Issue 084

January 2012

This is your page to tell us what you think of all things Fighters Only and MMA. Get your feelings off your chest where it really matters – in print! Plus, send us your best pictures with your favorite fighters, or with copies of FO, and we’ll print them too. 

REAL TALK

I’ve really enjoyed this series of The Ultimate Fighter, but even though I’m British myself, I’m really rooting for Team Miller. One thing I can’t stand is how people can’t take Mayhem’s jokes and laid-back attitude. Everyone feels the need to act ‘the hard man’ and it’s pathetic. MMA is a sport, it’s not war, and some fighters need to remember that. Miller just likes to speak his mind instead of feeling the need to put a tough-guy act on. What’s so wrong with that? That goes out to a certain group who felt the need to act like yobs a while back.

Jordan Pearson, via email

GO WITH THE ‘FLO’

After observing the fallout from UFC 136 where fans were calling for Kenny Florian to retire after failing to beat José Aldo for the 145lb belt, I have to ask, what planet are these people living on? Fine, a guy gets three title shots in his UFC career and doesn’t win one. Why does that mean a healthy, competitive and interesting fighter should hang up his gloves? It might appear like he’s never going to take a title, and it would be hard to justify giving him a fourth shot (although with fighters frequently falling injured you never know), but the fight game is about two things: winning belts and making money. It might not be sensible to place Florian on another title run but there are still plenty of exciting, dollar-producing fights out there for him. Between the featherweight and lightweight divisions there’s guys like Leonard Garcia, Ben Henderson, Jim Miller, Anthony Pettis, Nam Phan, ‘The Korean Zombie,’ Mark Hominick, Donald Cerrone, Nate Diaz, Evan Dunham, Spencer Fisher or even a Sean Sherk rematch. Just look at a guy like Rich Franklin, he’s been highly entertaining in feature bouts since losing for the second time against Anderson Silva and having the door shut on the 185lb belt. ‘Ken Flo’ might be 35 but there’s plenty of fight left in him yet.

Brendan Adrian, via email

FIGHTER TWEETS

FORREST GRIFFIN (@FORRESTGRIFFIN)

Women dress like sluts on Halloween, that’s a given. Alarming new Vegas trend: dudes dress like sluts on Halloween. Or “straight” guys dress gay.

WANDERLEI SILVA (@WANDFC)

They 15 years ago I made my first MMA fight in 11/1/1996 I am very happy to have chosen this profession because I now have many friends

RONDA ROUSEY (@RONDAROUSEY)

I just spilled hand sanitizer all over my car. I’m confused, does that make my car messier or cleaner?

KENNY FLORIAN (@KENNYFLORIAN)

So my phone has been seeking out people on Facebook and friend requesting them based on my contacts. My phone seriously needs to stop showing off.

MIGUEL TORRES (@MIGUELTORRESMMA)

That awkward moment when you walk through the metal detectors at the airport and your abs of steel set them off.

The posts that caught our eye this month in the online world of Fighters Only

@JayCarlin: Aside from being UFC champion my ultimate career goal is for my family and friends to walk in a shop and see me on the cover of @FightersOnly

Jamie Sheridan: Once a ‘Cro Cop’ fan, always a Cro Cop fan :) War Cro Cop!

@kellyshaunben1: Just got my @FightersOnly delivered! Nice lunchtime reading material! Xxx

Gary McLaughlin: Let’s stop all talk of Frankie going to 145 as he’s king of the lightweight division right now. Huge win after what he went through in round one. Incredible resilience and determination.

@JemmaPalmer: @FightersOnly hey follow me back we have to arrange our shoot etc now I’m out of the big brother UK house x

@leash_b: Where are all these women who said @mayhemmiller’s ass was ‘hot’ in the Nov 2011 issue? Confused with Jason “is an ass”? lol