The Neutral Corner

Maybe you've heard that Newsday has an MMA blog -- Fighting Words.

We reported the other day that Donald Trump and Affliction will launch an MMA reality series. Well, that got someone's TapOut shorts twisted into a knot. I guess they were offended we posted the release first. It ended up on the boxing blog primarily because Oscar De La Hoya's promotional company has aligned itself with Affliction. (read: Golden Boy will financially bail out Affliction's sagging cards.)

But the MMA crew responded with this post and the not-so subtle jab that the only way we get page views over here is to report MMA news. I would recommend the Fighting Wordsmiths check out the latest stats. We're doing fine, thank you (actually, thank you Manny Pacquiao fans.)

The comparison between the two blogs lately reminds me of the first Frazier-Foreman fight (yeah, not so competitive) and that classic call by Howard Cosell, "Down goes Fray-sha, Down goes Fray-Sha, Down goes Fray-Sha!!!"

-- CASSIDY