UK media - Daily Mail article

[OldBoy91]

He was a brilliant fighter , he was on a tear in the Cage Rage days . Then went to the UFC and then seemingly lost his skills .

To be fair he fought Kang and McFedries... at back to back events, ufc 97 and 98. Not many would do great with that schedule.

 

[Romero1979]

I agree, it's amazing what a bit of marketing can do for a fighter, the way the commentators were talking at the last couple of events I thought he was going to be a total beast.

Malcolm Martin and Pierre Goulet are possibly the worst commentators ever , Martin who worked on Cage Rage was passable then as he had Quadros and Nutley to bounce off . BAMMA had The Voice for one event and loads of people complained on their FB page .

 

[Templeton_Peck]

This journalist has 60,000+ followers and was a BBC Sport correspondent up until the end of last year.

He was very positive on the event/sport, despite noticing the 6-man brawl!

https://twitter.com/Pearcesport

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
It's not often that I get to watch a sport I've not seen before. Heading to Wembley for my first dose of #UFC

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
Very impressed with UFC so far at Wembley tonight. Not a spare seat. This sport seems to be going places #tactics #skill #bravery

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
Some sportsmen could learn a lot from respect shown by UFC fighters. Less talk - then fierce contests followed by genuine hugs + handshakes

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
Final word from me on UFC tonight. I went so I could learn about the sport. I'd definitely underestimated UFC. Skill levels so impressive

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
I think perhaps I and some other British sports journalists guilty of ignoring MMA. I've learnt it's genuine sport to be taken seriously

 

[J0N0]

Fair play to the man, I think if that'd been the first event I'd seen I woulda given up. Poirier/Cub was the best fight I've seen in a while, and Watson/Nedkov was good; but outside that it was pretty dross. Especially the undercard.

 

[nick1990]

This journalist has 60,000+ followers and was a BBC Sport correspondent up until the end of last year.

He was very positive on the event/sport, despite noticing the 6-man brawl!

https://twitter.com/Pearcesport

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
It's not often that I get to watch a sport I've not seen before. Heading to Wembley for my first dose of #UFC

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
Very impressed with UFC so far at Wembley tonight. Not a spare seat. This sport seems to be going places #tactics #skill #bravery

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
Some sportsmen could learn a lot from respect shown by UFC fighters. Less talk - then fierce contests followed by genuine hugs + handshakes

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
Final word from me on UFC tonight. I went so I could learn about the sport. I'd definitely underestimated UFC. Skill levels so impressive

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport
I think perhaps I and some other British sports journalists guilty of ignoring MMA. I've learnt it's genuine sport to be taken seriously

WOW this is really encouraging!
p.s. wooo yellow belt!

 

[UL]

who the fuck reads the daily muck

 

[nick1990]

who the fuck reads the daily muck

Im not sure why anyone reads a paper with the whole internet on your phone 24/7 but to each there own.

 

[The Judas Pig]

That is a surprise considering the type of people the Mail caters too.

 

[Francis Rossi]

As I understand it the online version of the Mail has a sizeble US readership, alot of your younger right leaning US audience is going to enjoy MMA.

There's a lot more celeb gossip stuff on the website.