Doin' the Damn Thing: Two UFC fighters have hijacked the kingdom of Morocco

The Economist published an interesting feature story about how UFC veterans Abu and Ottman Azaitar -- who you may remember from that UFC 257 fiasco involving an alleged "bagful of potatoes" -- have parlayed a friendship with the 58-year-old king of Morocco into pretty sweet lives for themselves. To hear the article tell it, King Mohammed VI (who was never that into ruling, anyway) has become completely disinterested in running Morocco and only wants to hang out, travel the world and party with the Azaitar brothers.

Abu and Ottman, for their parts, appear to be making the most of the money, power and influence that come along with being the king's besties. They have access to sports cars, private jets, military aircraft (!) and apparently whatever else they want. So, now the people of Morocco are sitting around wondering where the king at and also if the rest of the Moroccan government might do something about it.

Plus, in Kraken Up, we await game five in Dallas, with the Kraken and Stars tied 2-2.

Here's the link to the economist story:

https://www.economist.com/1843/2023/04/14/the-mystery-of-moroccos-missing-king

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