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Two drivers in the Indy 500 were lucky to walk away -- let alone be alive -- after a super gnarly crash that flipped one vehicle over multiple times.

Racers Scott Dixon and Jay Howard collided into one another Sunday during the Indy 500 race in Indianapolis ... which sent Scott's car flying into the side rails and tore it to pieces.

After getting checked out by docs onsite ... both drivers were surprisingly left unscathed.

Scott was also in good spirits afterward in what could have been a deadly moment.

Jason Momoa gave one hell of a sendoff to his UFC pal Mark Hunt by performing a haka dance ... shirts off, tongues out and all.

We're told Mark and Jason struck up a friendship over the last 6 weeks while they were both in Australia -- Mark training for his fight against Derrick Lewis, and Jason filming for "Aquaman." They've been working out at the same gym called Heartbreak.

As a good luck gesture for Mark's fight next month in New Zealand, Jason -- as well as cast and crew and some of Hunt's training partners -- performed that country's traditional war dance ... the haka. Jason and Mark are both of Samoan descent ... from where the dance originates.

Jason will be attending Mark's fight.

Anyway, from the looks of these vids ... Mark wasn't expecting the whole shebang. Surprised much?

Akon must've been really excited for the Monaco Grand Prix to start this weekend ... or maybe he just likes spraying champagne in Monte Carlo for the hell of it.

Whatever the case ... Akon was definitely getting his Cristal shower on Saturday night while attending an after-party for fashion designer Philipp Plein, who just had a show in Cannes.

Eyewitnesses tell us the singer was basically spraying the audience all night inside Jimmy's nightclub, where he was also performing. No harm, no foul though ... the crowd was doing the same.

Daniel Cormier upheld a long running wedding tradition by tossing his wife's garter at their wedding reception ... and his pal Luke Rockhold walked away the winner.

Daniel got slow and sexy while he removed the garter of his bride, Salina, during Saturday's party.

It hit the floor, but an anxious Luke scooped it up and waived the prize.

As we reported ... Dana White wasn't invited to the wedding, but we're told there's no beef between the 2. Here's hoping his boss still sent a gift.

Congrats!

Lamar Odom was removed from a strip club in the San Fernando Valley early Sunday AM, after he cut in line to enter ... this according to an eyewitness who shot the video.

Lamar and 2 women showed up at around 3:30 AM to Red Tie Gentleman's Club in Van Nuys, and the eyewitness says Lamar wasn't keen on waiting in the line ... so he and the woman side skirted the queue. The eyewitness says security corralled them and escorted them out.

If Floyd Mayweather doesn't get off his butt and sign the paperwork to fight Conor McGregor, Manny Pacquiao WILL ... so says Manny's promoter, Bob Arum.

Conor has been snuffing Floyd in the media for days now ... goading him to sign his part of the deal to make their potentially half a billion dollar fight a reality.

When we talked to Arum out at Craig's in L.A. he told us if Floyd is too busy feinting at the fight, Manny is actually ready to PUNCH, telling our guy after Pac Man's July 1 fight is done, they're totally game.

BTW ... Conor is looking for around $100 mil for the fight, for those prices we here at TMZ Sports would like to officially throw our hats into the ring as well.

We have a full staff, pick someone McGregor.

Michael Irvin says his legal team has been informed the rape kit in his sexual assault investigation has come back negative ... though officials would not confirm or deny when contacted by TMZ Sports.

As we previously reported, the NFL Hall of Famer is being investigated for allegedly drugging and raping a 27-year-old woman at a Florida hotel back in March.

Irvin has adamantly denied ANY wrongdoing and says he never touched the accuser.

As for the claim about the negative rape kit, we're told Irvin got that information from his Miami legal team which told Irvin they'd been in contact with police investigators.

We called the Ft. Lauderdale Police Dept. to verify Irvin's claim -- but a rep told us the PD could not comment on an open investigation and Irvin's case is still pending.

San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Arik Armstead is winning the off-season -- getting himself a brand new GF who might be the most smoking hot future M.D. ever.

Arik, who's going into his 3rd year in the NFL, is dating Mindy Harwood -- better known on Instagram as Mindy Sittinpretty -- an IG force whose insane curves have brought her over 350k followers.

Want more perfection? Mindy is a very recent grad of The University Of Buffalo medical school which means she's brains AND body.

Check out the pics ... it's good for your health.

Nick Collison's got his teammate Enes Kanter's back and wants to make it perfectly clear -- Enes is definitely NOT a terrorist.

We got the Oklahoma City Thunder power forward out at Catch in Weho Friday night ... he tells us Kanter's an awesome dude and -- despite not knowing the full story with Turkey -- he's convinced the terrorism accusations are B.S.

As we reported ... Kanter's a wanted man in his homeland of Turkey, where government officials are claiming he's part of an "armed terrorist organization."

Doc Rivers has a message for Clipper fans freaking out about their point guard heading to San Antonio ... telling TMZ Sports if he has his way (which he does), Chris Paul ain't going ANYWHERE.

Multiple outlets have reported there's mutual interest between the Spurs and Paul, with San Antonio wanting a new point guard (sorry, Tony Parker) and CP3 wanting to play for a contender (sorry, Clippers).

So when we got Rivers out at Madeo we had to ask about Paul's future with the team, being that Doc is the Clippers prez, and the only guy who can make the trade happen.

And according to Doc ... it ain't happening ... 'cause he told our guy Paul is 'absolutely' staying with the Clippers, and he seemed pretty concrete on it.

If your girlfriend was the insanely hot smokeshow Becky G, you'd fight through a super painful foot injury to go on a date, too ... just ask L.A. Galaxy star Sebastian Lletget.

The pro soccer player is still recovering from surgery to repair a Lisfranc fracture -- but busted out the walking boot and the crutches to hit Catch in West Hollywood with his "Power Rangers" girlfriend.

24-year-old Lletget went under the knife in March. He's expected to be in a walking boot for several more weeks and hopes to get back on the field in August.

Becky's been by his side the entire time -- even posing for pics with Sebastian in the operating room (though he doesn't remember taking the pic).

How does IndyCar racer Conor Daly get himself mentally prepared for the Indy 500??

He's gonna party his face off with Ric Flair HOURS before getting behind the wheel!

WOOOOOO!!!!!

Here's the deal ... Flair is hosting the annual Indy 500 Snake Pit concert -- which goes down in the center of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval before and DURING the race!!!!

This year, there will be huge EDM acts performing including Zedd and Marshmello.

Daly says there's no chance he'll miss it -- but will have to cut the party short ... because yanno, HE'S GOT A RACE!!!

This dude's awesome.

Screw the mirror ball, Rashad Jennings just got MAJOR PRAISE from Beyonce's famous twin dancers!!!

They're known as "Les Twins" -- Laurent and Larry Bourgeois -- and after touring with Beyonce and Jay Z, they're now competing on Jennifer Lopez's new show "World of Dance."

The good news for Rashad ... the twins saw him bust out some of his moves on TV and were super impressed -- telling us the dude could go PRO if he was serious about a dancing career.

Bold move from Daniel Cormier ... who didn't invite his boss, Dana White, to his wedding this weekend -- but still wants a big, fat gift!

DC actually has a pretty solid reason for not inviting White ... and says they're definitely still on good terms.

The best part of the clip ... Cormier says he personally asked White for a very specific wedding present and the UFC prez told him straight-up, "You're crazy!"

Cormier is marrying his longtime girlfriend, Salina -- and says he's more excited about the wedding than he is about the Jon Jones fight!

Congrats to the champ!

NBA star Enes Kanter is reportedly a wanted man in Turkey -- where government officials have accused him of being a member of an anti-government "terror group."

But Kanter doesn't appear to be worried -- and is reportedly mocking his accusers.

The Turkish media outlet Daily Sabah is reporting that an arrest warrant has been issued in Turkey for the OKC Thunder star's arrest.

DS says officials believe Kanter is a member of an "armed terrorist organization" -- though the exact group is not mentioned by name.

However, most people believe the issue stems from Kanter's support for an exiled Muslim leader named Fethullah Gulen -- who, like Kanter, has been very critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Kanter reportedly commented on the Daily Sabah's story by mocking the situation and taunting the government. Here's the tweet translated from Turkish:

"You cannot catch me. Hahaha. Don't waste your energy ... I am already going to come to [Turkey] to spit on all of your ugly, hate-filled faces."

UFC middleweight champ Michael Bisping says Gegard Mousasi ain't nothing but a Twitter tough guy -- because when they got face-to-face, Gegard backed down like a biiiiaaaatch.

We spoke with "The Count" about his injured knee, his fight with GSP and everyone who's been calling him out ... but he got the most heated about Mousasi, the #4 ranked middleweight in the world.

Gegard had been talking a lot of trash about Bisping on social media -- but shelved all the tough talk when he did an interview with Bisping on "UFC Tonight."

"He didn't say a f**king word to my face," Bisping said ... "He did not say a word."

Your move, Mousasi ... better not be on social media.