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Your support makes all the difference.The most popular sports videos of the week as viewed on YouTube at 13:00 UTC, Tuesday, May 18, include three soccer players dancing to the Beyoncé Knowles hit "Single Ladies," Will Ferrell pitching for a minor league baseball team, and a fighter from the May 8 Ultimate Fighting Championship 113 accuses his opponent of cheating.
Robin da Souza (aka Robinho), Neymar da Silva, and Paulo Henriaue Chagas de Lima (Ganso) all play their football for the Brazilian team Santos.
In this week's most watched sports video, they team up with Brazilian chicken, beef, and pork product company Seara Alimentos, one of the 2010 FIFA World Cup sponsors, in a skit spoofing Beyoncé Knowles' international chart hit "Single Ladies."
In other videos, comedian and film star Will Ferrell throws a few pitches on behalf of one of Texas's minor league baseball team, The Round Rock Express, in the guise of Rojo Johnson, a fictional Venezuelan baseball player.
The most recent Ultimate Fighting Championship also gets plenty of screen time with videos featuring the build-up and aftermath of the May 8 mixed martial arts event.
1) ' Robinho, Neymar and Ganso in the Seara commercial' - 2,041,524 total views
2) Will Ferrell Pitching for the Round Rock Express - 876,770 total views
3) Josh Koscheck calls Paul Daley a 'blatant cheater' after UFC 113 - 529,419 total views
4) Mariusz Pudzianowski vs Yusuke Kawaguchi - 510,161 total views
5) Chelsea vs Wigan 8-0 5/9/2010 All goals & highlights Premier League Champions - 419,172 total views
6) Francois Steyn monster drop goal against Clermont - 387,573 total views
7) UFC 113: Dana White on Shogun Rua's Win, Kimbo Slice and Paul Daley's Release - 377,168 total views
8) Kimbo Slice vs Matt Mitrione weigh in UFC 113 - 377,863 total views
9) WWE Smackdown 5/7/10 Part 1/8 (HQ) - 326,932 total views
10) UFC 113: Kimbo Slice Open Workout - 324,727 total views
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