Jeff Blair with a hilarious takedown of Dana White. I know this will anger some, but I mostly agree with him:
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#Much chagrin in the fake world of UFC over the banning of journalist Ariel Helwani and two of his colleagues this weekend after Helwani reported the return of Brock Lesnar to UFC, which, I gather, is something of a scoop in the world of men in tights with cauliflower ears and bad tattoos.
Apparently this angered the UFC, who had the journalists punted from a post-fight event.
No surprise here as it has long been rumoured that Dana White, UFC’s chief scriptwriter and director (who proves you sometimes can judge a book by its cover), paid reporters to cover his events – including those from mainstream outlets – and as a result exercised the type of influence that turned reporters into fart catchers.
It was genius. Get the mainstream media to treat a ludicrous sport with made-up rules and storylines as legitimate and watch the lemmings come running.
But it also reveals why the UFC and MMA will eventually cave in on itself and become even more like WWE – no disrespect meant to the wrestling folks, who at least know their own soul and have a sense of self-deprecation.
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