LA Kings Reject VIP Offer To ‘UFC on Fox: Shogun vs. Vera’

By Jamie McAllister
This past June the Los Angeles Kings professional hockey team ended a
45-year long championship drought to win their first ever Stanley Cup.
They defeated the New Jersey Devils in six games to become the NHL’s
2011-2012 season champion.

The UFC extended a VIP invitation to the team via the promotions official twitter account.

“We got a VIP ticket with Lord Stanley’s name on it for #UFConFOX at Staples.”

However it seems as though the victory may have gone to the heads of
the LA Kings or at least the heads of the individuals who run the official twitter account.

“Sorry. The cup is only for those who play a real sport.”

The Tweets have since been deleted however they can be viewed here. The tweet was replaced by another.

“We may be busy parading our big shiny trophy around the world.”

The UFC immediately fired back by posting a picture of the seven title holders and the message “Our checking line > your checking line”


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That's fine if you are too busy or don't want to attend a UFC event. However, seems pretty dickheady to respond the way they did. You are going to piss anyone off if you call thier sport "not a real sport".

Yeah who ever runs that twitter account is obviously not an MMA fan.

He is just an idiot.

If you are publically invited to a high profile sporting event on a social medium, to respond "no, because you don't play a real sport", is just being an asshole. Regardless if you are a fan of the sport or not.

Yeah for sure, plus I am sure plenty of the players would have loved to be at that event... especially as VIPs.

It's just funny to me how many people actually get angry and unsettled when MMA is brought up in conversation. I don't mean they simply don't like it or have no interest in it, but get defensive and outraged at the very mention of it, like MMA banged their wife or something. It's weird.

Very professional