A Night of Tweets: UFC on FX 6
With UFC on FX 6 and Bellator 84 running head-to-head Friday night, the mixed martial arts world made its presence known on Twitter as it reacted to a double date with televised violence.
Embedded below are some of the more memorable tweets from both events on the evening of Dec. 14, 2012:
I feel like "walking gingerly" is racist towards gingers.
— Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) December 15, 2012
Debut forgiven / Lombard fist-stomps a dude's face/ that's the REAL real deal. #ufconfx
— 17 Syllables of Pain (@MMAhaiku) December 15, 2012
The Legacy FC ring girls are proving there's a big difference between bikinis and revealing bikinis. Sweet'N Low packets cover more.
— Dann Stupp (@MMAjunkieDann) December 15, 2012
Hell of a first round. It's really something when these TUF coaches actually end up fighting at the end of the season.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) December 15, 2012
After enduring 25 minutes of Alexander Volkov-Richard Hale, I understand why Cole Konrad vacated his heavyweight title to work in dairy.
— Tristen Critchfield (@TCritchfield52) December 15, 2012
I haven't seen a fighter who throws as many forward-running punches as Robert Whittaker since a youthful Victor Gracie.
— Jordan Breen (@jordanbreen) December 15, 2012
yall know parke wear adidas track suits around dublin on the regular tho
— GFKonMMA (@GFKonMMA) December 15, 2012
My Palhares worst-case prep: Pace furiously, smoke cigarette, repeat "Please don't let the bone come out of the skin" over and over again.
— Mike Whitman (@mikewhitmanmma) December 15, 2012
Herrig's eye makeup looks pretty good. Nice cat's eye point with the lavender shadow. I hope she pulls herself a man...wait, she's fighting?
— Jordan Breen (@jordanbreen) December 15, 2012