Brian Stann: UFC Fighter, Twitter Advocate

Former WEC light heavyweight champion and current UFC fighter Brian Stann listens to the fans.

A big advocate of Twitter, the "All-American," who has more than 800 followers, says he owes everything he has to the fans and they deserve every bit of what little he can offer.

"I'm trying man, I'm trying," he said of his recent Twittering accolades.

"Some of it's forced, but I try not to go too much into politics on my Twitter because I don't want to upset people, but I'm getting there.

"This sport -- anybody that's in it, were only going to last so long," said Stann.

"We're really the lucky ones that we even get to do it. We put up with some stuff, we got some smack talked about us, but they're really the best fans in the world that follow us on this thing and that pay attention to this sport and its fun," he added.

"It's fun to respond back to them. It's fun to keep them updated. I'm just really honored that anyone is that interested in my career that they would follow me and I really thank them for that.

"The sport has blown up. I used to leave my WEC fight, go to Lucky's and have a bite to eat and meet 10-15 people that came and were rooting for me during the fight and that was great to spend 15 minutes with them. But now, being in the UFC, the sport has gotten so big," said the 29-year-old Marine.

"You hit the lobby of the hotel and there's just a lot of people there and I think it's part of our job to stop and talk to those fans. The ticket prices are so high that people save all year long to watch us fight and that means a lot to them and they deserve that.

"We're not better than any one of them and they're basically paying our salaries. So they're paying for that time with you and you better give it to them."

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