Forget Water. Be Like Salmon!

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You know it’s a bad sign when Al Iaquinta thinks you’re “weird.”

But I guess UFC lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, doesn’t want to play second fiddle to anybody in any category — including Tony Ferguson — which may explain why “The Eagle” flew into a freezing cold river to swim upstream like a salmon.

I would suggest he’s trying to ready his body for his “El Cucuy” title defense, but even if the promotion manages to bring the Octagon to Russia — as promised — it’s not like they’ll be fighting in the snow-covered mountains of Siberia.

Heck, even the new Khabib Stadium is equipped with mule-powered HVAC.

Maybe “The Eagle” is preparing for his debut in Mixed Martial A’rr, which is probably going to sink under the weight of Russian testosterone. Either way, I do find it somewhat amusing that Nurmagomedov used to wrestle bears and is now behaving like bear food.

In other stupid news, Ferguson recently earned his “double doctorate in athletics.”