In response to my email, he writes:
Luke,
Glad to see you can read and write. Let's agree to disagree, okay, but I really do love it when these athletes start whaling away on their faces and heads. It's great sport.
Len Shapiro
To which I responded:
Len,
I agree to disagree insofar as you're more than welcome to not like mixed martial arts. That's perfectly fine. But like it or not, anyone with even a cursory knowledge of MMA understands just how much of a sport it is.
Luke