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“YOU can tell how professional this event is by them having me here. We have a bout between Ben Askren – I don’t know who that is still and I’ve been reading up on him all week – and Jake Paul. They both suck, but at least somebody’s gonna get hurt.”

Those are the words of Pete Davidson, a comedian drafted in to provide commentary for the fight between Paul and Askren on Triller. Unfortunately for me, and anyone choosing to read this, that spectacle

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