The UFC's New Twitter Policy
by Mike Fagan on May 12, 2011 12:54 PM EDT
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Two weeks ago, Major League Baseball suspended Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for (relatively benign) comments he made on Twitter following an ejection at Yankee stadium. Yesterday, the UFC announced that it plans on paying its athletes for cultivating a following on Twitter. MMA Fighting reports:
Starting June 1, UFC and Strikeforce fighters will be divided into four categories, based on how many Twitter followers they currently have. At the end of each quarter, three fighters from each category will be awarded a $5,000 bonus. The three winners will be based on who has gained the most followers since the start of the quarter, who gained the highest percentage of new followers and who wrote the most creative tweets. White will be the judge of the last category.
While Chad Ochocinco is going to pay the NFL $25,000 to tweet during a preseason game, Jon Jones will be rewarded for Twitter-whoring.
Let's get this out of the way: this is a great policy. The four big sports leagues have reacted to Twitter like the out-of-touch, white-haired men that they are. The UFC has done a great job leveraging social media, even if it occasionally backfires. Putting more money in the pockets of fighters while expanding the reach of the sport? Great.
That said, have you actually followed these fighters on Twitter? We can break them down into the following categories:
- Ghost accounts. Example: Georges St. Pierre. Not surprising considering his corporate image. Try to read any of his English-language tweets in his voice. And no one uses that many exclamation points outside of Elaine Benes.
- The bad comedians. Example: Miguel Torres. There's nothing worse than watching people try to be funny.
- Failing to reach low expectations. Example: Mike Goldberg. He's not a fighter, per se, but if you buy in to the idea that Goldberg is smarter than he play on TV, I suggest you check out his Twitter. Overusing ellipses. Random words in ALL CAPS. Meaningles one-word tweets. If Goldberg is playing the fool, he's keeping the kayfabe alive 24/7.
- Twitter Whore. Example: Jon Jones. If anyone's going to tweet between rounds, it's this guy.
- Posting about mundane daily events. Example: Eddie Wineland. This is where we can file 95% of Twitter accounts. You're on the way to the gym? That's great. You're shopping for groceries? Cool story, bro. If you ever want a reminder that fighters are just regular-ass people, follow one on Twitter.
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The NFL is already popular enough to the point
where they don’t need Twitter to help spread the sport. The UFC is a different story.
by polevaultking on May 12, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Limiting future growth by failing to embrace important new media...
…is terrible business sense regardless of how successful one currently is
"Anyone who enjoys watching sport on television is an imbecile; a dangle-mouthed, cud-chewing, salivating ding-dong with a brain full of dim piss, blobbing out in front of a box watching a grunting thicko knock a ball round a field while their own sad carcass gently coagulates into a wobbling mass of beer and fat and thick white heart-attack gravy" - Charlie Brooker
This is getting out of hand..
Not only did I have to unfollow every fighter yesterday, I even had to unfollow UFC because they seem to be insistant on retweeting everything anyone tweets.
I'm with...
Mike. I only follow Jason High and a couple of other fighters. And Torres’ shtick did get old rather quickly.
by Sergio Hernandez on May 12, 2011 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
King Mo was cool
until he quit
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by Thats It For you! on May 12, 2011 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I like Amir Sadollah's tweets
Even though I’m not on twitter and probably never will be, he’s one of the only guys whose attempts at being funny are actually succesful, although I think most people will disagree with me.
by Thomas Benjamin on May 12, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I would. He’s not funny at all to me. Nobody beats Torres though, he is the worst. Why haven’t his “friends”/teammates had an intervention with him yet is what I want to know.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on May 12, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I re-watched the...
Torres/Maeda fight recently and Mir said Torres’ pace in the gym was that of legend or myths, something like that.
Oh, jaysis christ!
by Sergio Hernandez on May 12, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t follow them all but I add them to my MMA list instead and just look there for updates. That way they don’t overcrowd my normal feed.
Honey badger don't care.
by KatGirl on May 12, 2011 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ahhhh
Goldberg and his ellipse usage. It all makes sense now.
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"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
Bones is no twitter whore
He’s more like a call girl. Seriously I think his Twitter interaction is genuine.
"So he basically called me a Jew. I was confused because I'm black and Methodist."
by rocket8188 on May 12, 2011 1:03 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
He seems pretty straight forward – he’s not constantly posting pictures of himself flexing or retweeting a million things that completely clog the feed (I love Wanderlei but I’m close to unfollowing him with all his retweets)
"You should work for 15 minutes to knock your opponent out, submit him, or improve your position to give yourself the best chance of doing either." - Dan Hardy
Bones retweets everybody that has ever complimented him
I think it’s genuine as well, which means he’s a genuine prick.
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I got all the way through the article thinking I was going to reccomend that you follow @KCBanditMMA but it looks like you already have that one locked up.
High posts interesting tweets and he responds to fans – he’s pretty much the model the UFC should be using for other fighters to build their online brand.
"You should work for 15 minutes to knock your opponent out, submit him, or improve your position to give yourself the best chance of doing either." - Dan Hardy
Not only interesting and responds to fans but most importantly he seems very genuine. So many of the other tweets or attempts at humor seem contrived
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so xxxxxxx stupid." – Phil Baroni
by keyboardwarrior on May 12, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
High has seemed to find...
The middle ground between posting an insane amount of superfluous stuff and not posting near enough to have it matter.
Plus, the bickering that goes on between him and his lady (@anngaff) are entertaining as all get out.
by Sergio Hernandez on May 12, 2011 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome
I don’t follow twitter but its good that our beloved fighters get some extra income. UFC really making some policy changes
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by sitnam90 on May 12, 2011 1:07 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Best comment of the article.
And no one uses that many exclamation points outside of Elaine Benes.
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
Its a nice policy on paper
Its god awful in practice.
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by II SMASH II on May 12, 2011 1:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Well the guys that benefit will be the guys who break out of that mold and start giving reasons for people to follow them
"You should work for 15 minutes to knock your opponent out, submit him, or improve your position to give yourself the best chance of doing either." - Dan Hardy
by Day Man on May 12, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
THIS... this'll absolutely waste some guys' time.
When Miguel Torres is getting pain 0 for his shtick and someone else is being handsomely rewarded, he’ll get it.
Watch Leonard Garcia win it all by sheer volume of wild, inappropriate and unrelated tweets.
p.s. I hate twitter and refuse to use it, facebook, or myspace, but good on it for being an outlet to get fighters more scratch.
by wrxdonkey on May 12, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
The Leonard Garcia remark is gold.
Your post should be green.
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by PlantingaFan on May 12, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
You may have wanted to add, though ...
That Dana White would inexplicably judge his tweets the best.
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by PlantingaFan on May 12, 2011 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not on twiiter and only have a facebook account to play poker and watch fights
I get the feeling I’m not missing much
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by MattParker117 on May 12, 2011 1:13 PM EDT reply actions 9 recs
Pat Barry’s twitter is funny if you don’t mind him typing in CAPS all the time. Yves Edwards is a seriously funny guy and everyone should follow him. Jon Fitch shows a lot of personality (his youtube videos are good too).
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I put Pat Barry in the same category as Miguel Torres.
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so xxxxxxx stupid." – Phil Baroni
by keyboardwarrior on May 12, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
if it wasn’t something he had done 100 times before, taken a picture and tweeted out then I would agree.
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so xxxxxxx stupid." – Phil Baroni
by keyboardwarrior on May 12, 2011 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He does go the well a bit too often
Kinda reminds me of my friend in high school who would flash his ball bag to the cheerleaders; it was pretty funny the first few times but after a while it just got kinda creepy.
Since we're talking about fighters on twitter
I just wanna say that Wanderlei is one of my favorite fighters on twitter. He tweets in his awesome broken english, he follows everyone who follows him, he retweets anyone who asks for a retweet and he comes across as just as nice and genuine as he does in real life. Great guy, starting June 1, everyone should follow him.
I love Wanderlei’s tweets but he retweets 10-15 things in a row
"You should work for 15 minutes to knock your opponent out, submit him, or improve your position to give yourself the best chance of doing either." - Dan Hardy
I ignore it, mostly b/c it's just people telling him how much they like him...
(which is fine) but you do know if you click on the specific tweet, it will auto-translate it for you, right?
I joined twitter one day and followed every fighter I like. I’ve logged on twice since then and gotten bored really quickly. And I keep getting emails letting me know that random pornbots are following me, even though I’ve never actually tweeted anything.
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
"Failing to reach low expectations"
Gold
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
In a way, this is kinda of surprising
It kind of goes against the policy they have(had?) about fighters directing people to UFC.com instead of their own personal websites and their whole “promote the brand and not the fighters” approach.
Gonna be honest
I marked out hard when Bones RT’d me a week before the Shogun fight. Dude got me mad followers.
Is there anything worse than someone tweeting every fighter on the UFC roster begging for a birthday retweet???
Example: @stephencolon7
yuck
by Patrick79x on May 12, 2011 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Begging for RT's is the lamest practice
"You can not petition the Lord with prayer" - Jim Morrison
by LRaunThaDamaja on May 12, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a few I enjoy:
@JoeLauzon, @RenzoGracieBJJ, @KennyFlorian and @KurtPellegrino are usually good/funny.
For the hell of it, add @SpilledBagOfIce, @JoeLauzonsEars, and both Ken-Flo and Kurt Pellegrino’s “assistants” are usually amusing
Read me trying to be funny at:
www.huggingnuts.com
Pellegrino tries to be funny, but is lame
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by Thats It For you! on May 12, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Fixed
I enjoy…. brittneypalmer and <strike>AriannyCeleste @AnyoneElseOther ThanThatSelfAbsorbedPancakedBootyFemale
"You can not petition the Lord with prayer" - Jim Morrison
by LRaunThaDamaja on May 12, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
damnite!!!! lemme try again the @'s queued saracasm
toward Ms. Palmer when that was not the intention. Basically Ef Arriany
"You can not petition the Lord with prayer" - Jim Morrison
by LRaunThaDamaja on May 12, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
OMG Torres is getting worse and worse by the day. =/
Florian is another offender. Forrest has some good tweets.
I just unfollow fighters who make me not want to root for them.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
Nam Phan is pretty bad too. Amir’s okay, if you like the dry sense of humor.
Still a Beer Monster.
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Dont follow Phan and IMO Amir tries too hard. Like it isn’t genuine, unlike Forrest. lol
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on May 12, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Good thing there's Taste My Tweet
I enjoy reading some of them on there, but i’ll never get a Twitter account. To much of my life is spent online.
I’ve tried to back away from Facebook for a few weeks and I got to tell you. It feels kinda liberating to be disconnected.
I recommend it highly. I know so many people that are on there iphones/blackberries all the time and can barely have a conversation anymore without being interrupted. Our society is turning into drones that cannot concentrate on one thing anymore.
Sheeeeeeeee-it
by Clay Davis on May 12, 2011 1:42 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I'm sorry, what were you saying?
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by some schmuck in texas on May 12, 2011 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
I'm trying to reread "Against the Day" right now.
It’s harder than I thought to regain the focus neccesary for a giant period piece novel with constantly shifting voices and probably triple-digits of significant characters. And I figured it was gonna be tough.
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by some schmuck in texas on May 12, 2011 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually just looked up the Wiki on that book.
Is it any good? I tend to read a lot, so if its good i might give it a shot.
Sheeeeeeeee-it
I adore it
I’m a huge mark for Pynchon generally, though. And pretentiousness doesn’t bother me at all if it’s backed up with hedonic rewards. Plus you’ll build your biceps up just from toting around the hardcover.
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by some schmuck in texas on May 12, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
All these big words and book reading are changing my view slightly of Texas.
Here I was thinking that everyone in texas still believed the earth is flat and the light of the moon is not a reflection of the sun.
Thanks for the book recommedation
Sheeeeeeeee-it
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEDAWGGGIES!
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by some schmuck in texas on May 12, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
FB and Myspace is just too much IMO. Left those years ago. Twitter is more streamlined and non intrusive IMO. I dont get that feeling of always having to check it which I like.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on May 12, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Stay away from Wand
Literally retweets everything that is tweeted to him. I’d check my feed and see 50 two word retweets in portuguese, someone begging for a retweet, or a retweet of somone saying Wand is their favorite fighter.
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#ClassicPellegrino is SO not funny. Some of Kurt’s tweets might actually be humorous if he actually learned how to use punctuation. Poor Batman. I thought he was supposed to be a genius.
Sometimes I just want to give it all up and become a handsome billionaire.
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by PlantingaFan on May 12, 2011 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember digging Nate Quarry's
but I haven’t been on Twitter for a loong time, so he may have jumped the shark while I’ve been away.
This is a great piece, and I’ve added Yves Edwards since. Here is the risk as I see it:
Some people – Jon Jones / Urijah Faber post WAY too much. Some are commercial only, like BJ Penn, whoever is doing the tweets for him … STOP. They post every MMA event non stop and those should not count toward bonuses. Let the journalists do that.
My favorite Tweeters (fighter and non-fighter) are:
@joerogan
@arielhelwani
@mattmitrione
@mayhemmiller
@MarkHominick
@StephanBonnar
@FRANKTRIGG
@AriannyCeleste (just for the updates to her lockerz pics and the occasional bikini shot … same goes for Brittany Palmer :), otherwise their posts are annoying …“going to the gym”, “just waxed!”, etc.)
And off MMA, this is the best Twitter account:
@Jesus_M_Christ … and this is not the Vitor Belfort type, this is just flat out hilarious.
Also fake Michael Bay, Fake Gary Busey, Fake Nick Nolte. All hilarious
Palmer tweets > Arriany tweets.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on May 12, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Competition
Which is more annoying:
@AriannyCeleste: “Slept in..haven’t done that in a while..had wonderful dreams.. Oatmeal time!”
@brittneypalmer: “Off to the gym! My legs are so sore it hurts to push on the gas.. Eeeeek.. #np- passion pit ‘sleepyhead’”
Neither of them link to a picture of them which is relevant to their fans. They actually believe I care if they eat oatmeal or that their legs are too sore to work out?! That’s not why we are fans ladies!
by b_radical on May 12, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
of course @bloodstainlane
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by Thats It For you! on May 12, 2011 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
typical bruins fan
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by Thats It For you! on May 12, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I enjoy reading fighters’ tweets on a normal day (and, I don’t get very bothered by over-sharing, lame attempts at comedy, too many RTs) but I LOVE reading fighters’ tweets during fights. The UFC accounts has their own guest tweeters (fighters) but it’s also interesting to read all the other fighters’ comments on the fights, scoring, etc. The best time to read tweets is definitely on fight night.
Honey badger don't care.
I have been contemplating getting trying out a twitter account just to follow some fighters and stuff, but I guess this post convinced me it probably isn’t worth the effort. I will continue to rely on Anton and everyone else to sift through the garbage.
Try it out
Definitely try it out. The nuggets are worth it once you figure it out. It’s even better when you tweet at a fighter and they respond. Some of the fighters are dicks about it, but others respond with great stuff. You can usually tell who those fighters are by their egos. For example, Mark Hominick and Stephan Bonner both respond, but Jon Jones and Rashad do not. Matt Mitrione is really hilarious as well.
Ok, maybe I will after all then, on a rainy day when I can’t find anything better to do. Which should be about saturday or so. But it seems like there will be a lot of shit to wade through and make me annoyed about. I’m not really into the whole social networking thing, don’t have facebook, don’t read a lot of blogs, etc. But I guess the fine selection of a few quality twitterers will be crucial for success, so I’ll make sure to make wise decisions and quickly unfollow anyone that annoys me.
by Horselover Fat on May 12, 2011 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
The best MMA account on twitter
easily @GFKonMMA ok, its a bit specific and niche but if you are a fan of the Wu or Ghostface, you cant skip it.
Just popped up a few days ago, hasnt had a full UFC event to live tweet yet but I expect greatness.
by clydeftones on May 12, 2011 2:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
i like eric koch
he posts 100 food updates a day. i seriously think hes going to be a welterweight by 2013
That guy that goes by sonnench is pretty good at tweeting. ;)
by ssstute89 on May 12, 2011 2:10 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Roxy Modafferi. Very genuine, earnest, interesting, and has a chat once a week where you can shoot the shit with her. She’s a good egg.
Besides Rox, as far as interaction goes, Schiavello, Jason High, Bendo, Struve, LaRosa, and Marquardt are always pretty amicable.
Rogan’s political/drug tweets get real exhausting real quickly. Florian/assistant are consistently funny, but don’t expect to hear from him. Pellegrino is Kenny-lite. Pat Barry is an like a child, but endearing. The Miller brothers always give shit away, which is awesome. Diego can be too much sometimes, especially with the Jesus stuff.
And of course, @BVandDietPepsi is always worth a click.
Follow my Twitter or be a dick! @BVandDietPepsi
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by BVandDietPepsi on May 12, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup Rogan is another I got tired quickly of. I know it isn’t right but I just assumed he would tweet about MMA more. lol I can always count on someone to RT his MMA tweets so its all good.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on May 12, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Nick Diaz has something to say about the new twitter policy:
by Roaringblood on May 12, 2011 2:11 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Nick Diaz
Is probably the one guy I’d get a kick out of following.
Jab, jab, towards, short, fierce.
yeah
But he’s one of those guys that would never have one. haha
by Roaringblood on May 12, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
White will be the judge of the last category.
If his Twitter preferences are anything like his FOTN preferences, the tweet of the year will be misspelled, grammatically incorrect, and in all caps.
But seriously – I’m not a fan of Twitter except for news and stuff, but this is an excellent move by Dana. For all his faults, he’s pretty good at this new media thing. His willingness to be new school is really a great asset for MMA.
How cute.
If I ever run out of real people who bore the piss out of me with thier daily minutia, I’ll be sure & sign up.
by Velosi on May 12, 2011 2:13 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Twitter is really convenient
I follow some fighters, and celebrities and Sites like Cinemablend and Bloodyelbow its helpful because for my mobile app they put there articles as tweets so I don’t even have to visit the sites. Jon Jones is probably my favorite fighter to read, his tweets are sometimes funny, and interesting. His fan interaction is seemingly untouchable.. I met him once, really cool guy.
by Mantis xX on May 12, 2011 2:55 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Jason High
is by far the best for interacting with the fans
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by Thats It For you! on May 12, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Need to check his twiiter out
Is he really “by far” the best? I love when fighters really take advantage of something like this too interact with fans
by Mantis xX on May 12, 2011 3:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It gets way, way worse than just wanting them to tweet.
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by David Bixenspan on May 12, 2011 3:00 PM EDT reply actions
Weird. All the versions I’ve heard of that part of the summit were that Dana accidentally tweeted his cell number once, and instead of just ignoring all the calls, he talked to fans for a while, and eventually kept the cell as a “fan phone” which he’ll occasionally answer just to BS with people. No fighter made any mention of the fact that Dana (or anyone) encouraged them to do the same thing. In fact, Jason High commented that it was ridiculous that Dana could have the time to do that and while it was cool, he couldn’t do that himself. Or something along those lines.
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Well, that’s what Dave said. It would be a pretty weird mixup since I would guess that he spoke to plenty of Zuffa fighters about the summit.
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by David Bixenspan on May 12, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think he had time to talk to them, to be honest. The WO is always a few days behind on news. I think he just threw it in there before he got clarification. Wouldn’t be the first time for sure.
Still a Beer Monster.
http://www.instrength.com
I haven’t found any non-Dave versions of the phone story online.
Dave has certainly gotten stuff wrong although his track record is arguably better with MMA and especially UFC.
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by David Bixenspan on May 12, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Not trying to pick apart your story or criticize you in any way…just seems weird of Meltzer to say that to me. Don’t want you to think I’m calling you out or anything, it’s not like that at all.
Still a Beer Monster.
http://www.instrength.com
I understand. That’s the only version I’ve found and I know I’ve heard the Dana story before this week.
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by David Bixenspan on May 12, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Jason High, Duke Rufous, and Phil Davis are good follows. GFKonMMA is one of the funniest accounts on right now.
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I don't use Twitter at all, as a 'tweeter' or follower
But I like this idea.
I mean, it is very hard to argue that the UFC doesn’t take pretty damn good care of their fighters.
I mean, they pay more than other organizations, the Fight Night bonuses give fighters of all pay grades a chance at a huge paycheck at each event. Undisclosed locker room bonuses are also given out.
The new insurance policy covers any accidental, training, or in cage injuries. And now fighters who tweet their asses off, or tweet in a unique fashion, can get some extra cash.
And of course, the twitter incentives all end up benefitting back to the UFC…the more popular the fighters, the more popular the UFC can be…which will help the sport as a whole have more awareness and be more popular.
Free fights on Facebook and now Twitter payment incentives?
Yeah, the Zuffa absolutely has the best handle on using the social networks to it’s advantage.
Zuffa – STILL the best thing that ever happened to MMA.
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I don't see it as that big a deal
They will pay 9 fighters/quarter out of the entire UFC/Strikeforce roster
now that they’re actively encouraging fighters to tweet as Zuffa employees /independent contractors (or whatever), are they responsible for whenever a guy tweets some bullshit racist/homophobic/offensive remarks? I mean, if this is now part of their corporate strategy and if they’re keeping an eye on how many followers each person has got, or who had the most interesting tweets, they best believe they need to filter the content, or at least lay down some ground rules&hold fighters responsible for what they tweet. Is that gonna happen. Hell no. We’ve already seen that DW doesn’t give shit & tweets whatever he wants himself.
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