Saturday, January 4, 2014

Twitter & MMA: Whom To Follow & Why

By Rod Bourgoine


If you don't have a twitter account, then quit reading and return to 1997. For everyone else, twitter offers an easy way to keep up to date with everything going on within MMA as well as a source of MMA-related entertainment. There are dozens of fighters, sports writers, commentators to follow, but here are a few twitters that are definitely worth following.

Love him or hate him, Dana White is definitely someone you should follow. After all, he is the head of UFC and not only does he often offer up breaking news about UFC, he's entertaining. He's been part of several notorious twitter feuds, including a recent profanity-laced exchange between himself and Ken Shamrock. At any rate, he's never afraid to say what he thinks.

There are many reasons to follow Joe Rogan on twitter. He likes to tweet about conspiracy theories, such as UFOs and phony moon landings. He likes to tweet about marijuana and LSD. Oh, and he's also an MMA expert and one of the sports best commentators and knows everything about MMA. He's also earned a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, both gi and no-gi.

For the entertainment value if nothing else, Chael Sonnen is someone fun to follow. He is notorious for not being able to keep his mouth shut and has no problem insulting anyone, even entire countries. He has a well-known hatred of Anderson Silva as well as Wanderlei Silva and pretty much everyone in Brazil. Recently he has begun writing poetry on twitter, much of it dedicated to how much he doesn't like Wanderlei Silva. The two of them will be coaching The Ultimate Fighter soon, in Brazil, which should have a high entertainment factor.

In addition, most fighters have their own twitter account and you should follow your favorite. BJ Penn is a social media expert, and following his tweets is like following an MMA magazine or a reporter. Tito Ortiz is an interesting and sometimes even inspirational guy to follow. He obviously posts about MMA but also about his life outside the cage.

Virtually every MMA organization has a Twitter feed, and there are some excellent sports journalists with Twitter accounts that you might be interesting in viewing. Ariel Helwani is one great example, and he links to his interviews with fighters, as well as breaking news and other helpful MMA tidbits. Loretta Hunt is another great reporter that you should follow. She has been working in MMA since 2001 and there are few people more well-informed about mixed martial arts.




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