UFC 223's Felice Herrig puts home newspaper on blast for erroneous pic of Cortney Casey

Here’s the thing: There’s a ton of stuff that goes into a daily newspaper. The good folks who work there, generally speaking, get about 99.9 percent of them right.

That’s a ridiculously high percentage, and most people aren’t that level of near-perfect in their day-to-day jobs. But newspapers are held to a higher standard, and when something is off, it gets noticed.

UFC strawweight Felice Herrig, a Chicagoland native and resident, recently got a mention in the Chicago Tribune when she booked her next fight. There was a problem, though, and Herrig put the paper on blast on her Instagram account.

Instead of a mug of Herrig to go with a notebook-style story on Herrig (13-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and her upcoming fight against Karolina Kowalkiewicz (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC), the Trib used a mug of Cortney Casey, whom Herrig beat in at UFC 218 in Detroit in December.

“Hey @chicagotribune ….” Herrig posted, “next time you decide to put me in the paper maybe you could use a photo of me instead of my opponent. Thank you.”

Hey @chicagotribune …. next time you decide to put me in the paper maybe you could use a photo of me instead of my opponent. Thank you

A post shared by Felice Herrig (@feliceherrig) on Jan 28, 2018 at 11:37am PST

Whoops.

(And while we’re at it, Tribune peeps: The phrase is tough “row to hoe,” not “road to hoe.” Ya know, for next time you’re writing about CM Punk.)

Herrig and Kowalkiewicz will throw down at UFC 223, which takes place April 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Herrig will be going after her fifth straight win. If she gets it, hopefully her local paper of record will grab a shot of her to use, not Kowalkiewicz.

For more on UFC 223, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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