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It’s a brand new online series here on MMA PLUS, #BadMMAFacts brings you the best (worst) Twitter reactions to the latest news and events in mixed martial arts.

Kicking off #BadMMAFacts, the news broke yesterday that UFC Light-Heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had suffered a foot injury in training which has sidelined him for 4-6 weeks. He will no longer be able to face bitter rival Jon Jones at UFC 197 on April, 23.

Instead, 32 year-old Ovince Saint Preux steps up to face Jones for the interim title.

It’s a bad blood fight that many were looking forward to, with Cormier once again cast in the villainous role against the returning Jones.

Despite a rocky 15 months for Jones, being busted for taking cocaine, his involvement in a hit and run with a pregnant woman and of course violating his probation for allegedly ‘drag racing’, Cormier is still the one despised by the majority of UFC fans.

Well DC, we at MMA PLUS still like you! To cheer you up, here are ten of our favourite #BadMMAFacts highlights from social media this weekend.

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10. Everyone’s initial reaction to the news… *insert crying emoji* 

9. ‘Other guy’ Ovince Saint Preux steps in to face Jones, but his mainstream appeal seems limited.

8. Poor DC just can’t catch a break with the fans.

7. In some places, ‘ass torn up’ means an entirely different thing…

6. Who even needs teeth? A response to the dental procedure which disallowed Anthony Johnson from saving the day.

5. The Oxford English Dictionary proudly presents a new verb, to’Matt Sera’ which means from henceforth, any underdog who topples an overwhelming favourite will have “Matt Serra’d” their opponent, because he was totally the first person in the history of the world to ever do that.

4. A Jones vs. Mark Hunt fight has just been added to a lot of people’s ‘dream list’.

3. So does that mean Anthony Johnson is a ‘Do Nothing B*tch’?

2. “But did you die?”

1. Cowagbunga dude! OSP will have to bring all the skateboards when he fights Jones!

See something funny or stupid? Don’t forget to tag @MMAPLUS and use the hashtag #BadMMAFacts because Twitter is full of wonderful bullsh*t!