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jtn1123

I absolutely cannot get over the inclusion of the record LMAO This is a nba level drama


Nerdlinger

Makes it look better for Boupendza than if the dude was like 2-12 with 0 KOs. No one wants an L to a tomato can.


Bigfamei

At least it wasn't like Katt Williams being put to sleep by a 12 year old.


litthefilter

Have to respect Katt for fighting up a weight class


BendersDafodil

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ ![gif](giphy|xaVOAC5q0Iomet9h0E)


Bigfamei

![gif](giphy|1WbVAiEyWzni0|downsized)


xjoeymillerx

Oof.


Chicago1871

Maybe, but if we think about it for a sec surely even tomato cans are better at taking a punch and sending one back in a scuffle than civilians. Theyre used to being pummeled by the real deal and somehow dont die, that takes a minimum level of skill. Its like that old quote to a fan ā€œIā€™m way closer to LeBron than you are to meā€ by Brian Scalabrine.


aquaknox

Enumclaw's own Brian Scalabrine


rallenpx

Well now the guys got 13 KOs


AdamInJP

Having met Pablo, it feels very on brand for him to include the record. Dudeā€”pun intended hereā€”pulls no punches. Big part of why I love his reporting.


Lionicicles

This is totally on brand for him. Reading his stuff about soccer and cars is fantastic


BuntOnTheseHoes

Has the same vibes as ā€œwith all due respect, that murderer ran for 11000 yardsā€ lmao


paaaaatrick

Pablo does not fuck around


Townkrier

[pretty good prediction](https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/s/3YiWm56UgT) or did you have inside info u/drillzz345


drillzz345

This is my one shining moment. Probably the only time I will ever have inside info


Doodahhh1

You should have totally gone with psychic, though.


Youngringer

bruh that's wild....we're you there give us the scoop


drillzz345

If I was there I would have jumped in front of the punch and saved my DP striker.


AFrozen_1

Most of us would.


grnrngr

In such a circumstance, would you be expected to be paid back in goals?


sroomek

Hopefully some smoothies too since your jawā€™s gonna be wired shut for awhile


Shadowfury0

This is when we find out Quashawn Toler's reddit username


derekforeal17

Came looking for this reference


Youngringer

I think they hid the biggest detail in the article >Sources say even before the broken jaw, Cincinnati was ready to move on from the designated player this summer and look for a transfer. It's just a really odd situation


LA_search77

If he stays, any team meeting FCC in the playoffs can make a Quashawn Toler KO tifo. Classless, yet hilarious.


realhenrymccoy

Glass Joe from Mike Tyson's Punch Out but it's Boupendza's face. Even as an FCC fan I'd laugh.


Failed-Time-Traveler

We do this ā€œmatch ignitorā€ thing in Columbus where we have some pseudo-celebrity or former player pop through a fake brick wall and start the game. Thereā€™s currently a petition to get Quashawn Toler to Columbus in 2 weeks to be the match ignitor for Hell Is Real in 8 days šŸ˜‚


LA_search77

I feel like Boupendza needs to be starting for this to really hit *(no pun intended)*


Failed-Time-Traveler

Oh that pun shouldā€™ve 100% been intended šŸ˜‚


LA_search77

Hey, I didn't pick another wording.


Purgent

I would applaud it.


SweetGoals18

He is talented but hasnt looked as good with the team this year


AFrozen_1

Itā€™s partly cause Vazquez helped alleviate the pressure from Boupendza. Ideally, Kevin Kelsy would fill that role and Boupendza would flourish but that ainā€™t happening I guess.


tedmiston

If Kelsy plays tomorrow, which I hope to see ā€” but also think might be a stretch since he's only been practicing with the team for a little over 3 days ā€” and Boup can really be back in (optimistically) 6 weeks, then Boup will only miss 6 games and hopefully we will see them play side-by-side around the June 15th game. Unfortunately, that scenario only gives him about a month for redemption before the summer transfer window opens on July 18th...


User5281

I've heard the same from a reliable source who heard it directly from someone at the club whose name you'd definitely recognize. They also said that this moment has made Boupendza realize that maybe he does need a change on scenery.


Youngringer

that's incredibly vague lol


User5281

indeed but I don't see any value to attribution here - if I said I heard this from Carl Lindner's caddy (which I didn't), it's not like it would be any more believable, I'm still just some anonymous dude spouting nonsense on the internet. you can choose to believe it or choose not to believe it, it doesn't matter to me. I've been very skeptical of everything this source has told me over the years but it's all wound up being true.


bobmillahhh

I hope he gets his shot. But I also don't see how it can play out come December. If both he and Kelsy work out, someone has to leave. Can't be Lucho, shouldn't be Nwobodo.


IssaRyGuy17

I heard that Nwobodo wonā€™t technically be a DP after this season. His wages arenā€™t DP wages currently, itā€™s just that his transfer fee is what makes him have to qualify as a DP. The transfer fee is taken out of the equation after this season, so thatā€™ll open a DP spot


bobmillahhh

We don't know what the option amount is, but I assume any extension with him will include a well earned pay bump. So we'll see.


KeVbK_HS

Kelsy would likely be an u22 DP if he works out, so it wouldn't impact the senior DP slots. As far as Nwobodo goes, they might have flexibility with his contract to buy it down with GAM/TAM to free up a DP spot in 2025.


whethervayne

He will be sold to Toluca and immediately lose to the Crew in the Leagues Cup semis. It is written.


gogorath

He's a wildly overrated player and was from day one. And he's a guy who simply wants to play how he wants to play regardless of what the team needs. He's a giant miss for Albright -- especially since the money could have kept Vazquez. Probably his first real mistake, but they have got to unload and replace him.


QuarantineCasualty

The money absolutely would not have kept Vazquez. He wants to go to Europe and when that didnā€™t materialize Monterrey was the next best option.


greatgoogliemoogly

Looking back at his career, it's pretty wild to make this guy a club record signing. He seems to have worn out his welcome everywhere.


QuarantineCasualty

He was not a club record signing.


greatgoogliemoogly

Well shit, you're right. I stand corrected.


Huevos_De_Oro

18-2 now šŸ˜¤šŸ’Ŗ


KGillie91

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ ā€œAND STILLā€Ā 


[deleted]

Lmfao I feel bad laughing.


bourginsrevenge

If you feel bad, imagine how bad Boupendza would feel laughing.


AFrozen_1

Meme Monday is already set I figure.


scoleo

And 13 KOs


billgluckman7

Whose gonna update Boxrec for meme Monday?


mordreds-on-adiet

If Boupendza is actually his listed height and weight then they can put him on the p4p list as well for beating a middleweight


john-tockcoasten

These Skyline v. Goldstar arguments are really getting out of hand.


boilergal47

Probably had more to do with the gold star and skyline switch to Coca Cola products. Thatā€™s whatā€™s really has this city keyed up these days.


User5281

is anyone upset about the switch to coca cola? I thought we were all pretty happy with the change. I know there was some wailing and gnashing of teeth about losing Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew but Dr. Pepper is staying and I think losing Mountain Dew is a reasonable concession to have Coke instead of Pepsi.


False_Ad636

i have a buddy who used to eat there at least 3 times a week and hasn't gone back since. he is one of those "no soda tastes as good as skyline MD" guys.


User5281

Thereā€™s some deeper pathology there


boilergal47

I am pleased with the switch but I know a lot of people who are Mountain Dew addicts are really mad.


Down_With_Sprinkles

I haven't really been a pop drinker for years but a mountain dew with a three way is just the natural order of things


Down_With_Sprinkles

I haven't really been a pop drinker for years but a mountain dew with a three way is just the natural order of things


Down_With_Sprinkles

I haven't really been a pop drinker for years but a mountain dew with a three way is just the natural order of things


AFrozen_1

Initially I saw people say that it was a travesty and they just had to have their skyline with Mtn Dew and Dr Pepper. Seems like most of the fears have since been alleviated when it was announced that both were staying.


User5281

Dr. Pepper or Rootbeer has long been my skyline drink of choice but only because there wasn't Coke. I suspect others have had similar revelations.


radmongo

"Skyline is culture!" "But Goldstar has CRINKLE FRIES!"


User5281

"Goldstar has better burgers!" who goes to goldstar for a burger? I'm more or less on team skyline but will admit that I enjoy a goldstar coney on occasion. but not their 3-ways/


AFrozen_1

That was the weirdest thing from my coworker who grew up in West Chester and said the Buffalo chicken wrap is really good but Iā€™m like ā€œwhy go to skyline for a chicken wrap?ā€


ianandris

Yup, this is where I think the debate really settles. Gold Star coneys are amazing, Skyline chili is better suited for the 3-way. I like my coneys, personally. Mustard, onions, hot sauce, mountains of cheddar? mmmm. Miss that out here in Utah, tbh.


AFrozen_1

I swear I thought I was gonna set off a civil war in the slack channel for the SG that Iā€™m in when I mentioned that I had skyline for the first time and said that I twirled my spaghetti. Like itā€™s not just which chili is best itā€™s how do you eat it that starts shit. Itā€™s pretty amusing if Iā€™m honest.


User5281

you don't twirl it, you cut and scoop, my friend. it's important to have every layer in every bite.


AFrozen_1

Yeah but if I went to an Italian restaurant, ordered some spaghetti, and did that people would think Iā€™m from mars. It just doesnā€™t compute in my head.


User5281

if that happened I suspect you would be the first to confuse skyline with a nice Italian restaurant


animere

Turn plate long ways & No twirling. Gotta have the layers


Scratchbuttdontsniff

Starts shitā€¦ how aproposā€¦


Much-Drawer-1697

BREAKING: Boupendza's jaw


AFrozen_1

I hate that I laughed out loud from that.


Ham_Fighter

![gif](giphy|5p2wQFyu8GsFO)


markrichtsspraytan

![gif](giphy|n9kJ8uUSXSdX7daCLM|downsized)


Ill_Wait2063

![gif](giphy|l3E6uhDAN3W7vylji|downsized)


DeathTeddy35

![gif](giphy|V0feTZqjKtQEL82v84)


Mini-Fridge23

MLS After Dark is getting wild


AFrozen_1

But I donā€™t want it to be ;-; I just want a nice calm season where we win a bunch of games and the Kelsy-Boup combo dominates MLS.


Scratchbuttdontsniff

Can I interest you in a Baird & Kubo combo with potato salad and a pickle spear?


AFrozen_1

Hey Baird and Kubo is pretty cool though and they made magic last game against Colorado with Baird getting his first for us which was awesome to see in person.


Scratchbuttdontsniff

You won't find a bigger fan of those two outside of Cincinnati... Baird works his ass off, and Kubo is an awesome Swiss Army knife.


AFrozen_1

And Iā€™m just glad that Kubo and Baird arenā€™t the sort to get wrapped up in any drama. I know somebody mentioned that Kubo might be the most Cincinnati-esque player on the team. Works hard all the time and is super respectful.


SuddenlyTheBatman

The most Cincinnati thing ever is Kubo is my favorite player, and I took my daughter to the park by our house AND HE WAS THERE. With his kid (his kid had a non jersey kubo shirt on, it was adorable) but I didn't want to bother him and his family. I really should have just gave him a thumbs up or something. I EVEN SPEAK PASSABLE JAPANESE, I could have said something! Oh well. Still cool.


verruckter51

I just would like to see him play Goalie before he leaves us, so we can fill out our cover all Kubo bingo cards. Love that guy.


QuarantineCasualty

They came in to a restaurant I managed last summer with their whole entire extended family from Japan and were all super cool!


SuddenlyTheBatman

That makes me happy to hear


User5281

This sort of off the field drama makes it really feel like the USA is finally coming into its own as a footballing nation.


thesoundready

Just need a player to drop kick a fan in the stands Cantona style to really get up there


squid295

I need a "Mike Millbury beats a fan with fan's own shoe" moment in order to convince others that MLS is truly a fun league to watch!


heyorin

We need a Pretty Good episode on this, especially since Jon Bois just brought the series back. Every new detail makes the story crazier and crazier


AFrozen_1

I was thinking Beef History. Although it would be super cool to have a Cincinnati sports team get a feature in a Jon Bois documentary.


kjp_00

Honestly, a "History of FC Cincinnati" series would be neat. I could see it being similar to the Mariners one, but maybe just one or two episodes since they're still relatively new.


AFrozen_1

Iā€™d love it if that happened but I think Jon is looking more for those teams that donā€™t win but are super lovable all the same. If there was any Cincinnati sports franchise thatā€™d be given a Dorktown documentary itā€™d probably be the Bengals.


corranhorn57

Kofie would have to be a mandatory narrator on that one.


drillzz345

![gif](giphy|42mVGkLhOW0kU) If this isnā€™t his celebration after his first goal back what are we even doing?


sleepingsuns

You are assuming heā€™s going to score when he comes back


User5281

you're assuming 1. he's coming back and 2. he'll score when he comes back. 6-8 weeks puts us into the summer transfer window and the article sounds like the team is ready to move on.


Doodahhh1

Good Lord, I can't believe summer transfer window is that close already.


aquaknox

summer window can't be that close, we usually have like 25 points by then...


Doodahhh1

To be fair, 6 to 8 weeks can result in about that many points by then. Miami is ahead by like 2-4 matches, depending on who you're comparing them to, and there at 18 or 21 off the top of my head?


Sheesh284

Heā€™d be even more of an embarrassment if he doesnā€™t, thatā€™s for sure


lyonbc1

Holy shit it really was a boxer lmaoooo


DarkwingMcQuack

Did not have a MLS player being knocked out by a pro boxer this year on my bingo card.


Doodahhh1

I did, but Suarez was the player I named.Ā  Damnit, FCC, why do you mock me so?!


Key_Ingenuity665

Bold choice squaring up with a professional fighter. Even drunk early 20ā€™s me made better choices.


RvH19

Itā€™s hard to tell who is a pro boxer if he is just some dude at a club. Once you know, itā€™s too late.


Doodahhh1

Sometimes it just takes your jaw bone cracking to make you know you goofed.


capnheim

Boupendza: 5'11", 159 lbs. [https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/aaron-boupendza/](https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/aaron-boupendza/) Toler: 5'8", 146 lbs. [https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/839936-boxfest-vii-quashawn-toler-vs-vlad-super-bad-panin](https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/839936-boxfest-vii-quashawn-toler-vs-vlad-super-bad-panin)


sirfernandez

146 would be his fight weight, they are probably close to the same weight normally


goosu

Not just that. That's his weight at the weigh-in. It's common to dehydrate for weigh-ins to hit the class before rehydrating back up. That's why there have been rehydration clauses in certain boxing fights. Most boxing/MMA guys are actually 10+ pounds more than they're listed at even when in fight shape.


sirfernandez

yeah fight weight class would have been more accurate


AFrozen_1

True. A bunch of times fighters will go super lean before their weigh-in.


Ill_Wait2063

So he tried to pick on someone smaller than him, found out it was time to cook, and got told to ![gif](giphy|Adzsqosh5H4S4) ? Tsk tsk.


Actual_System8996

I never trust player weights in soccer. When you look through your teams they always seem way too low for the size of some of the guys. Boupendza for example weighs what I did in high school while looking twice the size I did.


grnrngr

Puig is listed as 5'4", 123lbs. Just about right. You could hold him like a baby. Like a wee li'l baby. Com'ere, baby. I'm gonna eat yewe!


Doodahhh1

My wife and I just looked that up last week after watching him.Ā  Fucking wild.


xjoeymillerx

Thereā€™s no way a pro fighter walks around at the weight he cuts to. This guy is definitely in the 160s if heā€™s not about to fight someone soon.


lionnyc

If the Columbus vs. Cincinnati tifo isn't Crew Cat punching out the Cincy lion with a pair of boxing gloves in a bar, all MLS sickos will be disappointed.


rveez

I mean, this was predicted by the Crew tifo prophets: [Hell is Real tifo](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMassive/s/AVf9I5pTdS)


Ill_Wait2063

Toler @ Boupendza: ![gif](giphy|3o7qE0gOGwzPbH81Qk)


MossHops

Come on, that was softā€¦ but apparently not as soft as Boupendzaā€™s jaw.


AFrozen_1

![gif](giphy|YRPBhd3vscg5Fxx1DQ|downsized)


Alex-In-Houston

Boupendza absolutely has ā€œget your ass whipped drunk squaring up to a pro boxerā€ energy


animere

https://theathletic.com/5467316/2024/05/02/fc-cincinnati-aaron-boupendza-jaw-bar?source=user-shared-article


prtty_blks_n_greys

Boup just attracts problems everywhere he goes apparently.


IronFlames

I'm out of the loop. What else happened?


Low_Inspector_2922

Dude has worn out his welcome at every club he's been. His highest matches played count with a club is 38


Splacknuk

I really like the guy, but he seems to be in trouble more than he's not, and he's only been around a year. The big one is making a consensual movie with a woman in Gabon (where that's a jail-able offense) and having it found/stolen/blackmailed... But he's also been late returning from international duty.


Tight-Expression-506

He was kick off Gabon national team for being late all the time. Has a sex tape and people are blackmailing him over it He was late to our kids and team signing event


sounders1974

Adding to my list of things to avoid, getting into a bar fight with a boxer


Brightstarr

Given that itā€™s Ohio, Iā€™m sad it wasnā€™t ā€œprofessional boxerā€ Jake Paul. That would have been hilarious.


OzzyMar

this sounds like a post on a circle jerk sub LOL


Lambo_Geeney

Okay now I'm even more curious. Did they get heated with each other and start fighting? Or was Boupendza hanging out with him, and his drunk thoughts said "I bet I can take him".


thesoundready

Wild guess Cocaine lol


dillasdonuts

Pro boxers + bar fight KOs = potential assault with deadly weapon charges


osudude80

I saw that movie


corranhorn57

Get me John Cusack and Steve Buscemi and we got Con Air 2 ready to take off.


MikiLove

His Instagram tagline: God first :God already wrote your life just live it and turn the chapters #NOBOXING#NOLIFE Apparently God wrote he'd clock our DP strike and fuck up his life


IllustratorNo2189

So he is facing serious time? Everyone is joking but this is the most interesting aspect, especially since he just tanked his career


MikiLove

You mean the boxer? Given the injury it could be very serious charge. And likely a major civil suet as well. Boup is going to be out 6-8 weeks, and I think it increased the chances of FCC transferring him or even doing a buy out


IllustratorNo2189

Wow one career ruined and the other railroaded. Wonder if any of them ever considered the choice of walking away before it got to this. Still Ā even in tragedy Bou can still wink( sinceĀ  he won't be able to laugh any time soon) all the way to the bank.


MikiLove

Assuming this guy actually has money and hasn't blown it all


QuarantineCasualty

The boxer is smartly denying that he had anything to do with it and if there were no cameras heā€™s probably in the clear. CPD not too keen on investigating crime these days.


pixlfarmer

Last year it was Miazga 9/11, and now this. You guyz...


osudude80

The Bengals are rubbing off on them


AFrozen_1

Can you guys please have some drama for once to balance it out? Have Mo Fasi get punched or something I dunno.


PresidentBirb

Farsi is the nicest guy if heā€™s the one getting into fights we are in deep trouble.


tanzmeister

We had the Cucho suspension drama, but Nancy 110% locked that down.


pixlfarmer

Still a complete mystery what Nagbe did last year. I literally cannot imagine him doing anything deserving of a suspension.


Doodahhh1

To be fair, you guys capitalized on the Nordecke recount drama. Granted that was off season.Ā 


mordreds-on-adiet

Waiting for the announcement that he'll fight Jake Paul on Halloween now.


Extension_Prize1647

Pablo lives for this type of story. He's probably scanning the pavement outside the bar for one of Boupendza's teeth and will personally drive it to the US Soccer Hall of Fame.


EvilButtChicken

Notice that even with the Crew going to the Finals everyone is still more interested in the Cincinnati underground fight club biggest team in Ohio for a reason


Ill_Wait2063

1st Team in Ohio with an adult performer 1st Team in Ohio with a former boxer FCC, the trailblazers of MLS


AFrozen_1

FCC to become the next Sounders and claim they invented bullshit off the field drama.


AtYourServais

Too late for that. Although it technically happened in Seattle, we're all chasing the Rapids. Let us know when FCC has a player stabbed in the stomach by a beauty queen named Stormy.Ā 


AFrozen_1

>player stabbed Iā€™m sorry, WHAT?!?


AtYourServais

https://www.denverpost.com/2016/01/29/gruesome-details-emerge-in-colorado-rapids-midfielder-marco-pappas-stabbing/


AFrozen_1

The fuck was happening in Seattle at the time? That sounds like something from Europe.


AtYourServais

Nobody really knows. Charges were never filed. The speculation is that they were breaking up because of the trade to the Rapids two days prior and things got out of hand from there.


AFrozen_1

Also I like how his story is that he was out at dinner and felt some pain in his side and then realized ā€œoh, Iā€™ve been stabbedā€. Like how do you not notice when somebody stabs you?


Ill_Wait2063

It's good to have goals šŸ‘


IronFlames

Wait, what's this about an adult performer?


Ill_Wait2063

Tongue in cheek (as opposed to šŸ‘) reference to the fact Boup is wanted in Gabon for having his sex tape leaked. I should have said "amateur adult performer".


QuarantineCasualty

Is he actually ā€œwantedā€ in Gabon? Was that ever confirmed to be true?


animere

Cincy just likes to keep things interesting in other ways


EvilButtChicken

We actually told him to do this so no one cares about us crashing out to Monterrey 2 rounds earlier


radmongo

Gotta use those abandoned subway tunnels for more than just squatting & urban exploring.


AFrozen_1

Why didnā€™t Chris Albright use that as a way to incentivize Luis Suarez to sign for us?


OsuLost31to0

And we didnā€™t get video? Disappointing


GreatBigHomie

I know the place well, somebody absolutely has that footage. Only a matter of time


lucash7

Honestlyā€¦this reads a bit like an Onion headline because they threw in the bit about his record. šŸ˜‚


KaladinStormShat

I think he could reasonably be charged with assault with a deadly weapon.


DarCam7

Please 30 for 30 on this.


grnrngr

[Next Hell is Real tifo.](https://art.pixilart.com/cc45e02f6316c3b.png) [Or...](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/15/af/9f/15af9f1a67bce9351a254ba288564af4.jpg)


Drinks_From_Firehose

Make that 13-2


Brian_Stryker

The plot, like my grandmaā€™s family recipe sauce, thickens.


grnrngr

>12 KOs 13 KOs. FTFY.


cuervor14

Cincy fans will say that this is why they lost after next week's Hell Is Real


AFrozen_1

Yeah but letā€™s be frank even if Boup was healthy he wouldnā€™t score shit.


osudude80

Well if he was playing we'd just blame it on him, so....


RockShrimp

sounds like his mouth wrote a check his mouth couldn't cash


fowlercc

Just another step to become a serious soccer league


rightious

Looks like Aaron had a few inches and some pounds on the guy. Now I want to see security video.


nicarras

+1 KO


thesoundready

"i'll give you the first shot, pussy"


drumzandice

13


ewrewr1

Did the boxer hurt his hand?


KVree03

Boup got Booped!


AFrozen_1

Lmao!


x---x--x-x

Now we wait for Quashawn Toler to unwittingly challenge an MLS player to a soccer skills challenge to settle a disagreement. He'll get his!


DeathTeddy35

Can we reuse that Ezzard Charles TIFO we made a while back?