-Botter claimed during the Overeem mess that a "source" told him Zuffa didn't want to do another show in October due to the staff being overworked. This was obviously bullshit, because Zuffa asked Showtime for a date, and Showtime turned them down for various reasons. I told him either his source was full of shit or he was a liar. Botter later admitted he was wrong, and was mearly speculating.
-Botter claims he was told Overeem asked for his release, and was not fired. If you recall, I mentioned that here. I pressed him on it since I didn't see that reported anywhere else, includng by Botter himself on his own column or blog. Obviously Overeem quitting changes the entire dynamic of the story. He eventually posted an ambiguous Overeem quote from MMA Live as his "proof" Overeem quit.
-Botter claimed the TUF fights were not exhibitions. Obviously that's incorrect. When I called him out, he posted an email he got from Keith Kizer stating that TUF fights haved always been official fights. I said, yeah, well, Kizer is lost too. As a reporter, you should have pressed him on that.
-Botter repeatedly reports fights are "official" according to "sources", and then the fights never happen. Everyone hates me for pointing this out, because now he won't post fight rumors anymore. Thing is, he reports them as fact. That's my issue with him.
-Botter did a blog post on the Overeem situation 2 days after Meltzer put out the WO that covered the same story. It was as close to plagerism as you can get. Same thoughts, same info, same article. I pointed this out and got murdered on the board.
Botter is a geek who recently moved to Vegas and believes everything he hears. Everyone on the board marks out because he's a writer, but to me that means he should be more responsible with what he says. All his stuff has the Zuffa spin. He makes shit up half the time. He sucks.
