Captain Clownshoes and the Bozo Brigade

“Gee er’rybody, let’s chant “Fedor” at UFC wun hunnerd!”

Yes, you go ahead and do that- pay $1000 or so to get in the door at one of the biggest MMA shows of all time, and then amuse yourselves by disrespecting the fighters in the main event who you just paid to see by chanting for someone else who DIDN’T just get punched in the face a bunch for your amusement. Good show, very classy. Here’s another idea: next, chase Fedor through the streets chanting “UFC!” at him, and see what happens.

I recognize this is somewhat tongue in cheek, but it’s one of those ha-ha-I’m-joking-but-I’m-really-not deals. The MMA internet is often untouchable when it comes to the ability to take a business dispute between two parties and turn it into a good guy-bad guy deal for no discernible reason. Throw in a towering sense of entitlement, and this sort of thing results. There are times when I really think the MMA blogosphere consists of 98% e-thuggery and sub-4Chan-level trolling (seriously- read those comments) from people who spend hundreds or thousands of dollars a year supporting the thing they complain so much about. A baffling state of affairs.