MONCTON, Canada – All is fair in love and war, it’s been said – and, in the strange, marvellous era of social media, the same can be said for MMA matchmaking. That’s why it’s no surprise when fighters jaw at each other through Twitter handles, whether it’s to facilitate fights or hype pre-existent ones. And it’s not really that surprising, either, when the same fighters who were at each other’s online throats will later tell you they’re actually fine with each other. That’s been the case with Elias Theodorou and Eryk Anders . Between fights booked and unbooked with other opponents, and previously unfulfilled expectations of a bout between the two, there were some words exchanged on Twitter. But not too long afterward, shortly before he stepped up to face Thiago Santos, Anders told MMAjunkie that the beef with Theodorou was not personal
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