertaining as it is it's mostly useless and too reckless anyway but some of the other street-fighter moves he does wouldn't have gone amiss. The ones where he kinda runs onto the cage walls like Neo from the Matrix style and propels himself off usually seem to work and look cool too. Maybe it's a good thing he's moving away from the antics though in terms of wanting to be taken seriously as a fighter but it was those crazy moves that got many people interested in the first place and his fights seem to be missing something without that extra element.


Fighters often do that when it goes the distance regardless of how the fight went to try signal that they thought they won it to the judges. If you walk off exhausted and defeated it could sway some judges so they gotta show the bravado of someone who is confident that they've won, but yeah, Rose lost that fight and that's the price you pay for trying to coast it and she deserved it. She probably thought the judges would be more likely to give the belt back to the reigning champ (as is usually the case when it's close and goes the distance). Her corner/boyfriend is also to blame telling her she was winning the fight during it and that she was doing the right thing and was seemingly happy for her to just coast it and hope to win it on points. Hopefully she's actually give it her all and show some hunger trying to win it back which I think she can easily do.


Yeah, cage grabs are getting more common now and all the ref does it tell them to stop it and I've seen them happen multiple times in one fight with no consequences. Happened last week multiple times in one fight. It should be a point deduction for sure. As for the eye pokes it depends for me. I've seen some fighters complain of eye pokes/low blows and it didn't go anywhere near their eye/balls. Some fighters just like a break when they can get it, but for sure at other times eye pokes can be pretty nasty but most of the time they're purely accidental. Fighters need to keep their fingers back when they're throwing hands as there's no reason for them to be there really so just retract them, otherwise if it is a blatant and verifiable eye poke then yeah, deduct a point.


Nick is past it now. His last fight was pretty bad and Usman would kill him. Maybe stick him on the undercard with some bum when Nate is fighting as having them both on the card might make it a big draw.


Nate should probably do the trilogy with Connor. I think that might be a good return fight for Connor. He can't and shouldn't be going for a title shot. Not only does he not deserve it but he'd get embarrassed by someone like Oliveira. Tony Ferguson might be a good one for Connor as well as he's on the tail end of his career and on the back of a bad knock out. Connor needs a win desperately as his stock is diminishing and people need a reason to give a shit about him again and look past all the bollocks he's been doing the past 5 years. I'd like to see him against Poirier again as they obviously have unfinished business and whilst I think he would be the underdog he's capable of winning that.

He's said he's there to entertain and I think that's kind of become his USP. I wouldn't mind if he drops the shenanigans if it means he gets the wins and just puts up a good fight. You need a mix of characters in combat sports though so I hope he doesn't. It would be boring if everybody did the same thing and nobody did anything out of the ordinary. It's even more boring when fighters are too scared to take risks and just try coast it: see the recent Rose Namajunas v Carla Esparza fight. That one gave Ngannou v Derrick Lewis a run for the worst UFC fight ever. They should start giving out Shite Fight of the Night awards.

I wouldn't have wanted Everton to go down. I don't think they would have deserved it. They haven't been relegated from the PL before, right? Would have been a shame for them to go. No more derbies. They don't have a bad team really. I guess sometimes teams just don't gel or the results don't go their way. Leeds don't have a bad team either but they certainly missed Phillips and Bamford for most of the season. They should have stuck it out with Bielsa as well. He wouldn't have done any worse than Ted Lasso. Would be a shame to see Leeds go back down. Odds are certainly stacked against them with their goal difference so they need to win and hope Burnley don't get the full three points from Newcastle. Both Newcastle and Brentford are about the same right now and are even on the same points but Burnley are at home whereas Leeds are away. Neither really has anything to play for though so there's that.

I'm glad Pereira is moving up the cards. It wasn't long ago that he wasn't even on the main card. He's not the best fighter in the world but he's one of the most entertaining with his crazy Street Fighter moves and always puts on a good show. Hopefully he doesn't do something reckless and fuck up as that's the downside of some of those crazy backflip moves he does which are mostly just for show. I think he's getting better as a fighter though.

Well Everton have equalised now to make it 2-2 and Burnley are drawing with Villa at 1-1. If these stay as draws it will certainly spice things up for the relegation battle. Gonna be very dicey for Leeds if both Burnley and Everton manage to grab the full three points now. I'm kinda hoping they both end a draw so there's everything for all three to play for.

Chelsea are also drawing 1-1 against Leicester right now.

Edit: Oh shit, Everton have come from 2-0 down to be winning 3-2 with only a few minutes to go!

Well you could have at least posted the top ten which I'm just clinging on to by half a point  .

If Everton and Villa win today does that mean Leeds are relegated? Palace are currently 1-0 up against Everton and Burnley are drawing with Villa so I guess they're still in it. Shame Liverpool couldn't get all three points earlier in the month against Spurs as that will have certainly spiced things up for Sunday. Liverpool need to win and either hope City lose or get a draw but I can't see Villa beating City away. Liverpool should probably easy take Wolves at Anfield but it won't matter if City win.

The house always wins because the odds are stacked against you so it's a very, very profitable business. Casinos are essentially just a licence to print money as most people will lose money over the long-run. Even if someone wins big they're still probably technically down overall and even if they're not the 90% of other people who lost that day will more than make up for the house loss. Some of these bitcoin casinos are paying streamers literally a million dollars a month just to play on their sites so that shows you how much money there is to be made for these sties if they can afford to pay that to just a streamer. A lot of them now are throwing big money at football clubs and other sporting events like the UFC and other such sports as well. I've even seen Drake is now promoting Stake on his instagram amongst other places and I can tell you they'll be paying him a lot more than 1 million a month. I'm guessing that most bitcoin casinos are also registered in tax havens so are also probably paying very little to no taxes so their mark-up is probably even bigger than domestic casinos.

Leeds were never really going to win that game. Shocking behaviour from them the last two matches. Two completely unnecessary sending's off. Ayling sliding in near the corner flag when the Arsenal player was going nowhere when a slight touch would have put it out for a corner and then Daniel James going in with a leg breaker in the middle of the pitch against Chelsea for no reasons. Their goal difference is irrelevant right now so it wouldn't have matter how many they conceded so they should have concentrated on saving their best players for the last two games, not getting them banned for the rest of the season. Phillips was really lucky not have been sent off as well.


The odds are certainly stacked against them but I hope City lose on Sunday to at least make the last round interesting.

I've gone for a few 0-0s this week, but Chelsea isn't one of them. I think they'll be ok as Chelsea will need to make sure they stay in the CL spots. Looks like Leeds and Burnley are going to be fighting it out for the relegation battle. I think Everton will be ok with one game in hand on them both, especially if they grab any points from this weeks game against Leicester. Leeds likely won't get any points from their next two games. Shame if Leeds go down. Their squad will be absolutely decimated. Phillips, Meslier, Raphina will likely all go. I wonder if there's many contracts with relegation clauses? I doubt Leeds will bounce straight back.

It was quite an uneventful match until injury time. Couldn't believe they got two goals in the +90 minutes. Fair play to Real as they deserved it. I'm also glad it's not an all English final as I find them boring. The CL final could also be the decider in who gets the ballon dor. If Benzema has a blinder of a game then I'm sure he will win it as they've already won their domestic league and it could come down to the last day for the Premier League title. Either way I'd just like to see a great match. Couldn't pick a winner to be fair but I hope there's lots of goals and drama.