Fuck you, Mike Straka
Fighting Words isn’t exactly the most original name for a blog about fighting. Well, actually it is. At least, this was the only blog called Fighting Words when I started it more than a year ago. A fight blog over at the Toronto Star newspaper has since taken up the title, as well. And now there’s Mike Straka’s little video show.
All of which strikes me as a little strange. It’s not as though the Star blog wasn’t aware of my blog – they’ve even quoted things I’ve written and linked to this site. As for Straka, I’d like to think he just obliviously picked the name, that he didn’t do a Google search to see if the name was in use and didn’t see my blog and didn’t think, “Who the fuck’s going to care if I use the same name as some tiny MMA blog in Canada?”
Well, fuck you, Mike Straka. How you like them fighting words?
5 comments
Barrett,
You seem to know what you’re doing, and I enjoy your blog, however you have been writing nasty shit about me long before I had a show called Fighting Words. And if you think I had a say in naming my show, you’re mistaken and naive to the ways of the TV industry. As for your fighting words toward me, this is a very small business, and as your success grows — as I’m sure it will — you and I will most likely run into each other at events, and when we do, I hope you’ll come up and say it to my face. Until then, good luck. You’re a very good writer and I wish you all the success in the world.
Mike Straka
So much for being the bigger man or working it out like adults.
Stay classy, Canada.
Have you seen Mike’s interview with Jon Jones? Talk about kiss-ass! Mike also describes to Jones about a certain scene in a movie and recommends to rent/watch the specific movie, Jones agrees. But just by the look in his eyes he’s saying, “okay there, ya loser”. Epic fail for Straka.
Hey Drew,
I request that you cease and desist from identifying yourself simply as “Drew”. I have been using this name for many years with great success and would not like others to benefit from my success. Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.
Drew
This Barret guy needs to get laid or something.
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