Mixed martial arts journalism is a serious business. Following the MMA community on Twitter, is not. The following is a light-hearted (and sometimes insightful) look at how the combat sports world viewed UFC 169 via social networking.
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Herb Dean, you are too experienced to fall for the old 'I'm looking at you, therefore you must stop this fight' trick.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) February 2, 2014Terrible stoppage, terrible dance.
— Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) February 2, 2014That stoppage might have been premature, but Urijah Faber is now 0-6 in his past six championship fights. No more title bouts now.
— Robert Sargent (@MMARising) February 2, 2014Always a bridesmaid... Never a bride
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) February 2, 2014Does sticking your thump up count as intelligently defending yourself? I'm pretty sure it doesn't.
— James Goyder (@JamesGoyder) February 2, 2014Horrible stop
— Chuck Liddell (@ChuckLiddell) February 2, 2014Oh bad stop. Faber was turtled on a single, but he was still defending those punches to the side of the head. Bad stop.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) February 2, 2014Renan Barao dances like I secretly fear that I do. At least he seems to be enjoying himself.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) February 2, 2014If you watch this fight, w/ no sound & no bottom 50% of your screen, you can make the argument that Lamas is winning this fight. #UFC169
— Yves Edwards (@thugjitsumaster) February 2, 2014Lamas' rat tail is like a precise force indicator: the more it wobbles, the harder you know Aldo's leg kick was.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) February 2, 2014The only guy in Jersey who has been picked off more than Lamas is Mark Sanchez. #UFC169
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) February 2, 2014Lamas' leg is getting ready to join support group headed by Faber & Florian's legs
— Larry Pepe (@LarryPepe) February 2, 2014Fightmetrics' current totals for that fight: Overeem landed 139 of 157 total strikes. Mir? 3 of 23. Wow...
— Shaun Al-Shatti (@shaunalshatti) February 2, 2014Why he call Brock Lesnar? I'm here...
— Antonio Pezao Silva (@BigfootSilva) February 2, 2014That is not a "mouse" over Frank Mir's eye. It's more of a New York Rat. #UFC
— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) February 2, 2014Yeah, have all those horrible tattoos all over me. RT @MMATorchRich I would not want to be Frank Mir's ribs right now.
— Brent Brookhouse (@brentbrookhouse) February 2, 2014"Forever Young" should be the walkout song for every TRT-er.
— tanya (@TheTanyaAttack) February 2, 2014Dynamic fastener is my pet name for my wanker
— Don Frye (@DonFryeFighter) February 2, 2014Makdessi lost that!?!? #UFC169
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— Spin Spin Sugah (@BlondAmbitionTO) February 2, 2014From a few feet away, Lineker looks like Bert when he's super pissed.
— Tomas Rios (@TheTomasRios) February 2, 2014maybe Lineker could make weight if he replaced his hands of stone with hands of a lighter material
— Chris Nelson (@3amMMA) February 2, 2014After that KO, not sure who cares, but here's the Makdessi vs. Patrick scorecard. @BR_MMA #UFC169 pic.twitter.com/Rkg2ceQLQn
— Hunter Alek Homistek (@HunterAHomistek) February 2, 2014KO of the Year + Round of the Year candidate. En route to losing a 10-8 round, Trujillo melts Varner with a right hand. This kid's chin, wow
— Jordan Breen (@jordanbreen) February 2, 2014Remember when Joe was complimenting the fact we now have judges like Ricardo Almeida scoring fights? That worked out real well for Makdessi.
— Freddie DeFreitas (@freddefreitas) February 2, 2014Is this going to be one of those nights where the main card guys remind us why they're the main card guys? God I hope so.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) February 2, 2014The subtlety of 'oversized' being printed directly above your crotch ...
— Eric Jackman (@NewYorkRic) February 2, 2014Things that MIGHT have gone on longer than 1st 1/2 of this card:
building Great Wall of China
locating the Higgs Boson
Methuselah's life
— Stephie D (@CrooklynMMA) February 2, 2014This UFC tho…. pic.twitter.com/Fnn6naeID6
— Cynthia Vance (@cynthiavance) February 2, 2014I'm not saying Martinez telegraphs his punches, but he started throwing one during his walk out. #UFC169
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) February 2, 2014I won the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference in high school wrestling, if I fought in the UFC, they'd say I was a "wrestling champion"
— Mike Riordan (@coachmjr) February 2, 2014Every time they show Overeem dropping Lesnar they really should show an asterisk symbol on the bottom of the screen. #UFC169
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) February 2, 2014Looks like the Enz justified the means for Clint Hester tonight. Somebody had to say it.
— Tristen Critchfield (@TCritchfield52) February 2, 2014Did some one work out the same deal that Manning got with "Omaha" with Goldy and the word "ultra?"
— TJ De Santis (@TJDeSantis) February 2, 2014Like I said, Martin's a great athlete. But he's super green, faced limited competition and limited pushback. Magomedov is a hardened man.
— Jordan Breen (@jordanbreen) February 2, 2014