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THURSDAY 8/28 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:
-Anthony “Rumble” Johnson called out Alexander Gustafsson on Wednesday night, telling the Swede that the UFC thinks the fight makes sense, the fans want to see it, and there aren't any other sensible opponents for either of them right now. See his comments with further analysis on that possible fight on our mobile site at MMATorch.com in your phone or tablet browser.
-UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman doesn't think Luke Rockhold should fight Michael Bisping. He said this week that the Lyoto Machida fight makes more sense, and Bisping doesn't deserve a fight close to a title bout like that at this point. More of Weidman's comments with further thoughts on the mobile site.
-A light heavyweight bout between Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante and Ovince St. Preux is set for a UFC Fight Night event in Brazil on Nov. 8, the UFC announced this week. Get more on that fight and both fighters on the mobile site now.
-Head to the mobile site to check out a new behind the scenes video of UFC 175 in Dana White's UFC 177 video blog.
-Speaking of UFC 177, our morning poll today asked readers for predictions on pay-per-view buys for Saturday's event. Most expect that card to at least break the 100,000 barrier, and perhaps surprisingly 45% believe it will get past 200,000 buys.
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!
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