Fightweets: Are the new UFC belts really that bad?

@ufc, TwitterIt’s the dawn of a new era in the UFC, as UFC Brooklyn kicks off the company’s five-year deal with ESPN. And you guys want to talk ... title belts? Alrighty then. Let’s have at it.

New UFC belt design

@Kristian_Ibarra: Is all the hate on the new belt warranted?

Nah. Look, there are few bigger feeding frenzies on social media than when, well, anyone decided to change the design of anything that’s been around awhile. A major website changes their design? Out comes the pitchfork mob. A team changes their uniform colors or logo? Out comes Comic Book Guy to declare “Worst Uniforms Ever.” And so on. When was the last time a major design format of some sort was changed and people went…