If I Did It: Will WWE’s big Fox deal leave UFC out in the cold?

Welcome to IF I DID IT where we analyze and solve PR kerfuffles from the MMA world (insert hand gesture) not beyond. I’m your…

By: Nate Wilcox | 5 years ago
If I Did It: Will WWE’s big Fox deal leave UFC out in the cold?
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Welcome to IF I DID IT where we analyze and solve PR kerfuffles from the MMA world (insert hand gesture) not beyond.

I’m your host Alexei Auld, author of “7 Secret Sources of Inspiration: A Snappy Guide for Creative Procrastinators”, and joining me are guests Kid Nate of Bloody Elbow of the Let It Roll podcast and Eugene S Robinson, from ozy.com and author of “Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking”, Collectively, MMA Puncholes.

You’re the UFC. How does the WWE’s billion dollar Smackdown deal, live and in public, if you will, impact yours? – 0:46

You’re Bellator. Should you be in the Chuck Liddell business, and if so, how do you maximize it? – 11:01

You’re the UFC. Should Mackenzie Dern be ranked in a weight class she couldn’t make? – 16:34

REGULAR FEATURE: KID NATE’S HEEL TURN – 20:52

REGULAR FEATURE: EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION – 23:09

THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @kidnate, @alexeiauld, @eugeneSrobinson. At Facebook @MMAPuncholes. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, subscribe to MMANationdotcom on YouTube, and MMANation on iTunes and SoundCloud. Buy 7 Secret Sources of Inspiration, buy OXBOW’S THIN BLACK DUKE wherever fine music is sold, listen to Kid Nate’s LET IT ROLL PODCAST; and immediately following this show, be sure to check out our new non-MMA show IF THE SHOES FIT on YouTube.

”We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”

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Nate Wilcox
Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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