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CBS Sportsline columnist rips MMA

CBS Sportsline's Mike Freeman desperately needs readers, which is why he wrote this article comparing boxing and MMA:

http://cbs.sportsline.com/columns/story/10162545

This is one of the most inane articles about mixed martial arts you will read today.  It is amazing to me that the editors at CBS Sportsline allowed this piece to be published because it is baseless and factually incorrect on multiple points.

It is one thing to debate the merits of boxing and MMA on an educated level.  Freeman's article does not come close to doing this. 

My hunch is that no one is reading Freeman's boxing articles so he included whatever he knew about UFC in his article (which is clearly very little) to make the article more newsworthy and to attract readers.  And to a certain degree, he succeeded -- after all I'm bringing him more readers by posting the link on my blog.

However, in the process, Freeman has exposed himself as ignorant of the facts.  In the end, he is the Ultimate Farcical Clown.

Comments

That was exactly my take on this. In my opinion he is also using this to further hype DLH vs Mayweather. Any publicity is good publicity, and boxing could sure use the help right now. The MMA community has taken a lot of offense to Freeman's article. We greatly appreciate any and all journalists willing to come forward and say "This is not right". You have my admiration and respect.

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Mark Chalifoux covered his first MMA event at UFC 68 in Columbus, Ohio. Since that night, he’s been hooked on the sport. He is based in Cincinnati and also works in sports talk radio. He’s written for the Athens News, ESPN.com, SI.com, The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Chalifoux Family Christmas Newsletter. E-mail Mark.

Pramit Mohapatra, who currently runs FightTicker.com, previously authored this blog.

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