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THURSDAY 6/12 MORNING UPDATE
If you're tuning in to the App for the first time in a while, make sure to check out the big update on the App's home page for notes and information on the changes made to the new mobile site at MMATorch.com in your mobile browser. Our tech team has been working on even more tweaks based on your feedback, and have optimized the site for Safari and the default Android browser. They're continuing to work on the same for both Chrome and Opera as well. Keep sending your thoughts in to mmatorch@gmail.com so we can make the mobile site the best experience for you! We truly appreciate the feedback, and we're making changes as necessary. Here's what's on the site this morning:
-Bellator has announced a big shift to their title shot procedure. Once a fighter wins a tournament, they're then a part of Bellator's “World Title Shot Pool,” which means they won't necessarily have to go through another tournament in order to get another title fight. Instead, some may only need to pick up another win or two in order to move into contention. It's a smart loosening of their own self-imposed rules, which allows them to make some of the matchmaking moves they've already been making without the hypocrisy some of those moves made. See more on the situation with quotes from Bjorn Rebney and further analysis in the main listing at MMATorch.com in your phone or tablet browser.
-Following his UFC release, Jason High kind of summed up the ridiculous difference in the reactions UFC gave his situation at UFC Fight Night 42, and that given to Chael Sonnen for a failed drug test this week. In a post on Twitter, High simply wrote “Push steroids, not referees #noted”. Further thoughts in the main listing.
-The UFC's first trip to Maine this August has its first two fights, as Tim Boetsch will take on Brad Tavares, while Shawn Jordan will meet Jack May. More info on those fighters in the main listing.
-Our morning poll asked readers whether or not they expect Chael Sonnen to actually stay retired after his announcement on Wednesday. Perhaps surprisingly, 54% think he's done for good because he says he needs to keep using those therapies for his health; 22% think he'll be back by next year, while 24% think it depends on what happens with the Nevada Athletic Commission.
We thank all of our readers for their feedback and patience as we continue making improvements on the new mobile site. We're an independent voice in the MMA space with no corporate backing, and as such we stay afloat on ad revenue. This shift to the full listing on mobile web brings us a better chance to keep ourselves going and to bring our readers everything we have for the last five years and more, as the mobile advertising market is simply stronger than that on the app. Continue sending us your feedback to mmatorch@gmail.com and let us know how the new features with the Disqus comments section and more are working for you on mobile web!
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/torchtoday/article_21908.shtml
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