Well we have been absolutely inundated with e-mails, phone calls, message board comments, etc., with one question, what happened to
BostonThrowdown.com? As many of you know Rich Keefe (of The Sports Brief with
Besse & Keefe) works for 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, MA. The station decided to dedicate some time to the world of
MMA with a group of knowledgeable fight fans and gave them a section on the 985thesportshub.com website, entitled Boston
Throwdown, which could be visited by simply going to
BostonThrowdown.com. They had/have a twitter page (@
BostonThrowdown) and
facebook fan page. It was really taking off. Tens if not dozens of people had heard of the site and even considered checking it out.
However sometime last month the CBS owned 98.5 The Sports Hub website changed formats to become
CBSBoston.com, check out
CBSNewYork.com and it's the exact same thing. The new look site is strictly dedicated to local stories. Therefore an
MMA section devoted to the
UFC,
Strikeforce, DREAM,
Bellator, etc., was not in the cards. Boston
Throwdown could have been saved but the 4 writers did not want change the concept and only follow the small up-and-coming fighters and even smaller events in the greater Boston area.
It is not a shot at the small shows, everyone has to start somewhere, but for the purposes of the website it just didn't make sense. We are sorry if
BostonThrowdown was one of your destinations for
MMA news and opinions, but rest assure that
Besse and Keefe will continue to keep mixed-martial-arts on their agenda right here at The Brief.