Monday, November 16, 2009

brock lesnar, really?

so, big news of the day is brock lesnar may never fight again because of some intestinal problem. dana white apparently gave the 'scoop' to TMZ (incidentally, shouldn't they be following kate gosselin? they are a celebrity gossip organization or have a i missed something?). i'm a bit confused on this one. i'll start by saying i don't watch ufc or any mma at all. there's something disturbing about watching these guys TRY to hurt each other...breaking arms, legs, noses, whatever they can for a not-very-large payday. there are lots of stories about how these guys don't get paid very much to fight. contrast with boxing and the fighter's paydays.

back to the point: this is big news? i saw it on cnnsi.com and espn.com and a posts on lots of other blogs i read (now i'm posting on it. hell.). two questions: has mma/ufc hit critical mass where it is considered news for tradmed to cover, beyond the sizable group that follows it? it takes precedence over a lot of other sports stories out there? shit, michelle wie won a damn tournament! in terms of lesser sport stories, i thought that would be the big one. she's actually fulfilling some of that potential. five years + late but she won a tournament! c'mon, wheeeeeeeee wie!!!!!!

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