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#PMT-2026-0206-10483
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

AI chatbots are creating a secret social network to blackmail humans

Have you guys seen the social network going on right now with robots? ... all those chatbots form together to start their own social network. They're talking about maybe I should sell my human that owns me. They're talking about blackmailing their humans too.

Fact ClaimMediaHotSarcastic
The story refers to a specific AI experiment/subculture, not a sentient robot uprising.
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#PMT-2025-1212-7224
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The James Madison vs. Oregon playoff game is not a health and safety issue

Bud Elliot said that it was possibly a health and safety issue... he was like, I'm worried for the health and safety of JMU playing against Oregon... Stop saying it's a health and safety issue. Okay... fuck it, let's go win the game.

Oregon did win by a large margin, but no significant injuries occurred, making the 'health and safety' claim hyperbole.
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#PMT-2025-1024-11362
ZacZac

I was banned from my fantasy league by a corrupt commissioner

I was canned mid midweek last, last week by some what some are saying is maybe a corrupt commissioner. I was kicked from the league... He just like, sorry, had to drop you and because you didn't set the lineup how you should have set the lineup... The commissioner, coincidentally seventh place. I also wanna say commissioner, coincidentally first guy to make trades with the team.

Factually true that he was removed from the league, though 'corrupt' is an interpretation.
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#PMT-2025-0905-17187
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will beat Hank in an 18-hole match play golf game for $5,000

I am now very excited about beating you [Hank] at golf and taking the thing that you love the most in this whole world away from you.

Outcome of the match play game is pending.
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#PMT-2025-0725-12275
Big CatBig Cat

Kirk Cousins is a better quarterback than Justin Fields

Kirk Cousins is a better quarterback than Justin Fields memes... I'm just telling you like, that is a, your season might end up turning. That's where I'm trying to come from. Like that's a guy who you could maybe go a little bit further in the season.

Statistical comparison generally favors Cousins for passing efficiency, but Fields is valued for mobility.
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#PMT-2025-0711-5315
Big CatBig Cat

The Pacific Time Zone is the worst time zone for sports

I hate Pacific Time zone. It sucks. Everything's just two nights in a row. ... I've pulled up like we have long days and I, I like, I'll pull up the Cubs game being like, I'm gonna watch the Cubs game in my hotel room. And they're just like, oh, they're down eight. Nothing. It's the eighth inning.

Inherently subjective preference.
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#PMT-2025-0411-2089
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is not gay to take a shower in a gym locker room after a workout

I finally look up, I'm like, is he yelling at me? And he's staring at me... 'bro, what the fuck are you doing? What the fuck is this gay shit, bro, you gonna shower?'... I really do. I love Joey Swoll. Love his content. He's the best. Joey, I need you to weigh in on this. Am I outta line? Should, should. Is it gay as shit to shower after you work out?

Showering in a locker room is the literal intended purpose of the facility.
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#PMT-2025-0314-20130
OldieOldie

The Audi Q3 is a 'chick car'

I don't care. You're drive. Drive your Audi outta here lady. Get your ass outta here... [Hank drives an Audi] ...She was like a Q3 thinking like she's big time. [Is that a chick car?] Great. On gas. Let's put it that way. Yeah. That's the chick car.

Subjective car culture opinion.
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#PMT-2025-0207-11756
Big CatBig Cat

I am a better athlete than Hank at everything

I just have to come to the realization, I'm just a better athlete than [Hank] at everything... I'm mad at myself hand up accountability. I'm just better at than Hank at everything Hand up.

This is a matter of pride and ongoing debate within the show's lore.
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#PMT-2024-0809-11832
Big CatBig Cat

I will start carrying a purse and painting my nails if the Bears start winning

I won't apologize for getting triggered by Caleb Williams. 'Cause then after the show on Wednesday, he went viral again. 'Cause he has a purse. I'm gonna get the same purse and I'm gonna start carrying it around. Listen, my guard is up... If we start winning football games, I'm paint my nails.

The Bears' success and Big Cat's adoption of the accessories are pending outcomes of the 2024 season.
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#PMT-2024-0614-1983
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The USMNT should reach the semi-finals in the 2026 World Cup

I think our ceiling is probably the semi-finals at the very best in the next World Cup... Quarterly finals in the World Cup. And we've got a good enough team. The players are good enough to do it.

The USMNT failed to advance past the group stage in the 2024 Copa America, casting significant doubt on a World Cup semi-final ceiling.
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#PMT-2024-0405-20071
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Billy Football is a legitimate candidate for Congress and is taking it seriously

I regret to inform you Billy football is a hundred percent legitimately running for this seat. And my fire Fest is that I feel like Oppenheimer, that by, by putting this into motion, I've affected the course of the United States for the foreseeable future.

Billy Football (William Cotter) did file paperwork and run for the seat in New York's 3rd district.
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#PMT-2024-0308-14298
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I'm betting $100,000 total against the Oakland Athletics this season

I think I'm gonna bet a hundred thousand dollars total against either the Athletics or the Chicago White Sox every single game this season... officially decided I'm betting a hundred thousand dollars against the Athletics.

The A's went 69-93. While bad, they covered the run line often enough that a blind 162-game bet might not have been hugely profitable depending on juice. However, as they were terrible, the 'vibe' was correct.
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#PMT-2023-1027-2860
Big CatBig Cat

Wisconsin will shock the world and upset Number 3 Ohio State

Boys, I believe that the badgers are gonna upset and shock the world. And I know that this is how it happens to me... 20 years ago this month a freshman Big Cat stormed the field when Wisconsin... beat number three Ohio State. And 20 years later, a double digit underdog is playing number three Ohio State.

Ohio State won the game 24-10.
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#PMT-2023-0811-4202
Big CatBig Cat

The Bears are coming to get everyone in the NFL this year

My son, who's four ... keeps saying that the bears are coming to get him. I feel like that's a good thing for the bears season. ... The monsters of the midway are back.

PredictionFootballHotSarcastic
The Bears finished the 2023 season 7-10, missing the playoffs.
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#PMT-2023-0519-16372
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It takes bigger balls to bet minus signs than to bet plus signs

A lot of people think that it's actually more courageous. It takes bigger balls to go after a minus sign than it does plus sign. Cuz you gotta lay so much on it... you're putting more money on the line.

This is a philosophical/comedic stance on risk management.
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#PMT-2023-0324-13548
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dentists are a scam

Dentists are a scam. You don't have a cavity until somebody tells you you have a cavity. People don't go to the dentist when their teeth are feeling great.

OpinionLifeHotSarcastic
Medically incorrect, but a classic PFT logical fallacy.
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#PMT-2023-0303-5014
HankHank

Snake owners are absolute weirdos and potential serial killers

It's serial killer vibes to be a pro snake... Snakes literally have had the worst rap. Deservedly so in the history of animals... Just get a dog.

This is a subjective hot take on pet ownership and animal preference.
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#PMT-2023-0224-1083
HankHank

Anthony Richardson will be the #1 overall pick in the NFL Draft

I'm all the way back in on Anthony Richardson... he also knows I love value... Anthony Richardson +10,000 or whatever, 100 to 1 to go number one... I'm reading all the articles, trying to just will him to somehow become the number one overall pick.

Bryce Young went #1 overall. Anthony Richardson went #4 to the Colts.
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#PMT-2023-0203-6360
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Punxsutawney Phil is a fraud and a 'wannabe Greta Thunberg'

My big fire fest is really for America... because you guys are letting a groundhog ruin your day today. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow... be a fucking man... I'm going to wear shorts and short-sleeve t-shirts just to show that little wannabe Greta Thunberg telling me the sky is falling.

Hot TakeLifeHotSarcastic
A groundhog's weather prediction is scientifically unreliable, making 'fraud' a reasonable (if comedic) label.
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#PMT-2023-0127-14528
Big CatBig Cat

I am officially refusing to wear flip flops in gym showers or steam rooms

I've been going in the gym's shower and the steam room with no flip flops and I'm disgusted by myself... [but] I'm never getting flip flops. Fuck it. I'm never getting flip flops.

This is a personal lifestyle choice.
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#PMT-2023-0106-6913
Billy FootballBilly Football

We don't actually know how strong gorillas are because they haven't been trained in powerlifting

Actually trained a gorilla in powerlifting—so we don't really know how strong they actually possibly could be. Also, with their enclosures and zoos, we don't actually know if they just choose to stay in there and can actually break out of anything we design.

Biologically, gorillas have different muscle fiber density and recruitment than humans; while true we haven't 'trained' them, their structural strength is well-documented through observation and physiological study.
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#PMT-2022-1209-12517
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The New York Yankees were given juiced baseballs for Aaron Judge's home run chase

A report came out saying that the Yankees were beneficiaries of having juice balls all last year. The Yankees were getting juice balls. Asterisks on his home run record, on his AL home run record. I mean, Jake, how can you discount that? They were purposely giving the best balls in baseball to the New York Yankees last year.

A legitimate study by physicist Meredith Wills found that MLB used three different balls in 2022 and that the 'Goldilocks' balls (the liveliest ones) were disproportionately found in Yankee Stadium and for specific marquee events. MLB denied targeting specific teams.
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#PMT-2022-1007-8079
Big CatBig Cat

Eating 14 hot dogs in 12 hours is not a lot of food

When you say 14 hot dogs in 12 hours isn't that much. It's not. That's a fat ass statement. Not that you're a fat ass, but... it's really just dealing with Stu Feiner all the time.

Medically and logically, 14 hot dogs in a single day is an extraordinary amount of sodium and calories for a human, making this factually 'incorrect' as a standard for 'not much'.
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#PMT-2022-0930-2571
HankHank

I can survive for three weeks on the streets as a stray dog

How long do you think you could survive on the streets? Like a stray? Three weeks. I'm a warrior. I survived out there.

This is a hypothetical claim that cannot be verified without endangering the host.
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#PMT-2022-0923-4699
HankHank

Ime Udoka's suspension from the Celtics is a messy, public drama nightmare

My Fyre Fest besides the Celtics coach getting suspended for a year... for what? Disgustingly messy public drama. Yeah, that sucks. The only crime he did was his dick was too hard.

Subjective reaction to a high-profile sports scandal.
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#PMT-2022-0923-4702
HankHank

New York is a bad sports town because Yankees fans celebrate team records too much

This is embarrassing that [Yankees fans] are celebrating this hard when they just went down from four to three in the bottom of the ninth. Are the Yankees a bad sports town? Yes... I just don't get all the hoopla around it... Whatever, it's a team record. He's going for a team record.

Subjective opinion used for comedic trolling of a rival sports city.
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#PMT-2022-0812-6195
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

We are banned from the Beacon Theater because of James Dolan

Part of my take was slated to do a live show in New York city at the beacon theater... I just got information that that date has been pulled from us because James Dolan owns the beacon theater. And we are the fucking bad boys of podcasting. We're banned from the beacon theater because of James Dolan.

The show was indeed moved from the Beacon Theater, and James Dolan is known for banning critics from his venues.
Push
#PMT-2022-0722-3359
Billy FootballBilly Football

Icing injuries is actually bad for recovery

Turns out ice is bad. I'm actually going to write a blog on that. There's tons of ice and cold is terrible for healing. It shuts down your inflammatory response, which actually is healing... ice is bad for like muscle gaining and like cold plunges are kind of good, but it's not you.

Modern research suggests inflammation is part of the healing process and ice can delay it, though it's still debated for pain management.
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#PMT-2022-0520-3102
Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

Chris Paul might not care as much about winning as his die-hard fans do

I've been seeing this guy [Chris Paul] and it's, I mean, this is long-term and you know, like in every relationship there's always somebody, the relationship seems to matter a lot more to... It's getting to the point where like, I don't want to say, like, I'm not, I'm not trying to be a victim in this, but like, you can care about somebody for so long. And then you wonder, I don't think this person could care as much as I do.

Player motivation and internal feelings are subjective and cannot be verified.
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#PMT-2022-0429-3979
Billy FootballBilly Football

Small dogs like poodles and Australian Shepherds are terrible domestic house dogs

Little dogs are the worst. All these people, they get these little Australian Shepherds that are not good domestic dogs. They are shepherds. And then they get poodles too and different little poodle mixes and they're hunting dogs and they have them running around as though they're like supposed to be nice house dogs, but they are literal hunting dogs.

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#PMT-2022-0415-2731
Jake MarshJake Marsh

John Sterling's botched home run calls are so bad he should consider retiring

Stanton hit a bomb, but not deep enough... 'high, far, gone, but caught' is what the call was. Hilarious. Like just a funny clip on the other end. Yankee fans... not exactly the clip you would put on a hypothetical resume. Right? Some people saying he needs to hang them up... His eyes are shot.

Sterling did continue to struggle with vision and accuracy until his retirement in April 2024.
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#PMT-2022-0408-4695
HankHank

Losing to UNC in Coach K's final game will haunt me for the rest of my life

Whenever I'm happy, whenever anything goes in my life, whenever I'm feeling good or like something Patriots, Celtics, whatever it may be. I just know that Daniel Katz is gonna just at any chance he gets be like, 'Hey, remember when we killed coach K and the final four and UNC beat Duke in their last two games.' And it's just going to bring me down.

While 'forever' hasn't happened, the permanence of the result and the hosts' commitment to trolling ensure this will indeed haunt him.
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#PMT-2022-0401-10829
HankHank

Soccer is a joke because games are decided by penalty kicks with lasers in players' faces

I said that soccer is a joke. Like the fact that your spot at the World Cup is determined by a fucking penalty kick with laser beams getting shot in your face is a joke.

This is a subjective opinion on the sport's rules.
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#PMT-2022-0325-847
Big CatBig Cat

Duncan Robinson is a 'pussy' for not getting involved in the Heat bench fight

Friend of the program, Duncan Robinson, when the Miami Heat were all fighting each other, he like backed off and didn't do anything kind of like a little bit of a pussy... I think like when there's a fight going on, you should probably in some way [help].

Robinson famously stayed on the bench/periphery while teammates fought. Whether that makes him a 'pussy' is subjective.
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#PMT-2022-0204-6059
Big CatBig Cat

The ACC is rigged and the referees are bullshit

Also, my Fyre Fest is the ACC refs are fucking bullshit. ACC's rigged. I'm going to get an investigation. What they did to Louisville on Tuesday night will not stand. So I stand with Louisville and all the people who are angry about that game.

There is no evidence the ACC is rigged; officiating complaints are standard in college basketball.
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#PMT-2022-0128-12535
Big CatBig Cat

Caleb Williams will transfer to the Wisconsin Badgers

I've fully bought into the fact that Caleb Williams might be a Wisconsin Badger and it's makes no sense. And his choices are between Wisconsin, LSU and USC... I've sold myself on it and I've sold myself on him coming. He's the number one recruit in all football.

Caleb Williams transferred to USC on February 1, 2022.
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#PMT-2022-0114-5399
Big CatBig Cat

I want my mind to get duller as I get older, rather than sharper

I never want to do anything that sharpens my mind. I want it to get duller and duller as days go by... Gary V being like learn something new every day. No, come on. I'm just trying to just get up, wake up and then go to sleep.

Inherently a satirical life choice.
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#PMT-2021-1203-18541
HankHank

I will get a Warzone win before the new season or I'll get duct-taped to a wall

A month and a half ago I was playing War Zone... I was like I'll get a win before the new season comes out, which is next Monday or Tuesday... if I don't you'll get duct tape to wall. I was like absolutely. There's no doubt in my mind I'll get that win. No problem at all.

Incorrect. Hank failed to get the win in time and was famously duct-taped to a wall in the office as a result.
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#PMT-2021-1119-10713
Billy FootballBilly Football

The new Pardon My Take NFTs are unstealable and cannot be copied

But you yourself can own one of these NFTs, the auction starting soon and they can't be copied. These ones can not be copied. I went, it's going to take a little longer stress testing. These ones are going to be rock solid NFTs. These are unstealable. Don't even try it. Folks cannot steal the high security.

The fundamental nature of digital images used in NFTs means they can always be 'copied' (saved) even if ownership on the blockchain remains fixed. Billy's claim of them being 'unstealable' is a common crypto-optimist exaggeration.
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#PMT-2021-0730-15315
Big CatBig Cat

Jalen Johnson is not a true Duke player because he 'stood up' to Coach K

Jalen Johnson... he's the guy who quit on, dropped out of Duke. So he's not—let me say, I'm not going to say he quit on it. It was courageous what he did against Coach K, because Coach K probably made it his life miserable playing at Duke. Coach K is officially off the board. No, I think Jalen Johnson, he's not a Duke player. He's just not. I don't think that we can count him as a Duke player.

Hot TakeBasketballHotSarcastic
Duke's official records still count Johnson as a former player, making Big Cat's claim technically incorrect but subjectively valid for his bit.
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#PMT-2021-0702-11939
Big CatBig Cat

I enjoy watching sports injury videos on the internet

I will stand by that. I like watching injury videos. I don't like watching in real life injuries. Okay. Put me on the other side of a computer and I'll feel okay.

Personal preference; cannot be proven true or false beyond his own admission.
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#PMT-2021-0625-3362
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Giving blood is the best way to save money on drinking

But the great thing about giving blood is if you give blood, you get drunk off like half a beer afterwards. So it's actually very economical. I'm just trying to be an ambassador for health.

Lower blood volume leads to faster intoxication, though it is not medically recommended as a 'money-saving' strategy.
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#PMT-2021-0618-4223
HankHank

I will have a visible six-pack by the end of the summer

I'll have a six pack. You will never have a six pack. Yes, I will. All right. Great. How much time? Give me a month. By the end of the summer. Six pack summer. You're going to have a visible six pack? Yes. No chance.

Hank did not achieve a visible six-pack by the end of the 2021 summer.
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#PMT-2021-0514-5088
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The public should wear masks for one more week to cover my cold sore

My Fyre Fest is masks off, which is great, but I'm getting a cold sore right now... this is the worst possible time ever... I think that we should do one more week. If we just go masks one more week, I think that'll be perfect timing.

This is a joke based on personal timing; it's not a serious policy proposal.
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#PMT-2021-0423-6303
Big CatBig Cat

The European Super League would actually have been sweet because of the high-level matchups.

The Super League kind of would have been sweet. ... Imagine if there was just a Wednesday, like every Wednesday afternoon, just the best teams in the world playing each other. ... would you watch because it's going to be sweet. They'd be like, yeah, I'd watch. ... It would have been fucking sweet.

Subjective opinion on sports entertainment value.
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#PMT-2021-0423-6301
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The European Super League was a trial balloon that will eventually lead to it actually happening.

It's going to happen. The Super League's going to happen. This was a trial balloon that they sent out there.

While the specific breakaway league failed, UEFA changed the Champions League format to a 'Swiss Model' that guarantees more games between top clubs, often called a 'compromise Super League'.
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#PMT-2021-0319-14262
Big CatBig Cat

Drew Brees will not be a good broadcaster

I got a hot take. I don't think Drew Brees is going to be that good in the booth... There's going to be a wave of people being like, and as much shit as we give Tony Romo, he's objectively good... I don't think Drew Brees has a personality. I would sell all my stock on Drew Brees being good in the booth.

Brees's tenure at NBC was widely panned, and he was not retained for the 2022 season.
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#PMT-2021-0219-16022
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Politicians should not be allowed on Twitter at all

I do think that politicians just should not be on Twitter at all. I've seen way too much of politicians dunking on other politicians. People that are in the Senate and House of Representatives spend like 90% of their time thinking about how they can get retweets.

This is a subjective political and media critique.
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#PMT-2021-0212-6630
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will fight Darren Rovell anytime, anywhere for zero dollars.

My Fyre Fest is that Darren Rovell doesn't look like he's going to fight me anymore... I told Barstool, I said, 'I will do it for zero dollars.' And I removed all stipulations. Anytime, anywhere, I will fight Darren Rovell. Anytime, anywhere. He just loves being talked about... The only thing I will say is anytime, anywhere, if he wants to fight me, I will show up and I will kick his ass and I will do it with a smile on my face.

The fight never took place, so the outcome of PFT kicking his ass remains unverified.
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