Mike Goldberg holds the play-by-play position for the largest MMA company in the world. Why? Loyalty? He works cheap? He owns pictures of Dana White jerking off to Fedor Emelianenko? I have no clue, and I’m sure neither do you. Goldberg has kept his place in the UFC despite what seems to be a regression of knowledge on the sport he covers.
But Sack Mike Goldberg isn’t just about Goldy. It’s about all the hack writers (Yahoo employs a couple), dumb interviewers (let’s leave the “What went through your mind when…” questions to stick-and-ball sports), and backwards ranking lists floating around. MMA’s young enough to escape the piss poor journalism the big four sports receive in your newspapers and on ESPN. We’re hoping to avoid that fate.