SPORTS
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 13
Daddy’s Home
kareem webster › staff writer
I
a lways enjoy a good storyline coming into
a sporting event. I think a lot of people do. It
adds to the hype. It raises the stakes. It gives
you another reason to root for this person or
that team, if you so choose. In non-team sports, like
boxing or mixed martial arts (MMA), spectators often
identify a little more with one of the competitors over
the other. Instead of focusing on their acumen or
prowess in the sport itself, spectators tend to take the
personality, integrity, and moral views of the fighter
and use that to judge whether or not they will cheer
for them.
In a sport as controversial as MMA, the fighter who
takes on the role of the heel or anti-hero is often a big
draw. Fans and people who tune in casually either
want this fighter to succeed because their bouts are
exciting or want this person to get the life smacked
out of him or her. Either way, a lot of people tune in to
see big MMA fights, whether legally or illegally.
Whoever the photographer was took that picture
(with that fortuitous click) above captured a scene
that was the flashpoint to the biggest UFC fight of the
year. It would appear that these two are in the middle
of an embrace, as though Jon “Bones” Jones (left)
had just returned from a long absence, away from his
companion Daniel Cormier. Oh, it was far from two
lovers being reunited. Trust me.
Preceding this picture was the conventional
fighter’s weigh-in, a press conference