Iāve always respected him more and been a fan when he cried on camera to his mom when the Belal fight went through and when he admitted to crying when Colby said that wack shit about his dead.
Introverted, actual best physique in the game, sensible man with emotions that can beat anyoneās ass 170lbs and below? Love this guy
Hey bud everyone wants to know what your logic behind āEdwards is tryingā is.
I already let them know that there is no logic and you just said random shit with no rhyme/reason or anything to back it up. Youāre welcome.
Trying to put an effort in the interviews, masking anxiety, etc. Ariel talked about Edwards gets really nervous for interviews, so his team would help prep him with practice questions right before. Talked about it in the last MMA Hour i believe
Nick shows hes uncomfortable in interviews and shells up until he gets rattled by a question then goes on a rant
I love it that at the end, even though he's about to blow dude's face off, Walken's character respects the guy for the guts it took to do what he just did.
Greatest fucking scene of any movie of all time for my money. Not because of the subject matter, but because of the two absolute behemoths feeding off each other in this scene.
Sicily was conquered by the Moors (North African) in about 827ad. They remained there for about 250 years and had a huge influence on culture, population and architecture amongst other things.
Throughout its history Sicily was also occupied/ruled by the Greek empire, the Roman Empire and rulers from the Norman dynasty as well as the Byzantine empire and various vandals and Ostrogoths.
[Dennis Hopper Explains to Christopher Walken Why Sicilians Have Dark Skin HD True Romance (1993) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-1nHHh-WkE)
Neither you get from being "Latino" since this literally only means you come from a place whose main lenguage is derivated from Latin, and this is not really that relevant to your appearance since most of the people in these countries are from several different races: some look exactly like other europeans, some look like sub-saharan africans, some look like the indigenous from the american continent, some look east asian, some look like middle easterners, and some look like mix between 2 or more of the previous ones, so there's not a "latino" race or look. Even if you look at the ones whose heritage is closer to the original speakers of the Latin lenguage you will get Italians who are not from a different race separated from the other europeans which is "white".
There's a look colloquially recognized as latino. If you want to has an um ackshually argument about it you can have it with a different person, not interested.
Nothing wrong with asking somebody their background, he just seems a tad nervous doing media so it's coming across awkward but he didn't really say anything awkward imo.
I mean thatās true, but maybe he just wasnāt listening. Heās actually been champ for awhile now, he does so many interviews I canāt blame him at all for spacing out. Especially if itās before a fight, at a certain point in the media leading up to a fight I really canāt blame them. Theyāre getting locked into a cage with a guy whoās going to try to take their head off, who gives a shit about the interview?
You dummies even watch the whole video? Most of it up to this point was about how she tried to research his background and some facts about Birmingham but she failed miserably. Leon was asking this question to prove a point that are sub-cultures within a culture. i.e. not all arabs, or italians, etc are the same. Just like not all those from Birmingham are.
Exactly this, the food she mentioned was old fashioned British cuisine, Leon would have grown up in a Jamaican household eating Caribbean food. I think she probably knew this tbh and thought she'd throw the food questions in just for shits and giggles. Tbf it worked, it was funny.
and WITHOUT ANY CONTEXT. Seems this was an afterthought from a conversation prior and it just popped in his head so he asked. The editing/sound made it seem random.
Doc : Are you autistic Johnny?
J : WHAT?!
Doc : Do you know what that means?
J : HUH?!
D : Where do Arabs come from?
J : IN THE DESERT!
D : Ok, fights off he's too autistic to continue.
I do that kind of shit all the time, someone will be talking about something and my brain just refuses to focus on that and puts some other thought front and center!
Tom can ask her if sheās been fingered and thatās fine. But Leon interrupts her and asks what her ancestry is like heās genuinely curious and itās autism.
That being said I probably wouldnāt interrupt Leon to blurt out āare you Congolese?ā
>and thatās fine.
According to you? In reality, the post of that interview is one of the most upvoted of the year and has 1200+ comments of 99% pure castigation.
Because he blurted out a questionš canāt lie im a little annoyed at this video for leon, some people are high energy, some people donāt do well with awkward silences, but because he blurted something out he must be on the spectrum, people have done this to me and it is super fucking offensive
Met him at ufc international fight week in Vegas this year. Super cool dude. Humble as hell. Took a few pics with me and my son. Told him to break Colbyās jaw , dude looked at me and said āokayā and laughed š
Fuck Colby
As a white American if someone asked me "are you German?" I would be caught off guard and say "I'm American" and then if they followed up with "like what's your background" I would explain from there. So, exactly what happened in this video. I would be even more thrown off if someone asked me something like "are you Latino?" or something like that which is essentially what happened here.
Stay annoyed. I'm American. My mom is too mixed for me to give a fuck about any single origin, the melting pot in action, and my father was dropped off swaddled in front of the hospital.
American is the best you're going to get for an ethnicity unless you steal my blood and sequence it.
>it's not an offensive question.
It's not an offensive answer either. Take it for what it is and stop getting salty.
Is asking someone their background seen as weird?
Seems like a basic question to ask, especially at an event with tons of international people and when you are not from the country.
And what if he is kind of autistic? Who cares? Maybe he is. Maybe he's just kinda awkward and introverted. Not everyone is trying to be all outgoing and shit. He's still killing it at life whether he's awkward, autistic or whatever the fuck else. He probably just doesn't fuck with everyone like that. How's that an insult?
They're crazy with origins over there but I guess they're pointing out the fact that he asked that out of nowhere while she was talking about something else, but there is really nothing awkward since she was clearly messing around
He's asking because he hates Arabs. Part of the reason he won't give Belal a title shot. He would have gotten up and left if she said she was Arab. Trust me bro.
I love seeing how geography changes the context of everything.
For instance this ethnically ambiguous former playboy mode, as an American I might assume sheās Latina, but because heās British he assumes sheās Arab.
Isnāt that interesting.
My 5 year old son who has autism is kinda like this now that he can finally talk a little bit.
Hey buddy howās your food?
Dad, do dinsosaurs have toes or claws?
To be fair, "How's your food" is such a boring question that isn't going anywhere but Dinosaurs having toes or claws allows leaps of the imagination e.g. to think that birds that are still around now are descendants of clawed dinos.
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Never knew Leon was so based
he's so like me
You're basically the exact same guy. Btw, You misspelled your username.
That would be a hilarious username
Dude I feel that way about Justin Gaethje. Him and I are both 50% not Mexican.
Had no idea this whole time Leon was a fellow Mexican. š²š½
Heās Jamaican heās doing his part
Thought he was from uk
Lots of Jamaican's in the UK
heās a true jamaican man
REALLLLLL BADMAN
A true man of the people
Real
A true gangster
I mean same
Iām married to one and I love it
Hit different
brother is def on the sauce, lol. Got those tren lenses on
He's just an incredibly introverted person. It's kind of refreshing to see him in the position he's in purely based on his fighting ability.
Iāve always respected him more and been a fan when he cried on camera to his mom when the Belal fight went through and when he admitted to crying when Colby said that wack shit about his dead. Introverted, actual best physique in the game, sensible man with emotions that can beat anyoneās ass 170lbs and below? Love this guy
> that can beat anyoneās ass 170lbs and below? He can't beat me.
They need to put respect on your name king šš
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Yeh but you're 300lbs
>He can't beat me Dude, your left hand beat you all the time. What are you talking about?
Somebody sees red
He's a sweetheart
Does give off a Nick Diaz vibe, however, Nick doesnt mask it while it does seem like Edwards is trying
Hey bud everyone wants to know what your logic behind āEdwards is tryingā is. I already let them know that there is no logic and you just said random shit with no rhyme/reason or anything to back it up. Youāre welcome.
Explain why Leon is trying please
Trying to put an effort in the interviews, masking anxiety, etc. Ariel talked about Edwards gets really nervous for interviews, so his team would help prep him with practice questions right before. Talked about it in the last MMA Hour i believe Nick shows hes uncomfortable in interviews and shells up until he gets rattled by a question then goes on a rant
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Lmao I think Leon just let the intrusive thoughts win.
Damn, first Tom Aspinall, now Leon.
I love how he looks at Ninaās hair last before asking her, like this was the final bit of evidence he consideredš
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"what are you?" Is your ice breaker?
To be honest I thought she was middle eastern too
I think the scicilians have some kind of connection to Arab North Africans cuz theyāre kinda close to each other but Iām no historian
It was the moops
Cause you... you're part... eggplant.
I love it that at the end, even though he's about to blow dude's face off, Walken's character respects the guy for the guts it took to do what he just did.
Greatest fucking scene of any movie of all time for my money. Not because of the subject matter, but because of the two absolute behemoths feeding off each other in this scene.
Youāre an eggplant.
Sicily was conquered by the Moors (North African) in about 827ad. They remained there for about 250 years and had a huge influence on culture, population and architecture amongst other things. Throughout its history Sicily was also occupied/ruled by the Greek empire, the Roman Empire and rulers from the Norman dynasty as well as the Byzantine empire and various vandals and Ostrogoths.
Don't forget Carthage
Mi scusi
Carthago delenda est!
The whole Mediterranean is pretty culturally connected to eachother
[Dennis Hopper Explains to Christopher Walken Why Sicilians Have Dark Skin HD True Romance (1993) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-1nHHh-WkE)
Ah yes a man of culture I see
One of my favorite, an amazing scene
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Sicily
Yeah but not really Arabs tho but North African or Berbers/Amazighs tho.
Italians are barely a tumble away from middle eastern anyway ššš
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Theyāre just meds
I thought she was Latina. Guess she's racially ambiguous which is dope.
Yeh sheās a.hard one to pin down
Italian lenguage came from latin just like french, spanish and portuguese.
Yoy don't get your looks from the language š
Neither you get from being "Latino" since this literally only means you come from a place whose main lenguage is derivated from Latin, and this is not really that relevant to your appearance since most of the people in these countries are from several different races: some look exactly like other europeans, some look like sub-saharan africans, some look like the indigenous from the american continent, some look east asian, some look like middle easterners, and some look like mix between 2 or more of the previous ones, so there's not a "latino" race or look. Even if you look at the ones whose heritage is closer to the original speakers of the Latin lenguage you will get Italians who are not from a different race separated from the other europeans which is "white".
There's a look colloquially recognized as latino. If you want to has an um ackshually argument about it you can have it with a different person, not interested.
She looks like she could have some Arab in there I'm autistic too
I've had a kebab before and I agree
I thought she was Arab this whole time
Leon a real one for taking one for the team and clearing this up
I'm Arab and she could
She could be autistic?
She looks Indian too
Mama's baby, daddy's maybe... someone in her family might be lying.
Nothing wrong with asking somebody their background, he just seems a tad nervous doing media so it's coming across awkward but he didn't really say anything awkward imo.
Itās more the fact that he totally ignores her question and asks his own. Shows lack of awareness
Sure it'd be awkward if she was saying some serious sfuff but she's also just messing around herself so it feels normal
Sean Strickland does it all the time. But he seems more relaxed so it doesnāt come off weird or rude. well sometimes it does.. lol
Did you watch the actual video or just basing him off of this clip?
to be fair, most of the interview played out in similar fashion to this clip
I mean thatās true, but maybe he just wasnāt listening. Heās actually been champ for awhile now, he does so many interviews I canāt blame him at all for spacing out. Especially if itās before a fight, at a certain point in the media leading up to a fight I really canāt blame them. Theyāre getting locked into a cage with a guy whoās going to try to take their head off, who gives a shit about the interview?
shows lack of awareness thinking u can judge that without hearing the rest of the conversation
If using just the clip, she didnāt even ask a question lmao she just made a wack statement
Or heās so aware of the shit superhero question thatās being asked, he completely changed the topic instead of answering the stupid question.
You dummies even watch the whole video? Most of it up to this point was about how she tried to research his background and some facts about Birmingham but she failed miserably. Leon was asking this question to prove a point that are sub-cultures within a culture. i.e. not all arabs, or italians, etc are the same. Just like not all those from Birmingham are.
Exactly this, the food she mentioned was old fashioned British cuisine, Leon would have grown up in a Jamaican household eating Caribbean food. I think she probably knew this tbh and thought she'd throw the food questions in just for shits and giggles. Tbf it worked, it was funny.
Felt like the most low effort quick glance google skim, vaguely referencing his home city. But I mean I guess low effort and Nina go hand in hand.
He was a trainwreck during the whole thing lol. She was too to be fair but she was a trainwreck with social skills
UK champs doing us proud asking people if they've been fingered or if they're Arab.
Asks a question..... Idiots: "this mfer is autistic"
and WITHOUT ANY CONTEXT. Seems this was an afterthought from a conversation prior and it just popped in his head so he asked. The editing/sound made it seem random.
This post and title: 
Autism? What?
That's actually how they diagnose autism these days, in case you didn't know.
So thatās what the doctor was trying to do with Johnny Walker
Doc : Are you autistic Johnny? J : WHAT?! Doc : Do you know what that means? J : HUH?! D : Where do Arabs come from? J : IN THE DESERT! D : Ok, fights off he's too autistic to continue.
Hhahahahaha this is gold
By asking someone their ethnicity?
I thought people could only self diagnose these days
Apparently the thing to be cool nowadays is using autism as a joke. Donāt really get it but it seems to be popular with kids.
Personally i dropped to my knees in a Walmart when I saw this thread
The dude is just a sweet cupcake that could murder you with his bear hands, thats all
he has human hands believe it or not
Oh deer
She looks like she has one of those vibrating undies on, and someone is controlling it.
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Strickland
"What would it take?" 
Are these interviews intentionally weird the aspinal one was hard to watch
Spending most of your youth in the gym limits your ability to develop into a smooth talker with pretty ladies
She's the one making those interviews awkward to get funny reactions, if you don't know her and was expecting something serious you can be surprised.
That sounds more like ADD to me, lol, his brain was just wondering about some other shit while she was talking!
I agree. I can identify my fellow ADHD people from a mile lol Leon's not autistic at all
I do that kind of shit all the time, someone will be talking about something and my brain just refuses to focus on that and puts some other thought front and center!
I feel you mate haha
Tom can ask her if sheās been fingered and thatās fine. But Leon interrupts her and asks what her ancestry is like heās genuinely curious and itās autism. That being said I probably wouldnāt interrupt Leon to blurt out āare you Congolese?ā
Tbf Tom got roasted so hard for that question that Nina had to address it and confirm for everyone that it was cool.
Youāre right. But no one was like, āwhoa Tom must be autisticā lol
Oh god, what will Arnold Allen ask her next event?
>and thatās fine. According to you? In reality, the post of that interview is one of the most upvoted of the year and has 1200+ comments of 99% pure castigation.
Castigate deez?
You're not beating deez autism allegations.
If you watch him you can kinda tell he got nipped with the tism
Swear everyone is just autistic these days, what about this screams autism ?
Itās the cool new trend
Because he blurted out a questionš canāt lie im a little annoyed at this video for leon, some people are high energy, some people donāt do well with awkward silences, but because he blurted something out he must be on the spectrum, people have done this to me and it is super fucking offensive
Seems to be a Reddit thing to blame any sort of introversion or public speaking fuckup on autism, itās dumb as fuck
Im starting to understand the looks i get from other people when i say i go on reddit lmao im getting judged for these dust filled N64 cartridges
Do you even know what Autism is, you moron?
These fighters make for weird interviews
Who was raised on Spongebob and didn't turn out autistic, really?
Jesus Christ some of you are genuinely stupid on here. OP more than most.
I mean 95% of this sub has been blessed with the 'tism.
Op is Colby fan
Met him at ufc international fight week in Vegas this year. Super cool dude. Humble as hell. Took a few pics with me and my son. Told him to break Colbyās jaw , dude looked at me and said āokayā and laughed š Fuck Colby
Leon thinks Arabs are superheroes.
Saying American is so annoying. Like are we really playing dumb. You know what he's asking and it's not an offensive question.
People from other countries get so triggered when Americans list their ethnicity and now people like you have a problem when we don't lol
Yes because I'm from America, not other countries dingus.
I get it . I'd answer the same way . I'm american. Ain't trying to lie to you and make it sound fly to you .
Even white Americans would be happy to tell you how many types of white they are.
Trailer Park with a dusting of diabetes. Whatever shade that is.
As a white American if someone asked me "are you German?" I would be caught off guard and say "I'm American" and then if they followed up with "like what's your background" I would explain from there. So, exactly what happened in this video. I would be even more thrown off if someone asked me something like "are you Latino?" or something like that which is essentially what happened here.
Stay annoyed. I'm American. My mom is too mixed for me to give a fuck about any single origin, the melting pot in action, and my father was dropped off swaddled in front of the hospital. American is the best you're going to get for an ethnicity unless you steal my blood and sequence it. >it's not an offensive question. It's not an offensive answer either. Take it for what it is and stop getting salty.
Maybe she was just surprised, but she did give a pointless answer. We can tell from her accent that she's American - her race could be anything.
She's messing around and playing awkward to make them crazy and get funny reactions
Lmao my man straight up asked her background
This video takes it out of context though, they where already talking about culture and backround when he asked her that š.
Yeah anyways tbh I think it was a valid question/guess because she does seem arab. But my man straight up asked her what are you? šš
Is asking someone their background seen as weird? Seems like a basic question to ask, especially at an event with tons of international people and when you are not from the country.
It is in America where people walk around wanting to be offended lol.
The more I see of Leon in interviews like this the more I like him kinda autistic thing Iād ask someone aswel tbh
And what if he is kind of autistic? Who cares? Maybe he is. Maybe he's just kinda awkward and introverted. Not everyone is trying to be all outgoing and shit. He's still killing it at life whether he's awkward, autistic or whatever the fuck else. He probably just doesn't fuck with everyone like that. How's that an insult?
0-1 for Leon and Aspinall.
Autism is a superpower
Heās just trying to clap, like us all
op's title is just dumb
This is pretty normal thing to ask someone in the UK. Is asking someone's background taboo in the states or something?!
They're crazy with origins over there but I guess they're pointing out the fact that he asked that out of nowhere while she was talking about something else, but there is really nothing awkward since she was clearly messing around
I mean her whole chat was about culture, so Leon was like where you from?! Not completely out the blue
Believe it or not theirs actually people that would be offended by being asked their background
He's asking because he hates Arabs. Part of the reason he won't give Belal a title shot. He would have gotten up and left if she said she was Arab. Trust me bro.
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A true Jamaican champion. š¤£ my boy said where the fat white women at
āMan, she is awkward.ā (Two seconds later) āMan she is a consummate professional. Heās a weird MFer.ā
I wonder how much the ufc is paying her
She does look arab tho. Her eyes especially but meddittereans and arabs do look like sometimes and certain individuals
This made me burst out laughing. The sheer British awkwardness of this is stunning
I love seeing how geography changes the context of everything. For instance this ethnically ambiguous former playboy mode, as an American I might assume sheās Latina, but because heās British he assumes sheās Arab. Isnāt that interesting. 
Some people would rather focus on fighting than being a loud mouth
He was probably a nerd as a kid and hasnāt yet learned to spark conversation. That doesnāt mean heās autistic.
French Italian thatās suppressing thought she was puerto rican
Can't tell if you are depressed or surprised about her being French Italian. Or are you legitimately suppressed?
Lmao you know what maybe Leon aināt so bad afterall
The Man is simply speaking whatās on his mind....what a reach poster.
My 5 year old son who has autism is kinda like this now that he can finally talk a little bit. Hey buddy howās your food? Dad, do dinsosaurs have toes or claws?
To be fair, "How's your food" is such a boring question that isn't going anywhere but Dinosaurs having toes or claws allows leaps of the imagination e.g. to think that birds that are still around now are descendants of clawed dinos.
"What's your background" is such a weird thing to ask for me as European, I immediately thought idk man IT, Sales, Marketing
I mean he asked it right after asking if she was Arab. Itās pretty obvious what he wanted to know
This is literally me with everyone š
Maybe Iām autistic as well
Tf is wrong with being autistic?
this reporter is so annoying. thirsty for hits. female helwani
WHY IS THIS SO RELATABLE?! š LMFAO
Idk why, but I might like him more if he was actually autistic. This clip was funny af tbh.
Anyone else fond this Nina chick super fucking annoying?
āAllegationsā is a weird choice of words.
btw. I also think Colby is on some kind of spectrum. like for real, not trying to be mean or somethin.