{"id":296063,"date":"2018-12-26T10:16:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T18:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=296063"},"modified":"2018-12-26T10:16:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T18:16:42","slug":"ufc-holiday-message-backfires-as-fans-decry-ufc-232-move-in-replies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-holiday-message-backfires-as-fans-decry-ufc-232-move-in-replies\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC holiday message backfires as fans decry UFC 232 move in replies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 232 was originally expected to occur in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, December 29. When a Jon Jones drug test turned up <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-jon-jones-drug-test-catches-atypical-finding-ufc-232-card-moved-to-la\/\">an &#8220;atypical finding,&#8221;<\/a> however, the Nevada Athletic Commission decided not license the former champ for his UFC 232 main event rematch with Alexander Gustafsson. The UFC brass then made the unprecedented decision to move the entire UFC 232 card from Las Vegas to Los Angeles on just 6 days&#8217; notice, as the California Athletic Commission agreed to license Jon Jones for the fight.<\/p>\n<p>While the UFC immediately offered refunds to fans who had purchased tickets to see the fights in Las Vegas, this didn&#8217;t do much to curb the disappointment of fans who had shelled out hundreds and even thousands of dollars on hotels, flights and other expenses to watch the card in Sin City.<\/p>\n<p>Angry fight fans have been lambasting the UFC for its handling of the UFC 232 situation ever since the card was moved, and when the promotion took to Twitter with a Holiday message on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/photos-the-mma-community-celebrates-christmas\/\">Christmas<\/a> day, that trend continued.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the countless fan replies on the UFC&#8217;s Happy Holiday message are almost exclusively negative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyHolidays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyHolidays<\/a> from our UFC family to yours! \u2744\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L59OehUwbv\">pic.twitter.com\/L59OehUwbv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1077561554382569477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;#HappyHolidays from our UFC family to yours,&#8221; the UFC&#8217;s Holiday message read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You guys ruined mine. So no thanks<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erik Hulse (@EHulseDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EHulseDC\/status\/1077562463393062912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You guys ruined mine,&#8221; the top reply reads. &#8220;So no thanks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not to the people who planned to go to Las Vegas on December 29th<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M (@MarkRedbeliever) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRedbeliever\/status\/1077561977772351489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not to the people who planned to go to Las Vegas on December 29th,&#8221; another top reply reads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never been more disgusted w\/ UFC. You\u2019ve demonstrated that you don\u2019t wish anybody anything except profits for this new owner. You\u2019ll feel the sting when we don\u2019t give you our money anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IronLion (@IronLion04) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IronLion04\/status\/1077585361818214400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Never been more disgusted w\/ UFC,&#8221; another fan wrote. &#8220;You\u2019ve demonstrated that you don\u2019t wish anybody anything except profits for this new owner. You\u2019ll feel the sting when we don\u2019t give you our money anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You guys moving this from the North Pole to the South Pole on a weeks notice?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas M. (@tjmcvey13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tjmcvey13\/status\/1077562750291886081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You guys moving this from the North Pole to the South Pole on a weeks notice?,&#8221; one fan joked, taking a humorous approach.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsjimcarter\/status\/1077566923414650880<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks for ruining the holidays for 15K+,&#8221; another fan wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ll never pay for a ufc event again after all this!! Way to go ufc<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; angel ortiz (@ThatKiddFromTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThatKiddFromTX\/status\/1077565190361804800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll never pay for a ufc event again after all this,&#8221; one fan vowed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Merry Christmas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottCoker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ScottCoker<\/a>!!!! Bellator will see more of my money in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Just Gus Digital Art (@JustGusArt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustGusArt\/status\/1077601447649464322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Merry Christmas Scott Coker,&#8221; another fan said in a Tweet directed at the Bellator President. &#8216;&#8221;Bellator will see more of my money in 2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And then, of course, there are the fans who chose to use gifs to express their disappointment with the UFC 232 situation.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionHalal\/status\/1077561877771796481<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you really were wishing us a sweet holiday you wouldn&#39;t have screwed over all YOUR fans that make YOU money. Go pass that on to the WME-Abcdefg that are ruining this company. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uKySLvUNkC\">pic.twitter.com\/uKySLvUNkC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; artineh (@artineh1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artineh1\/status\/1077568511717761029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SthlmNescio\/status\/1077572980857655296<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jesus, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a> check the room temperature before you make it worse. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nidYtPBZHS\">pic.twitter.com\/nidYtPBZHS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; StuckInTheSimulation, LCSW (@JdGordon13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JdGordon13\/status\/1077624532603756544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kaydenkai19\/status\/1077641015882846209<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4JUHLQcIrR\">pic.twitter.com\/4JUHLQcIrR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; melaniegalemma (@melaniegalemma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/melaniegalemma\/status\/1077632078651576320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pnKdmvovNo\">pic.twitter.com\/pnKdmvovNo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; james k (@J_KUH891) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/J_KUH891\/status\/1077624825437478912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Suffice it to say that fans are not happy about the way the UFC handled the UFC 232 situation. Time will tell if these understandably irate fans decide to forgive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/26\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 232 was originally expected to occur in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, December 29. When a Jon Jones drug test turned up an &#8220;atypical finding,&#8221; however, the Nevada Athletic Commission decided not license the former champ for his UFC 232 main event rematch with Alexander Gustafsson. 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