Irish Times horse racing correspondent Brian O'Connor has wound up MMA fans by penning a piece dripping with wry disdain for the growing phenomenon that is UFC.
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O'Connor likes to strike a discordant note to the general consensus - see his Henry piece just three days after the infamous night - and he does not appear to be much enamoured of MMA.
He described it as a spectacle perfectly designed to appeal to 'adolescent minds' replete with ' muscles, bad clothes, and bad acting' and attended by a crowd comprised of 'beery blokes blissfully aware of how camp the whole thing is.'
It's fair to say that the comments below the line are entirely in agreement with Brian.
Read the piece here.
