What happened to BE.com??

The reason we are successful is because we’ve always ignored advice like this. Thanks for reminding us who not to listen to. Rec’d!

1. There’s always been a moratorium on politics here. If someone only wants to discuss politics, they can go to a political website.

2. It’s not the opinions that get people kicked off, but how they express them. Consider the difference between “That dress isn’t flattering” and “That dress makes your ass fat.” People who consistently speak in the latter tone are eventually banned.

3. It’s hardly PC when the editors curse like sailors.

4. This discussion is relevant because it affects the growth of MMA.

5. This should all be obvious, really…

1. No name calling
2. No politics
3. No threats

to stop people from calling you names

Make your (impossible) case.

in all seriousness, I like the fact that we can talk, debate even argue, MMA in a mostly civil manner around here. And when it is called for, venture into the other topics like other sports, movies, current events and even the mild political reference.

The editors/staff always participate, whether or not you agree with their viewpoint. Of course in any segment, there is going to be a fringe percentage of people that will go off the deep end, but they usually come around or are dealt with fairly.

The fact that you have a post questioning the site, should tell us something. This easily could have been deleted, but discussion is usually healthy.

No doubt, the best mma site i have found.

i’m still shocked you receive that much criticism here. I occasionally disagree with the direction of the site, but it never occured to me that this place would be a target of “haterz”.

I think the reason that there was an uproar is that Dana not only used an extremely offensive word to describe someone with a dissenting opinion, but that he viciously singled out and attacked a respected journalist, and did so in a very unprofessional manner.

And btw, I always took the “No politics,” clause to mean that non- relevant political issues (like gay marriage, abortion, economic turmoil, etc), having nothing to do with MMA was inpermissible. But when it’s something so relevant to the sport, like an important figure such as Dana, verbally assaulting a journalist/ reporter of the sport, I think it would be pretty ridiculous to cease and decist any intelligent conversation on the topic.

but first of all, I assume theres even more times when they dont like me.

I think sometimes the BE readership gets a little hypersensitive to things or hyperpolitical or maybe a bit self-important, especially compared to a lot of the other blogs I read. Other than that, when we can manage to have a conversation thats pure MMA, there’s no place better on the internet. Very informed commenters, a lot of up to date information, all that.

So you take with the good with the bad and thank the dudes for their effort.

This is the best MMA site on the internet… by far.

I used to have Five Ounces as my page for news and whatever, not only because I used to write there but they were the good ol’ blog format like Bloody Elbow is. Then the site got a little too big, and its focus changed to “WE MUST BE AN INTERNET MAGAZINE TYPE THING” and then there was that Huckaby monster and the WAMMA debacle and now I don’t even go there anymore.

Then I switched over to here, where the site has someone struck the almost unattainable goal of having a growing website that for the most part doesn’t have complete douche bags as commenters. The way the whole site works too is just brilliant with the Fanposts and the way to leave comments etc.

But yeah, outside of all sites you have the rest of the world with their viewpoints on how a certain site is. BE are pro-UFC (which is bullshit but anyways…), MMAJunkie is a robot designed to remove emotion from every bit of a MMA news out there, Five Ounces is obsessed with exclusives and run by a horrible dictator, Sherdog has the worst forums known to man, MMA Weekly is that guy you meet who is nice to chat to but you eventually forget their name and don’t talk to them again etc. etc.

So, in the past year we’ve enjoyed “stand-gate”, “grease-gate”, and now “faggot-gate”. I can only imagine which gate comes next. It can’t be anymore creative than these 3.

The second edition of my “Adjusting For Era” series comes out Monday morning

With all this discussion of certain sites and writers being “anti-UFC” or “pro-UFC” it occurs to me that all sites are pro-UFC to a certain extent. I mean, for all their shortcomings the UFC is still by far the best MMA promotion in the world, and there is nobody even close. We might not agree with the way they handle some parts of their business (fighter contracts, media dealings, etc.) but at the end of the day aren’t we all glad that the UFC is here as opposed to the alternative? That doesn’t mean that we can’t call Dana out when he does something stupid or frown upon some of their business practices but what would MMA be like without them? Would we rather have Rampage fighting for Affliction, Rashad fighting for Strikeforce, and Lyoto fighting for Dream? Personally I prefer them all being under one roof so we can find out who is really the best. Sites like Bloody Elbow probably wouldn’t exist if not for the way Zuffa has brought MMA along and grown it into what it has become today. Hate on Dana White and UFC management all you want, would the world really be a better place without them? Not in my book.