Issue 083
December 2011
“I’ve seen [Jon Jones] get pushed in practice and I’ve seen him be very human and not as good as he looks on TV. I’ve seen that there’s times where he looks great in practice but there’s times where I’ve seen him quit in practice.”
The former number-one contender for Jon Jones’ light heavyweight belt, Rashad Evans believes he has the key to defeating his old training partner
“I almost turned my Twitter off at one point. [Muhammed] ‘King Mo’ Lawal turned his off and then turned it on again. Think about the UFC fights. People know where the hotel is. They’re waiting in the lobby taking pictures. They’re going to lose that if they keep being so threatening.”
Former UFC favorite Gerald Harris explains how anonymous internet haters just might ruin it for everyone
“Think about this: when we bought this thing it wasn’t allowed on pay-per-view. Porn is on pay-per-view. This was not allowed on pay-per-view. Now we just signed a [TV] deal, 10 years later, with the biggest network in America.”
Dana White makes a startling comparison while speaking to the Huffington Post
“Some medications are limited, as you know, but Anderson [Silva] is in a state of medical legitimacy because I don’t think that Midol is prohibited, nor are chocolate or Gerard Butler movies… I can’t remember the last time that he didn’t say he was hurt for a match, and it’s starting to alienate the fight fans. So he should take care of himself when he’s suffering, or else the public will be stuck with the same unengaging fights and lackluster victories until he either dies or finally hits menopause.”
A scathing jibe from Chael Sonnen to nemesis and UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva
“So I’m randomly watching Michael Jackson’s doctor trial and as soon as I say, ‘This is boring,’ a fire alarm goes off. I’m pretty sure I did that with my mind.”
Great, so now Phil ‘Mr Wonderful’ Davis has shoulder width rivaling an albatross’s wingspan and he can use psychokinesis? Come on, give people a chance, Phil!
“I had major surgery after the [Georges St Pierre] fight. The doctors told me that I took the punch right in the eyeball, and what happens when the eye takes a direct impact is the bone explodes and drops down in order to stop the pressure to the eye resulting in an exploding eyeball.”
The epic inner workings of UFC welterweight Josh Koscheck’s face after champion Georges St Pierre broke his orbital bone with a jab in December 2010
“All I wanted to ever do was be a ninja. I used to collect swords and nunchucks and have ninja stars on me while I was at school, little bull darts and bowstaffs and all types of stuff like that – but they were really just broomsticks. Every Halloween I was a ninja growing up. That’s all I ever wanted to do was just be Tong Po from Kickboxer... And now I can make a living as an adult doing something I’ve always wanted to do.”
UFC heavyweight Pat Barry – who’d probably struggle to fit his supersize leg pythons into a ninja’s petite stealth pajamas
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