Comments on: We want real answers, not fanboy interviewing questions

By: Interviewing Questions

Interviewing Questions — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:44:12 +0000

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Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:29:05 +0000

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By: TJ Thompson: “Seth [Petruzelli] was paid to stand up” | FightOpinion.com - Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:18:54 +0000

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By: Josh Stein

Josh Stein — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:16:43 +0000

Zach, thanks for throwing my little comment up on the site. As always, a great and entertaining piece.

That first question is absolutely retarded, and it reminds me that anyone can do a piece on the internet.

By: Asa

Asa — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:23:37 +0000

Dedwyre, not having heard the interview, I have to ask: Did they lob questions that were framed to prove him innocent of the (fan/critic) charges against him? Or did they try to delicately approach the subject with a (apparently) violent sociopath? Or both? Or something altogether different.

I’m honestly curious, because the former is rather odd and what seems to be going on here, while the latter seems incredibly common.

And Trembow, you knocked it out of the park.

By: Dedwyre

Dedwyre — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:54:33 +0000

Does anybody remember when Renato Sobral was on Fight Opinion Radio, and Jeff Thaler was asking for his side of the story regarding his choking out David Heath? Then he pussyfooted around the story about Babalu’s arrest at a nightculb from just before that incident? If he’s allowed to dance around the issues and ask friendly, non-confrontational questions to fighters about serious accusations, what’s wrong with Pro MMA doing it?

I’m not trying to defend Petruzelli or the Pro MMA people, I’m just saying it seems hypocritical make a big deal about this type of thing when it’s been done on this site previously.

By: Brandt

Brandt — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:33:05 +0000

After thinking about this long and hard (I know, bad choice of words with the Fightlinker guys on here, right? haha) I don’t see anything horrible coming out of this in the long run. MMA isn’t in the same league as the Olympics, the NFL, or most mainstream sports. Petruzelli will continue to twist his words a bit, EliteXC will deny everything, and there will really be no proof if this goes in front of a judge.

By: Fightlinker

Fightlinker — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:06:22 +0000

Everyone is also taking a myopic view of Seth’s statement. Go back an extra minute and hear where he specifically said his plan was to take Kimbo down, and then after that he says the famous quotes

By: Smithson

Smithson — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:24:46 +0000

Interesting read: The guy who runs Yahoo Sports mentions ramped-up MMA coverage among the reasons for Yahoo’s success, in a piece written for newspaper sports editors:

http://apse.dallasnews.com/2008/oct2008/100808yahoosports.html

By: Rob Maysey

Rob Maysey — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:22:04 +0000

I have to disagree with Meltzer’s conclusion. The sport is “mixed martial arts” not “boxing with open fingered, 5 oz. gloves.” Paying guys to stand makes a mockery of the sport, and is a fraud on the public. That isn’t any more acceptable.

And while not “fixed” entirely, the integrity of the match is certainly compromised. If an elite pitcher in major league baseball was paid to only throw fastballs–and disregard his out pitch, isn’t that an attempt at “fixing” the outcome?