Some fighters will tell you that they never read MMA news on the internet. Some will even mean it. It’s a distraction, they say, and the various things they might read about themselves – whether positive or negative – won’t do anything to help them on fight night.
But as Eliot Marshall found out recently, for an unsigned fighter trying to get back into the UFC, sometimes the up-to-the-minute online reports are a resource too valuable to ignore.
“Some people say to look at the internet and some people say not to look at the internet,” Marshall said. “I’ve always tossed it back and forth in my head, whether it’s a good idea or not. Now I’m thoroughly convinced it’s a good idea.”