not to divert but can you tell me how you went about acquiring that position? i don't really write prose for fun, but i've read mma journalism for a good 8 years and all i really read now are Jack Slack articles, because it cuts to the core of the fight game/is specialized. almost everyone else i read, or have read, seems uninformed or are poor writers who i think i could do a better job than. i know, i sound conceited, but it's how i feel.
i thought your article on barao/dillashaw, though it came to naught, was sound. personally, i don't really care for the statistical side of things (too deeply) because i believe the criteria is skewered. some cretin was telling me phil davis 'outstruck' lyoto machida when they fought because he landed maybe a dozen nothing hammerfists during late round takedowns. i think anyone who watched that fight would disagree. maybe i have bias? there's a certain ignorance in hyper-analyzing the absolute mechanics of combat, especially when the system is illiterate.
Ben Fowlkes writing about the saturation of the current market, most prevalent this year, and the relationship of quality vs. quality was interesting. he seems a little more critical, and unafraid, of the despot that is Dana White than your average journalist. he's still a dick, though.
i don't know. i'm a bit of an old school guy when it comes mma, i still love the great fights, regardless of names/pulling power, but feel i have to wade through far too much (sub-)mediocrity to find them now. i suppose i've become disillusioned in recent years because some of my favourite guys have been in, or entered, their decline. but i also don't like the direction the company that virtually owns mma is taking it, though they've done inimitable good for the sport that i cannot deny. i'm a dick too, i guess.
anyway yea it's dope that you're writing for sherdog man.
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