Dear BE staff...

I spent a year just reading this site everyday, too scared to comment on any articles or put up any fanposts.

Wayyyy more than a year for me. I was trying to figure out why everyone kept picking on this “Subo” character.

From Fagan’s note yesterday. BE is the site to go for intelligent forum discussion.

Interesting point…I never thought about how much it means to have the staff interact so freely (and often) with the posters/commenters. Really helps the flow and focus of the conversation.

I started to think they where all pompous and arrogant jerk offs

or 10 year olds (no offense to any intelligent 10 year old BE contributors).

Get back on the horse? The cowboy hat has taken a life of it’s own

Bloody Elbow, and the people here, have made this one helluva place to go for MMA coverage. From the staff, to the regulars, it’s a quality place to go whether you simply want to read, or discuss.

I lurked for a long time before commenting, and then commented a long time before daring to put up a fanpost. My first few were early A.M. rants about the recent UFC event, then I found out that I really enjoyed writing about MMA, more than I thought I would. Some of the best posts on BE have been in the fan posts, rather than a front page article. That’s not a knock on BE’s front page at all, rather a great testament to how damn good some of the people in the community are. You don’t get that anywhere else, and we definitely wouldn’t get it here if the staff wasn’t willing to swing that banhammer when they need to.

I don’t comment like I used to (I used to be a comment junkie) but the amount of time I spend on BE hasn’t changed. It is THE place to go. Not for everyone, as there’s a level of maturity expected, and the staff knows how to put their foot down, but personally, that fits me just fine.

Keep on keepin’ on BE.

Just kidding, I agree with you. I spend an absolutely embarassing amount of time on this website even when I’m not commenting. I only ever go to other sites to see if they have an interview or some other exclusive items, but I don’t ever comment there. The commenting isn’t quite what it used to be, say a year and a half ago, but still far far better than the competition.

(not named spankwire.com)

I spent a year just reading this site everyday, too scared to comment on any articles or put up any fanposts.

I got ripped a new one on my first day.

ha

Over a year later I’m the grappling editor.

BE: For fans, by fans.

The lack of trolling and the amount of smart, cool, serious, funny people here make it the best community for MMA fans around. Dont really care about what other communities think of it.