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With Twitter being one of the best ways to get your name out there in the MMA community many of the UFC’s biggest stars are using it to their advantage.

A report put out by Ingrained Media showed that some of the biggest names inside the UFC in fact have fake Twitter followers.

Top Ten MMA Influencers with the most fake followers

1. UFC Heavyweight Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma)

Follower Breakdown:

followers 566,458

Fake: 82%

Inactive: 11%

Good: 7%

Klout Score: 70

2. UFC Bantamweight Michael McDonald (@maydaymcdonald)

Follower Breakdown:

Followers 24,626

Fake: 56%

Inactive: 22%

Good: 22%

Klout Score: 61

3. *Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior Dos Santos (@junior_cigano)

Follower Breakdown:

Followers 599,987

Fake: 48%

Inactive: 33%

Good: 19%

Klout Score: 68

4. *UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva (@spideranderson)

Follower Breakdown:

Followers 3,301,511

Fake: 47%

Inactive: 32%

Good: 21%

Klout Score: 74

5. **UFC Welterweight Demian Maia (@demianmaia)

Follower Breakdown:

Followers 285,245

Fake: 47%

Inactive: 32%

Good: 21%

Klout Score: 81

6. UFC Welterweight Johny Hendricks (@johnyhendricks)

Follower Breakdown:

Followers 80,325

Fake: 41%

Inactive: 28%

Good: 31%

Klout Score: 72

7. UFC Middleweight Vitor Belfort (@vitorbelfort)

Follower Breakdown:

Followers 793,158

Fake: 40%

Inactive: 37%

Good: 23%

Klout Score: 82

8. UFC Champion Jose Aldo (@josealdojunior)

Follower Breakdown:

Followers 190,192

Fake: 36%

Inactive: 31%

Good: 33%

Klout Score: 66

9. UFC President Dana White (@danawhite)

Follower Breakdown:

Followers: 2,517,324

Fake: 35%

Inactive: 37%

Good: 28%

Klout Score: 87

10. UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre (@georgesstpierre)

Follower Breakdown:

Followers 678,834

Fake: 34%

Inactive: 31%

Good: 35%

Klout Score: 83

Notable accounts with above 30% fakes:  UFC Heavyweight Cain Velasquez @ 32%, UFC Heavyweight Antonio Rogerio Nogueira @ 32%, UFC Light Heavyweight Dan Henderson @ 34%, UFC Reporter Ariel Helwani @ 30%, UFC Light Heavyweight Lyoto Machida @ 32%, UFC Lightweight Nate Diaz @ 30%, See the spreadsheet for the rest of the results.

About Klout -Klout began with a very simple idea: Everyone has influence—the ability to drive action. Klout measures influence based on various factors.

Top Malaysian Bantamweight contender Raymond Tan (1-0) has been forced off the ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors fight card, due to an undisclosed reason.

The Malaysian, who was originally slated to face Thanh Vu (2-1) in ONE FC’s final Bantamweight Grand Prix Elimination bout, will now be replaced on 2-days’ notice by Mohd Fouzein (3-4). Fouzein is a Malaysian Bantamweight looking to get his professional MMA career back on track. He recently saw his 2-fight win streak snapped, following a submission loss againt Mohd Zakhir in December, last year.

ONE FC CEO Victor Cui, used the Twitter platform to inform fans of the change-up:

#BreakingNews #ONEFC KL Feb 2: Penang Pride Raymond Tan out. Replaced w Malacca fighter Mohd Faizul @TuneTalk

Featuring a Featherweight title tilt between top contenders Eric Kelly (9-0) and Honorio Banario (7-1), ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors goes down this Saturday, February 2nd, at the Stadium Putra situated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fans from around the world can witness the action online via livestreaming at www.onefc.livesport.tv. The first two undercard fights are available for viewing free-of-charge and the main card fights will be available for purchase at just US$9.99.

Keep it locked to MMASucka.com as we bring you more news and updates with regards to this event.

With that said, here’s the updated fight card:

• Honorio Banario vs. Eric Kelly (For Inaugural ONE FC Featherweight strap)
• Rey Docyogen vs. Shinichi Kojima (To Determine #1 Flyweight Contender)
• Vuyisile Colossa vs. Lowen Tynanes
• Leo Krishna vs. Peter Davis
• Zuli Silawanto vs. Adam Shahir Kayoom
• Thanh Vu vs. Mohd Fouzein (Final Bantamweight Grand Prix Elimination Bout)
• Raymond Tiew vs. Melvin Yeoh (Malaysian National Featherweight Championship Tournament Bout)
• AJ Lias Mansor vs. Jian Kai Chee (Malaysian National Featherweight Championship Tournament Bout)
• Gianni Subba vs. Saiful Merican
• Jake Butler vs. Antoni Romulo

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MMASucka.com columnist Adam Martin has taken to Ustream.tv to take your Twitter questions.

In the first of his “Twitter Question and Answer” Martin took questions from his Twitter stream and answered them in a recorded format. In the future it is expected to be live and interactive.

Sit back relax and enjoy 16+ minutes of Adam Martin.

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Here at MMASucka we want to give you the best seat for tonights UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort main card. Well sort of, we will be bringing you the best Tweets of the night. This will be a live on-going feature that will keep you on your toes. It’s bound to get a tad quirky at times so hold on.

With that we bring you “MMASucka’s UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort – Cheap Seat Timeline.”

(All times are Pacific Standard)

Here’s an early one…

4:26pm - @DylanHayre - A fun week working hard for Obama, Warren, and Linsky. But tonight, as Bruce Buffer says…IT’S TIME!! Rooting for Stann & Belfort! #UFC152

One more doozy,

4:38 - @TheFlyingKneeTO - Apparently when you cancel a fight card and starve fighters from their craft…they go crazy! What a start to the show #UFC152

Now to the main card. Have fun Twitterverse. #UFC152 #CheapSeatTimeline

6:56 - @GetEducatedMMA - Sick armbar #UFC152

7:02 - @IvanArbour -@BlondAmbitionTO: Hey, Matt Hughes. There’s a dead gazelle in the octagon – want a picture?? #UFC152” @mitc

7:03 - @AlexGuccione - It really sucks how the U.K gets to watch #UFC152 and all other ppv’s totally free. #Jealous

7:05 - @CAC0605 - If Jones beats Belfort he will have defeated every active former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. And in order…#UFC152

7:09 - @iam_joshd - wow Boston Pizza making ppl pay a cover charge for #UFC152…that’s new and silly

7:12 - @SweatnqBullets - Am I the only one that thinks Cub looks like the lead singer from Linkin Park? #UFC152

Cub Swanson def. Charles Oliveira by KO at 2:40 of Round 1

7:15 - @MMAdamMartin - OMG! ONE PUNCH KO FOR CUB SWANSON!! #UFC152

7:17 - @Bennessy - Wow! KO of the night ! #UFC152

7:19 - @Beanpole_Brian - Olivera went down with a Glass Joe face #PunchOut “@dukeroufus: I am going with Cub superior Boxing #ufc152”

7:19 - ‏@danawhite - Holy Shit!! Crazy KO! He’s a tough kid too

7:20 - @danawhite - His brain said “hey! Legs! Are u crazy!!”

7:22 - @SoperRadio - Its almost as if Oliveria stopped time for a second and thought “yeah, that definitely hurt, I’m done with this” and crumbled. Weird#UFC152

7:24 - @rockman182 - DMX. That’s a great walkout anthem. #UFC152

7:27 - @Scream13 - Tito Ortiz knows how to beat up deaf people..he’s the people champ ya know..

7:28 - @JasonNawara - Matt Hamill passed Bones Jones in the hallway before the fight and whispered to him: ‘sixteen….and one’

7:30 - @B4buS - Boing the deaf guy… #fail #UFC152

7:31 – @carlinbardsley - matt hamill is the deaf diaz

7:33 - @mmaencyclopedia - “Roger! Nobody can hold you down Roger!” Hollett’s corner, with a comical level of enthusiasm. Were they watching that round?

7:34 - @HMcEvansoneya - Hamill’s got him down, please finish the fight this time and put this dismal bout out of its misery #ufc152

7:36 - @DAsharpshooters - Cant tell if these guys are gassed or really effing terrible fighters.#UFC152

7:38 - @tedgruber - Even Dan Miragliotta is falling asleep. #ufc152

7:39 - @luisjgomez - Hammill looks like Steve Guttenberg in The Boyfriend School (before he beats cancer) #UFC152

7:40 - @NotAirJordan - @danawhite can u cut both these guys cause this shit sucks or at least put them on the Facebook prelims #UFC152

7:42 - @KdubPeterson - #matthamil officially holds the record for the most boring “wrestler” fights in the UFC #UFC152

Matt Hamill def. Roger Hollett by Unanimous Decision (29-28,30-27,30-27)

7:47 - @ChuckMindenhall - Weird card for Hamill to be on. He beat Bisping (and lost) and lost to Jones (and won). And here he appears as the opening act for them.

7:49 - @Sivits97 - I hope bisbing gets his face kicked in. #UFC152

7:51 - @GritAndMettle - If this fight sucks it will be Bisping’s fault just want to get that on record before we start here. #UFC152

7:52 - @DaveFarra - Bisping is NOT getting booed. At all. Perhaps the commonwealth will serve him well after all. #UFC152

7:56 - @Fightnomics - @BrianStann is the hardest hitter at #UFC152 with 8 knockdowns. Never underestimate a Naval Academy graduate & Silver Star winner @UFC

7:59 - @mauroranallo - Stann stuffs Bisping’s first takedown attempt midway through the first round.

8:00 - @benfowlkesMMA - Okay, we’re even on groin kicks. Can we move on to dueling eye pokes now?

8:01 - @MattHeavyMMA - @MMAjunkieDann Missed sponsorship opportunities galore. Gotta have that “Corn Nuts Low Blow of the Night” at some point

8:02 - @CrooklynMMA - Damn, that was a crusher. Hope Mike can shake that off.

8:03 - @danawhite - Stann had him hurt at the end of round 1

8:05 - @MikeBohnMMA - Very nice sweep by Brian Stann. What a powerful man. #UFC152

8:06 - @mmahotstuff - It’s cute bisping thinks the top of the cage is his personal handle!#PlayFair #UFC152

8:08 - @ItsMikeFagan - Bisping finishes two takedowns. Goldberg declares the Brits can wrassle.

8:11 - @Kyle_Chris_MMA - Bisping and Stann are fighting and Rogan and Goldberg are talking Weidman

8:12 - @kennyflorian - Bisping jab is actually the winning tech for him. It’s opening up all his combos & takedowns for him. Bisping is a technician. #ufc152

8:14 - @colemillerATT - Two grown men next 2me talking about a 20 year old qb being tired while Stann & bisping going at it@ufc should I take care of these clowns

Michael Bisping def. Brian Stann by Unanimous Decision (29-28,29-28,29-28)

8:17 - @MMAQuick - I could make a 30 min montage of Bisping fouls inside of the octagon

8:19 - ‏@AcostaIsLegend - Bisping connects with with 79% of his strikes to get past Stann’s right hand in 15 minute contest via unanimous decision at #UFC152.#MMA

8:23 - @UFC_Australia - Is everyone excited for the next fight? History will be made with the first UFC Flyweight Champion crowned! #UFC152

8:23 - @DiegoSanchezUFC - @bjpenndotcom you better whoop up on that wack ass@rorymacdonald or I will come up to 170 anda do home iñ

8:24 - @FightJobs - He looked like Clark Kent….RT @BrandonfrmNJ: Rory McDonald had a disguise on to hide from the WADA testers!

8:25 - @KevinI - All right, this is one I am REALLY looking forward to: Mighty Mouse Johnson against Joe B? Tough call on a pick. I go Joe B. How about you?

8:25 - @DerekBrunsonMMA - Mighty Mouse uses his ear to pick up Wifi signals when playing XBox 360 #UFC152

8:27 - @chunkylow - I think that naming this division flyweight, is the UFC’s nice way of saying the pint size division.They’d whoop me tho hahaha.#UFC152

8:28 - @davidbix - Matt Hume has been teaching Mighty Mouse how he learned to avoid the Northern Lights Suplex after Ken Shamrock caught him with it #UFC152

8:29 - @KenTheGreat1 - It’s hilarious how hard the cameras have to work to find DJ and Benavidez in a crowd of people.

8:31 - @AlienwareMMA - I think D.Johnson just busted out the lawnmower …. way to move it.

8:35 - @MaZZM - This flyweight title fight is the reason why I bought this ppv

8:36 - @Shannon_Clare - These guys are like blink n you miss em quick!

8:36 - @LouGaudinotUFC - Mighty mouse moving like machida!

8:37 - @jordanbreen - 10-9 Johnson to open. Defensive wrestling shutting down Benavidez and he is landing the counter right. Fairly even sledding, though.

8:39 - @The_Lutfi - They just put up an ad for Silva vs. Bonnar…guess they were serious about making that the headliner #UFC153

8:41 - @MMAdamMartin - 10-10 round for me. 20-19 Benavidez overall. Super close and I can’t pick a winner. This fight is definitely going to the judges.#UFC152

8:44 - @TheFlyingKneeTO - Benavidez’s corner should be urging Benavidez more and not simply assuring him that he is up those rounds.

8:46 - @GamblingFury - Demetrious Johnson was +220 before the fight but is currently -250 in live betting. Line completely switched.

8:47 - @BigSexyMcCorkle - The standard octagon is too big for 125 lbers to fight in. Get a stop sign and wrap some chicken wire around it

8:48 - @davedoylemma - Close round, giving this one to JoeB. 29-28 Johnson.

8:50 - @mauroranallo - Benavidez secures the guillotine choke from mount.Johnson struggling to defend.

8:50 -@KevinI - Joe had a choke in, DJ fought it and then DJ went for a leg lock

8:52 - @TJDeSantis - If you don’t like flyweights we can’t be friends.

8:53 - @UFCONFOX - Round 4 just got real with these guys #UFC152

8:54 – @DanaWhite – Mighty Mouse looks AMAZING tonight!

8:55 - @smoogymma - 40-39 Benavidez on my card going into R5. R4 = Round of the Year candidate

8:56 - @Shannon_Clare - Like i said. Pocket rockets!

8:57 - @CraigLyus - How many 125ers does the UFC have on its roster? This pair could end up in a 10-fight series.

8:58 - @SpencerLazara - Mighty Mouse taking round 5 decively

9:00 - @James_Brydon - Have no idea who won, but one thing’s for sure. The flyweights will NEVER headline a UFC PPV after tonight.

Demetrious Johnson def. Joseph Benavidez by Split Decision (48-47,47-48,49-46)

9:02 - @jordanbreen - As said, though, I have seen people with 49-46 Benavidez and so forth. I am ready for bath salt-level scorecards. Let us all hope for sanity

MAIN EVENT TIME!!!

9:14 -@FightOdds - #UFC152 Closing Odds: Jon Jones -1000 vs Vitor Belfort +700#mma #betting @UFC #LightHeavyWeightTitle

9:15 - @MikeChiappetta - Demetrious Johnson is the 8th underdog to win tonight. What a night. Can Vitor join them? #UFC152

9:16 - @FollowTheMenace - If anyone is wondering where bam bam bigalow has been he just escorted Jon jones out on his left

9:18 – @carlinbardsley – bones gets a better reaction than i expected. most overheard statement: “i love this song”

9:22 - @mauroranallo - Thunderous “Vitor!” chant again.

9:23 - @SpencerLazara - OMG that was so close. I wonder if Jones’ arm is hurt at all

9:23 - @paliontology - My heart just sped up to 180BPM there and it’s not cause I’m a fat dude. Whoa #UFC152

9:25 - @johnalessio79 - Jones elbows are like machetes!

9:25 - @UnfilteredMMA - Wow Vitor! That’s the closest Jones has come to losing

9:28 - @tedgruber - Vitor needs to pull out his Ric Flair more than ever. #ufc152

9:30 - @CagedInsider - Weird. Belfort staying on the outside, in Jones’ range, exactly as he said he wouldn’t.

9:31 - @KenTFoss - Old Vitor is back. He’s getting picked apart by a 4th grader TKD kick…

9:33 - @mmahotstuff - Dear vitor submit early. Submit often. Repeat. #MakeHimTap#UFC152

9:35 - @TJDeSantis - Is Vitor hurt or did he bait him to the floor?

9:36 - @rianscalia- The problem everyone has when they fight Jones is that they fight scared and don`t commit to offense and getting in his face

9:39 -@asianmmadotcom - The brilliant Jon Jones can’t pass Vitor Belfort’s guard. Belfort is an amazing fighter.

9:40 - @kevvur - I’m jealous of #Belfort‘s traps

9:41 - @tedgruber - Jones wins via kimura. #ufc152

9:42 - @JoshGrossESPN - Vitor Belfort taps to a Kimura. Big leverage and proper technique by Jon Jones, who retains his UFC light heavyweight championship.

Jon Jones def. Vitor Belfort by Submission (Americana) at 0:54 of Round 4

That does it for a gruelling night of action at UFC 152. Thanks for joining us for the first ever #CheapSeatTimeline

Today is a day that is going to go down in UFC history, as the day UFC 151 was cancelled.

Dana White announced today during a special media conference call that Dan Henderson was injured and forced to withdraw from his main event title fight with Jon Jones. The only man to step up, according to White, was former middleweight contender Chael Sonnen. Unfortunately, Jon Jones declined the fight with Sonnen, stating he would not face him on 8 days notice. One hour prior to the conference call, White made up his mind and had cancelled the entire UFC 151 card.

This may not be worrisome for the main event fighters, such as Jon Jones and Dan Henderson, as they make enough money to last them until their next fight. However, the undercard fighters needed these fights in order to pay the bills.

Lets start from the top and move our way down.

Eddie Yagin who was supposed to fight on the main card against Dennis Siver summed it all up in a simple tweet.

Thiago Tavares obviously didn’t realize his bout with Dennis Hallman was even cancelled.

Using Google Translate, his tweet stated, “Sparring with amigos.Time united and very strong workout!”

Shortly after, his opponent Dennis Hallman reacted to the days situation.

Moving to the preliminary card, the fighters seemed to react a tad bit heavier.

Danny Castillo who was set to go toe-to-toe with Michael Johnson even took to Twitter to borrow some money.

Jeff Hougland used sarcasm and humor to get himself through the day.

Tim Means wanted to thank his fans and understood what was going on, as everything seems to happen for a reason.

One man who blamed Jon Jones personally, was Abel Trujillo. Trujillo was set to make his UFC debut against Tim Means.

Former TUF contestant, Daron Cruickshank was ready for battle and he will stay positive.

As if pay cheques weren’t enough, Shane Roller made it clear that he had other expenses that had already been paid as well.

Kyle Noke was set to square off with Charlie Brenneman in the first fight on the preliminary card. Both these guys seemed to be quite devastated by the news.

Brenneman says it right there. It sucks for all the families, friends and fans that had already planned on making the trip to UFC 151. We can see from the fighters perspective that they are truly upset.

It’s unfortunate that a whole card was cancelled because of ONE MAN!

(Photo by Al Bello/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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Seemingly overnight twitter has grown rapidly and enormously – Beginning as a small-time social media tool to combat the issues with social media juggernauts Facebook and Myspace it has grown into arguably the most useful tool at your fingertips.

With over 350 million users online it gives a mainstream star the opportunity to converse with their fans while giving them the chance to keep up with their lives and voice their opinion on the hot points of discussion inside their Twittersphere.

Unfortunately, with the good also comes the bad – When a star with millions of users following them is frustrated or has had a few too many drinks and should be sleeping it off decides to log into twitter, that’s when things take a turn for the worse.

Muhammed Lawal, more prominently referred to as “King Mo” went before the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) due to a positive test for a banned substance after his one-sided beat down on Lorenz Larkin.

As most expected to happen, the American Kickboxing Academy standout was fined $39,000 and slapped with a nine month suspension from competition.

But the real action began after he left the room, within minutes he was typing away on his smart phone sending a tweet out to his 16,571 followers calling NSAC commissioner Pat Ludvall a “racist bitch”.

Issues arose during the conference when Ludvall asked Lawal if he “speaks or writes English” despite being seven minutes into the meeting where the college graduate had been speaking.

Whether or not her comments were race related or not are unknown, in fairness the question was likely to establish on the record that he had a full understanding of what was going on during the proceedings but I can understand Lawal getting upset from this statement.

His now-deleted tweet in return got him released from his deal with Zuffa, LLC the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Strikeforce.

But Lawal is not the first person to ruffle a few feathers from their statements made in 140 characters or less, Bryan Caraway threatened to beat up a woman, both Miguel Torres and Forrest Griffin have sent out tweets making light of women being raped and Tito Ortiz even showed the world his junk.

Even at the top of the food chain UFC President Dana White is hardly a saint on social media, blasting fans who disagree with his comments or calling female MMA journalist Loretta Hunt a “dumb bitch”.

With all of this commotion it’s clear that a strict code of conduct needs to be put in place to stop idiocy plaguing social media – At this stage there is no cement rules on what combatants can or cannot say on social media sites.

UFC hold the annual Fighter Summit each year which holds classes encouraging their fighters to responsibly use twitter but is that enough? Without a consistent set of guidelines it’s worth nothing.

Both the NBA and NFL have done their part to stop inappropriate uses of social media with a few simple rules and consequences that don’t allow their players to tweet during games or within certain times before and after.

Now more than ever the UFC is encouraging their fighters to be on twitter with financial benefits for doing so, all that we need now are some ground rules.

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Earlier this year, during their fighter summit, the UFC announced that they would be handing out award money for social networking. The fighters would be split into different categories based on how many Twitter followers they currently had.

Today the UFC handed out $5,000 to several fighters who fit into those categories for this quarter. Winners would be based on who had gained the most followers since the start of the quarter, who gained the highest percentage of new followers and who wrote the most creative tweets.

Thanks to MMAFighting.com for the breakdown:

Most followers:
Anderson Silva
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Demian Maia
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos

Highest percentage of growth in followers:
Anderson Silva
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Demian Maia
Paulo Thiago

Most creative:
Forrest Griffin
Joe Lauzon
Ben Henderson
Joseph Benavidez