MMA Things That Should Die In 2020

And How About A Little More About Me...

Jan 06, 2020

Welcome to the first C’mon Now newsletter of 2020. This is the place where I’ll share my thoughts on all the goings-on in MMA. Those thoughts could range from media criticism to advice for folks looking to get into MMA writing to why certain fighters or managers are not good for the sport.

Sometimes, like this week, there won’t be a whole lot of MMA…sorry.

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This weekend was a weird one for me on Twitter. I’ve been quick on the block button as of late, but I guess there were more than a handful of folks, let’s say shitting on my opinions in a less than subtle way. I didn’t see many of these comments because I block those who only want to talk shit. My theory is, if you want to engage in a conversation, cool. If you want to try to change my mind, also cool. If you drop in to tell me I suck or imply you’re going to report me for sexual assault, well, that’s a blocking at the very least.

I look at it this way, if those types of interactions were to happen in real life — and I’m 99 percent sure they wouldn’t — I wouldn’t engage there, so why should I do so online?

For those who doubt that I wouldn’t speak in public how I write, I would say they’re wrong. I’ve said this before, but I follow the same line of thinking Henry Rollins does on this subject. Always assume you will run into the person you are talking or writing about, so be comfortable with how that could turn out if you run into them. I would say I’m comfortable with that. I might be dumb, who knows.

Do you know something about UFC, USADA, an MMA manager or a fighter, that I should know? You can email me at trent.reinsmith@gmail.com or contact me via secure messaging on Telegram at trentreinsmith.

I was thinking about the following as I was walking my dog tonight (against my will). I want my writing here on the newsletter to be something along the line of what Marc Maron does. What I mean is I want to be open and honest and maybe even confessional. I’m aware I’m still holding a lot of things back. Some of that, scratch that, most of that, is out of fear.

I’m not someone who has a social circle. It’s not that I have a small social circle, I mean I literally have one person I speak to openly regularly. I also talk to the dog, but he doesn’t seem to care about what I have to say, he usually just leaves the room or licks himself. Anyway, that might be weird, the no social circle thing that is, but I have my reasons and yes, those reasons are by choice.

I know a lot of what I write is confrontational. That’s not an accident. Growing up, I always rooted for the underdog. I looked up to people who didn’t need or want to fit in, people comfortable in their own skin and who said what they honestly felt and could back that up with solid logic. I don’t know if I am one of those people, but I try to be.

This is a weird way to start this newsletter, but I guess that’s what you get when there’s nothing really going on this week as far as MMA.

Lets’s switch gears before this gets too uncomfortable for me for me or you.

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