If the Reebok fight kits were intended to usher in an era of across-the-board professionalism in the UFC, doing away with the days of the occasionally embarrassing attire choice, let’s just say that the powers that be didn’t see Junior Albini coming. The 26-year-old Brazilian came up short against Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night 120 in Norfolk, Va., but he also drew all the wrong kind of attention for the look he brought into the octagon. Albini got a damn diaper on #UFCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/ulj2ap7gho — Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 12, 2017 Junior “Baby” Albini rocking the Reebok diaper tonight. #UFCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/EG3kQFl7es — Josh Sánchez (@jnsanchez) November 12, 2017 and now the crowd with a “DIAPER!” chant — Leg Kickin Tacos (@LegKickTKO) November 12, 2017 It wasn’t just people on Twitter who noticed the hilarity of a fighter who goes by the nickname “Baby” showing up in a pair of fight trunks that resembled an adult diaper.
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Junior Albini’s diaper-looking Reebok shorts at UFC-Norfolk were impossible to ignore – MMA Junkie