What a great pass by Deegan

1/17/2026 9:48pm

Definitely not a fan of deegans moves, but I’d say that was pretty smart to not just pass the points leader, but potentially make him not finish second behind him. Hopefully anstie gives it back 

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1/17/2026 10:22pm
Definitely not a fan of deegans moves, but I’d say that was pretty smart to not just pass the points leader, but potentially make him not...

Definitely not a fan of deegans moves, but I’d say that was pretty smart to not just pass the points leader, but potentially make him not finish second behind him. Hopefully anstie gives it back 

Pretty smart to give your closest competitor, who otherwise would race you cleanly, a reason to now want to put you on the ground???

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1/17/2026 10:27pm
Ozy wrote:
the little douche bag changed his line and swerved to the right and up the berm . .  . then the little pussy lied on the...

the little douche bag changed his line and swerved to the right and up the berm . .  . then the little pussy lied on the podium after he got boo'd and said it was an accident.

You seem mad.

 

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1/17/2026 10:33pm
Definitely not a fan of deegans moves, but I’d say that was pretty smart to not just pass the points leader, but potentially make him not...

Definitely not a fan of deegans moves, but I’d say that was pretty smart to not just pass the points leader, but potentially make him not finish second behind him. Hopefully anstie gives it back 

CPR wrote:

Pretty smart to give your closest competitor, who otherwise would race you cleanly, a reason to now want to put you on the ground???

Everyone has a reason to put him on the ground if you haven’t noticed 

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1/17/2026 10:38pm
Definitely not a fan of deegans moves, but I’d say that was pretty smart to not just pass the points leader, but potentially make him not...

Definitely not a fan of deegans moves, but I’d say that was pretty smart to not just pass the points leader, but potentially make him not finish second behind him. Hopefully anstie gives it back 

CPR wrote:

Pretty smart to give your closest competitor, who otherwise would race you cleanly, a reason to now want to put you on the ground???

Everyone has a reason to put him on the ground if you haven’t noticed 

Well he’s working his way through them, but not quite everyone yet 😂

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1/17/2026 10:43pm
CPR wrote:

Pretty smart to give your closest competitor, who otherwise would race you cleanly, a reason to now want to put you on the ground???

Everyone has a reason to put him on the ground if you haven’t noticed 

CPR wrote:

Well he’s working his way through them, but not quite everyone yet 😂

It reminds me of how friese always got away with it for years lol

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1/17/2026 10:49pm
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Smith and him went back and forth and that was like his 2nd sx ever, the pass where he rode JuJu high wasn’t bad at all...

Smith and him went back and forth and that was like his 2nd sx ever, the pass where he rode JuJu high wasn’t bad at all, Davies wasn’t bad, he was a dick to Schock and JoSho, and the pass on Max wasn’t bad. 

I think the fact that 3 out of 6 of his controversial passes have been on teammates is the problem. 

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1/17/2026 10:59pm

Not sure why everyone is acting like Deegan crossed some sort of forbidden line, they’re racing it’s not a team sport. Max owes him one, McAdoo owes him one, he owes Kitchen one, Shimoda can probably dish one out…. Fuck it, it’s racing.

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1/17/2026 11:07pm

It's funny seeing Donger start banging on about God on the podium as a way to try and counter the boos. Usually he leaves the God bothering to the week after his latest dirty incident...

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1/17/2026 11:14pm

I dont think it was intentional but Deegan could have waited for a better area to pass.

Max is such a great dude...his podium speech said it all.

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1/18/2026 12:14am
Mcflurry98 wrote:

Anstie isn’t known for taking people out when he makes the pass. 

Apples to oranges, fellas. 

And haiden isn't known for taking people out everytime he passes someone. He passes people cleanly most the time, this was probably his cleanest takeout he's done. 

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1/18/2026 1:15am
Ozy wrote:
the little douche bag changed his line and swerved to the right and up the berm . .  . then the little pussy lied on the...

the little douche bag changed his line and swerved to the right and up the berm . .  . then the little pussy lied on the podium after he got boo'd and said it was an accident.

You seem mad.

 

You seem to have dementia.

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1/18/2026 4:03am
Definitely not a fan of deegans moves, but I’d say that was pretty smart to not just pass the points leader, but potentially make him not...

Definitely not a fan of deegans moves, but I’d say that was pretty smart to not just pass the points leader, but potentially make him not finish second behind him. Hopefully anstie gives it back 

Should have just slashed Max's tires before the race if he didn't want to compete against him

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1/18/2026 5:13am

What day this week do we hear about "an injury sustained during practice" ? 🤔

Thursday, of course.

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1/18/2026 5:36am

I thought Kitchen’s on Max was more aggressive 🤷‍♂️

It definitely was. But nobody on here even acknowledged it. Nobody was calling Kitchen and his family obscenities. Goes to show you how this forum is... Not even a peep out of anyone over Sexton taking down a rider last night too. Even Max breaking the record last week as the oldest winner ever in the 250 class didn’t get anyone crying over sandbagging. Which Vital has a history of doing. This board runs on hypocrisy and hate.. And ML512 just ignores the never ending hate. 

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1/18/2026 5:45am
125Rider wrote:
It definitely was. But nobody on here even acknowledged it. Nobody was calling Kitchen and his family obscenities. Goes to show you how this forum is...

It definitely was. But nobody on here even acknowledged it. Nobody was calling Kitchen and his family obscenities. Goes to show you how this forum is... Not even a peep out of anyone over Sexton taking down a rider last night too. Even Max breaking the record last week as the oldest winner ever in the 250 class didn’t get anyone crying over sandbagging. Which Vital has a history of doing. This board runs on hypocrisy and hate.. And ML512 just ignores the never ending hate. 

There is a small minority that spews bullshit and hate on Vital. It is unfair to brand the whole Forum as such. ML and his crew are doing a fine job so far, and yes, there is always room for improvement.

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1/18/2026 5:50am
mx691 wrote:

It was a 3 point pass that became a xx point pass… 

They are racing for a championship! 

That is exactly why he did it.  

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1/18/2026 6:02am
Max went about as wide as he could and still got clipped. Deegan didn’t need to take him out. He was faster and had that pass...

Max went about as wide as he could and still got clipped. Deegan didn’t need to take him out. He was faster and had that pass secured.

Ozy wrote:
the little douche bag changed his line and swerved to the right and up the berm . .  . then the little pussy lied on the...

the little douche bag changed his line and swerved to the right and up the berm . .  . then the little pussy lied on the podium after he got boo'd and said it was an accident.

Not only that but he used God as a meat shield for his cause because he knew he was getting booed and people don’t wanna boo that. Awful behavior. Guy makes it basically impossible to be a fan. 

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1/18/2026 6:07am

Max is old enough to be Haiden’s dad he should have seen that coming

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1/18/2026 6:09am
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if Hunter had Deegan’s mindset, Tomac would’ve been in the cheap seats .. but he’s respectful and chose not to do it.. good for him 

Evidence of proper parental influence and upbringing as opposed to …………

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1/18/2026 6:11am

Max is 32 fucking years old, he should know how to ride supercross by now.

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1/18/2026 6:17am

Tactical error on max’s part to be so passive and not fighting tooth and nail for the position.

 He was giving Deegan the position thinking he could follow him and maybe pass him later or just settle for second and get good points. 
 

Deegan is annoying as hell but he’s a pure racer who doesn’t rely only on pure speed or technique, he knows how to race. He saw an opportunity to gain back those points from last week and took it. 
It was a brilliant move. And a tactical failure on max’s part 
 

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1/18/2026 7:34am
ohh_454 wrote:
If Anstie did that same pass on Deegz you guys would be saying how it wasn’t a bad pass lol max should’ve shut that attempt down...

If Anstie did that same pass on Deegz you guys would be saying how it wasn’t a bad pass lol max should’ve shut that attempt down in the corner before and went inside instead of outside to outside. 

You're not wrong, but it doesn't change the fact that it wasn't necessary.  That was dirty. 

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1/18/2026 7:38am
Tactical error on max’s part to be so passive and not fighting tooth and nail for the position. He was giving Deegan the position thinking he could...

Tactical error on max’s part to be so passive and not fighting tooth and nail for the position.

 He was giving Deegan the position thinking he could follow him and maybe pass him later or just settle for second and get good points. 
 

Deegan is annoying as hell but he’s a pure racer who doesn’t rely only on pure speed or technique, he knows how to race. He saw an opportunity to gain back those points from last week and took it. 
It was a brilliant move. And a tactical failure on max’s part 
 

Yeah. even more peculiar is that Steve asked him about this EXACT scenario last week on the Pulp show.

Max said he knows who he is racing and their tendencies and would be ready to protect. Then this.  I was thinking "Max, you knew this was probable,  why did you leave the door open?".

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1/18/2026 7:48am

Did any of you catch the conversation between McGrath and Kitchen where he was telling Kitchen its best not to make enemies?  I think that was great advice and probably helped McGrath have as many wins that he has. Deegan probably needs to hear that. 

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1/18/2026 7:53am

I thought Kitchen’s on Max was more aggressive 🤷‍♂️

125Rider wrote:
It definitely was. But nobody on here even acknowledged it. Nobody was calling Kitchen and his family obscenities. Goes to show you how this forum is...

It definitely was. But nobody on here even acknowledged it. Nobody was calling Kitchen and his family obscenities. Goes to show you how this forum is... Not even a peep out of anyone over Sexton taking down a rider last night too. Even Max breaking the record last week as the oldest winner ever in the 250 class didn’t get anyone crying over sandbagging. Which Vital has a history of doing. This board runs on hypocrisy and hate.. And ML512 just ignores the never ending hate. 

What would you like ML to do? Censor the mean words that get you up in your feels?

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