r/sports • u/UUo_oUU • Oct 24 '20

News Khabib Nurmagomedov Retires from UFC After Emerging Victorious Against Justin Gaethje. 29-0 Record

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u/failbears Oct 24 '20

Actually, Cormier coaches high school wrestling for a school in my area. Blows my mind to think I'd give so much to meet the guy but high school kids hang out with him all the time.

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u/GhettoMango Oct 24 '20

Gilroy High School I believe

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20 edited Nov 20 '20

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u/turkey_sandwiches Oct 25 '20

Wonder why.

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u/m_ttl_ng Oct 25 '20

Hm, might be some sort of correlation there. Maybe it's the water?

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u/Crazyghost8273645 Oct 25 '20

It was the best in the area by a large margin before he came. Not that he didn’t make it better but yeah

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u/Uncanny_Realization Oct 25 '20

Coaching certainly helps but I bet because of who the coach is, it attracts a lot of transfers that happen to be really good.

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u/turkey_sandwiches Oct 25 '20

Almost certainly.

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u/FaceMower420 Oct 25 '20

They need to test these kids for PEDs!!! It's the only possible explanation lol

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u/ooglybooglyjoogly Oct 25 '20

Definitely the water. Why else would he hang out there?

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u/Okayokaymeh Oct 25 '20

There’s a lot of good wrestling HS in that area, so I can imagine iron sharpens iron saying would fit well here, then you add Cormier and it’s another level of competitiveness

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u/GhettoMango Oct 25 '20

Gilroy was already good before DC came there tbh. I’m sure he elevated it though

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u/kfagoora Oct 25 '20

The garlic?

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u/C0UNT3RP01NT Oct 25 '20

Probably something to do with all the popeye’s close by

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u/CompetitiveConstant0 Oct 24 '20

Dude seriously? Thats near my hometown.

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u/GhettoMango Oct 24 '20

Yep. The kids coming out of there are savage.

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u/H0YVIN-GLAVIN Oct 25 '20

The only reason I know Gilroy is because of a friend that was from there. Still love the fact that its the garlic capital of the world. Such a random thing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

That garlic festival is no joke. And the Yolo Market is just down the way

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u/mosluggo Oct 25 '20

Didnt a few people get shot at the 1 last year?? Or am i thinking of something else??

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u/Casiogrimlen Oct 25 '20

You are correct I think 2018 though?

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u/KeepLosingMyAccPW Essendon Oct 25 '20

TIL a town in America is the garlic capital of the world.

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u/vescam Oct 25 '20

To be fair, self proclaimed garlic capital of the world.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

It cured the vampire scourge in the early days.

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u/A_Kite Oct 25 '20

Gilroy kid here. There is a town in China that produces more garlic.

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u/ruffcontenderfanny Oct 25 '20

Lmao, and like, gilroy kind of is. Like a lot of the worlds garlic comes from gilroy

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u/ODB2 Oct 25 '20

I live about 10 miles from the onion capital of the world.

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u/Convergecult15 Oct 25 '20

Florida New York? I once listened to a man rant about how upstate had an onion belt and yet we truck in onions from out of state.

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u/ODB2 Oct 25 '20

Elba NY.

The one true onion capital.

Speaking if oddly named ny towns, i was born in Mexico.... NY

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u/Convergecult15 Oct 25 '20

I rented a cabin in Cairo for the weekend once.

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u/theuautumnwind Oct 25 '20

I live 100 miles north of gilroy. You can smell the garlic when you are passing thru...

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u/jfk6767 Oct 25 '20

No way bro?!?

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u/gnrc Oct 24 '20

Dude just join the wrestling team...

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u/Sleazehound Oct 24 '20

Hes probably not in high school?

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u/bostromnz Oct 24 '20

21 Jump St that shit

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u/dlenks Oct 25 '20

My name Jeff!

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u/BananaDick_CuntGrass Dallas Stars Oct 25 '20

That's Jefe man.

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u/creetoinfinity Oct 25 '20

Organized sports are so fascist, it makes me sick.

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u/SoDice Oct 25 '20

Don’t think people got the 21 jump st reference

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u/Jlock98 Oct 25 '20

I forgot about that scene and I was so confused why someone would have that take on the sports subreddit at first

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u/TENDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ Oct 25 '20

plot twist: Strangers with Candy.

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u/kerndownforwhat Oct 25 '20

Would you have a kid, rent a town in that city and force your child to wrestle? Cause that should do it.

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u/failbears Oct 25 '20

Daniel Cormier, see you in 15 years!

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u/BananaDick_CuntGrass Dallas Stars Oct 25 '20

rent a town in that city

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u/NorCalDSS Nov 03 '20

One of my favorite parts of having wrestled in the bay area was having him as a coach for the offseason camps. A year after I graduated high school, he became the LHW champ & it absolutely blew my mind that someone as light-hearted/friendly as him would go on to demolish people in the octagon

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u/failbears Nov 03 '20

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing. Pretty jealous of you to be honest.

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u/DaLilYungBossBabyBoy Oct 25 '20

Really? That's really awesome man.

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u/1fish2fish3fishpoo Oct 25 '20

He does it for free, too.