Miguel Torres Tells It Like It Is On Twitter

Fighters connecting with their fans via Twitter is one of the newest and most popular ways to stay in touch with the MMA community, and former WEC champion Miguel Torres admits that he was hesitant at first, but now loves it like everyone else.

"I never wanted to be on Twitter and then Ecko, one of my main sponsors, they were like dude you've got to get on Twitter. They're like bro if you just tweet what you're talking about or tweet what you normally would say you'd have so many followers," Torres told MMAWeekly Radio recently.

"At first it was like a joke, and let's see what happens and I just got carried away with it."

A typical "tweet" from Torres could range from training to just his general thoughts on life. For UFC 110, Torres was in rare form Twittering gems like, "Bisping remembered the "Whoomp" but forgot the "there it is." That guillotine was as tight as Bispings a-- hole." and "When Chuck Norris goes to sleep, he wears Wanderlei Silva pajamas."

Always having fun, Torres says that the world is not getting a taste of what it's like to listen to whatever pops in his head.

"I tell you what my brain's pretty crazy and they got me on Twitter and let me put my thoughts on the screen so it's kind of nuts," Torres said.

The WEC's bantamweight star will also be handling guest Twitter duties for the UFC's Twitter page for UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi.

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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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