I grew up reading both Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser when they were columnists for The Washington Post. While Kornheiser has no special insights into sports, he's a great writer and his articles were always amusing. On the other hand, I held Wilbon in high regard as he discussed the Redskins, his hometown Bulls (who featured a certain Michael Jordan at the time), and generally looked at sports from a responsible social angle.

So, it was no surprise to me that the two were paired up on PTI on ESPN, a show which I generally enjoy. However, I've begun losing respect for Wilbon as he opens his yapper about a sport which he clearly knows nothing about: MMA. While I expect Kornheiser to be stupid with his MMA-related comments, I was taken aback by Wilbon's thoughts when he decided to weigh in on the Kimbo-Petruzelli controversy on last night's show.

I've looked for video of that segment on ESPN.com but haven't been able to find any so far. But, AOL Fanhouse has a partial transcript of Wilbon's discussion with fill-in Dan Le Batard.

"That was a more phantom punch than Ali had to knock out Liston in that fight in 1965," Wilbon said of Petruzelli knocking Kimbo to the canvas. "Kimbo Slice, your boy, is a fraud."

During a brief look-in on the next commercial break, Wilbon said, "I don't know what Kimbo's ties are. Kimbo still could have taken a dive while others are trying to prop him up. He could have gotten paid."

While these comments are damning, what AOL Fanhouse did not include in its transcript are Wilbon's statements about MMA fans. He called us "sycophants" who don't care whether the fight was fixed or not.

Wilbon, how dare you presume to know what we think. MMA fans are more sick about all these accusations than you could ever imagine. You know why? Because an incident like this gives mainstream, ratings-whoring dolts like you an opportunity to spout your venom and showcase your ignorance to the masses and unfortunately damage the sport even more.