UFC 122’s Dennis Siver sees MMA progress in home country of Germany

DUSSELDORF, Germany – The tone of German media coverage of mixed martial arts has gotten better, according to UFC lightweight Dennis Siver, though its volume has yet to follow.

Siver, a resident of Mannheim, Germany, said the sport isn’t dragged thro…

DUSSELDORF, Germany – The tone of German media coverage of mixed martial arts has gotten better, according to UFC lightweight Dennis Siver, though its volume has yet to follow.

Siver, a resident of Mannheim, Germany, said the sport isn’t dragged through the mud on a constant basis as it was when the UFC first touched down in the country in June 2009.

“In earlier times, we had more bad press, and this changed,” he today told MMAjunkie.com through a translator. “For the moment, it’s not so bad.”