Joe Brolly's Twitter notifications will have been a mixed bag after his column on MMA 7 years ago

Joe Brolly's Twitter notifications will have been a mixed bag after his column on MMA

As always Joe Brolly has got people talking.

His Sunday Independent column reacting to the death of Joao Carvalho following an MMA fight in Dublin last weekend has divided opinion.

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Many seem to agree with the Sunday Game pundit's view that the sport - along with professional boxing - should be outlawed.

However others were enraged by his depiction of MMA and the insinuation that Conor McGregor -who attended the fight that cost Carvalho his life - was insensitively cheering as the young Portuguese man suffered.

Particularly as McGregor, when interviewed after the fight, expressed the opinion he thought it could have been stopped earlier.

Others were put out by the fact the column largely discussed boxing but condemned MMA.

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Lots of people were wholeheartedly behind the controversial columnist.

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Just as many people were really, really angry.

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But it was the opening remarks about McGregor "beating his chest" that attracted most ire.

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