Negative Twitter feedback making Dana rethink Brock-Mir III

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Just one day after suggesting Lesnar vs. Mir III is a fight that "kind of makes sense" in the heavyweight division, UFC president Dana White now admits feedback received on his Twitter account is leading him away from arranging the matchup.

"People have been saying on my Twitter that they're not happy with that fight," White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "It's something I need to rethink."

Following Lesnar's heavyweight title loss to Cain Velasquez in October, reports began to surface in a number of locations that Lesnar vs. Mir III was in the works.

At a Friday Q&A session with the UFC Fight Club, White said those reports were a bit premature as he had not spoken to Lesnar since the former champion's UFC 121 defeat. However, he did seem intrigued with the notion.

"That fight kind of makes sense," White said on Friday. "So, we'll see."

But since White made that statement, fans have taken to the Internet to express their displeasure in the potential fight. While the UFC president believes it's unwise to pay too much attention to Internet message boards, White says those that took the time to address him on his official Twitter account have made their feelings known loud and clear.

"I usually don't gauge things by the Internet; the internet is [expletive] stupid," White said. "My Twitter I do.

"On my Twitter, there are 1.2 million people that care about this thing and everything else, and you don't get the goofy [expletive] that you get on the Internet."

SC Michelson is responsible for this. As hated as that writer is, he's getting the job done here.

That is one thing I love about Dana, he will almost always put up fights the fans wanna see and doesnt make them wait years to see them. I still lean towards this fight happening but would not be surprised at all if he changes it.

Read this, my guess, the fight still happens

Depends on how many people Black Lesnar can get to tweet about it. The same kind of thing shot down Franklin vs Hendo II.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Depends on how many people Black Lesnar can get to tweet about it. The same kind of thing shot down Franklin vs Hendo II.

True but I think this is a slightly different situations. He was planning that as a single main event and it was an immediate rematch if I remember right. That fight HAD to be changed.

DanaWhite wrote:

"I usually don't gauge things by the Internet; the internet is stupid," White said. "My Twitter I do.

"On my Twitter, there are 1.2 million people that care about this thing and everything else, and you don't get the goofy [expletive] that you get on the Internet."

LOL


Lets face it Dana, the thing you dont like about the Internet is unlike the UFC and your twitter account you cant control it.

well, what fight should we twitter dana to put on for brock. my pick is for lesnar vs nelson or kongo

Todd Duffee

Usually negative twitter feedback leads to Dana getting into flame wars.