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As if it wasn’t enough that Brock Lesnar’s UFC 100 antics drew the negative attention of the mainstream media, now we can add the fake mainstream media to the list of Lesnar detractors. On last night’s “Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert took Lesnar to task for disrespecting UFC sponsor Bud Light. If Colbert’s attempts at pronouncing Lesnar’s pretty easy last name didn’t clue you in that he might not be an avid MMA fan, the requisite jokes about biting ought to do it.
I guess the question here is, should we see it as a positive sign of increased awareness in the mainstream that a legitimate story on the UFC gets mentioned on a highly-rated, non-sports, fake cable news show? Or does the fact that it came on just after a bit about a taekwondo fighter who opened a brothel in New Zealand suggest that maybe this isn’t such a huge step forward?
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commentsBen and Ben need to lighten the fuck up.
I can't believe you guys got your panties in a bunch over this.
I got a good laugh out of it, but it annoys me how "Ultimate Fighting" is an actual term that's being regurgitated over and over. IMO it's one of the bigger misnomers that hinders the sport's legitimacy.
There's a HUUUGE difference when you think about what's involved in something called "Mixed Martial Arts", as opposed to "Ultimate Fighting", or "Cage Fighting".
Colbert should be dragged into the street and kicked to death.
The majority of American beers do truly suck ass.
Brock's antics have gotten Bud Light more play than the center spot of the octagon ever would have if he had not acted a fool.
Eventually the majority of Americans will know about the UFC, but still have no idea what you are talking about when you say MMA.
Truth is Bond.
Man has a point.
Old_Bald_and_Irish Says:
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:35
The only bad publicity is no publicity.
^
That's the main point. Colbert didn't say anything that avid MMA haters didn't all ready think. Yeah he made a gay reference to the ground game... bla bla heard it before, he's just appealing to his audience. I have a feeling Colbert is better read on MMA than he lets on. (Something about the way he worded the segment made it seem clear that he knew how HUGE it was for the UFC to have a corporate sponsor like fucking BUDWEISER!)
The main thing that counts is that the UFC is breaking more & more into the public spot light. More over, I can't say this was negative attention; this is the very liberal media siding with the 'Corporate' side of the UFC against Lesnar's less than admirable portrayal of a champion & bashing the main sponsor.
Seriously people, lighten the fuck up.
Colbert = Colb-air
Report = Re-pore
Sports Report = Spore Repore
Lesnar = Lesnaaaaar
Isn't the whole point of the show to play an uneducated man trying to act educated? Either way, whether the ignorance of the sport and Lesnarrr's name is intentional or isn't, it's still funny.
O.B.I. I just realized that if said like that, you sound like you belong in the Wu Tang Clan, but more importantly, truer words were never spoken so far on this post.
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