A Night of Tweets: UFC 169
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, 2014
Terrible stoppage, terrible dance.
— Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) February
2, 2014
That 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, 2014
Always a bridesmaid... Never a bride
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) February
2, 2014
Does sticking your thump up count as intelligently defending
yourself? I'm pretty sure it doesn't.
— James Goyder (@JamesGoyder) February
2, 2014
Horrible stop
— Chuck Liddell (@ChuckLiddell) February
2, 2014
Oh 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, 2014
Renan Barao dances like I secretly fear that I do. At least he
seems to be enjoying himself.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) February
2, 2014
If 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, 2014
Lamas' 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, 2014
The only guy in Jersey who has been picked off more than Lamas
is Mark Sanchez. #UFC169
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) February
2, 2014
Lamas' leg is getting ready to join support group headed by
Faber & Florian's legs
— Larry Pepe (@LarryPepe) February
2, 2014
Fightmetrics' current totals for that fight: Overeem landed 139
of 157 total strikes. Mir? 3 of 23. Wow...
— Shaun Al-Shatti (@shaunalshatti) February
2, 2014
Why he call Brock Lesnar? I'm here...
— Antonio Pezao Silva (@BigfootSilva) February
2, 2014
That is not a "mouse" over Frank Mir's eye. It's more of a New
York Rat. #UFC
— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) February
2, 2014
Yeah, 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, 2014
Dynamic fastener is my pet name for my wanker
— Don Frye (@DonFryeFighter) February
2, 2014
Makdessi lost that!?!? #UFC169
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— Spin Spin Sugah (@BlondAmbitionTO) February
2, 2014
From a few feet away, Lineker looks like Bert when he's super
pissed.
— Tomas Rios (@TheTomasRios) February
2, 2014
maybe Lineker could make weight if he replaced his hands of
stone with hands of a lighter material
— Chris Nelson (@3amMMA) February
2, 2014
After 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, 2014
KO 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, 2014
Remember 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, 2014
Is 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, 2014
The subtlety of 'oversized' being printed directly above your
crotch ...
— Eric Jackman (@NewYorkRic) February
2, 2014
Things 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, 2014
This UFC tho…. pic.twitter.com/Fnn6naeID6
— Cynthia Vance (@cynthiavance) February
2, 2014
I'm not saying Martinez telegraphs his punches, but he started
throwing one during his walk out. #UFC169
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) February
2, 2014
I 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, 2014
Every 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, 2014
Looks like the Enz justified the means for Clint Hester tonight.
Somebody had to say it.
— Tristen Critchfield (@TCritchfield52) February
2, 2014
Did some one work out the same deal that Manning got with
"Omaha" with Goldy and the word "ultra?"
— TJ De Santis (@TJDeSantis) February
2, 2014
Like 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
