Issue 079

September 2011

“You’ve heard me say it for the last almost 11 years, we always support whatever the athletic commission says. This kid got it stuck to him, man. He paid his dues in every way shape and form and I think he’s been treated a bit unfairly.”

Dana White weighs in on Chael Sonnen’s fight license troubles with the California State Athletic Commission stemming from previous legal issues

“I would never bash karate. Karate produced many MMA champions, most notably… um… Then of course, there’s… Wow, I thought this would be easier.”

Chael Sonnen uses his Twitter account to permanently eradicate his chances of appearing in a Walker Texas Ranger reboot

“When I was a kid, nine years old, I used to think about what it would be like to fight in the UFC. Now I’m fighting in the cage, I’m on TV, I’ve got Bruce Buffer in the middle, I’ve got Joe Rogan interviewing me – it’s a surreal experience.”

Chris Cope ‘Wooo!’ from TUF 13 ‘Wooo!’ gets high on life ‘Wooo!’ See, Chris, annoying isn’t it?

“I hope I can get both belts. It would be a dream come true. Everyone wants to know who the best fighter in the world is and they’ll have that chance in the future. If I win both belts, you can be sure I’ll spend at least two months just drinking coconut water and driving jet skis in Paraiba with my family.”

Strikeforce heavyweight tournament participant Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva: a complex man with complex needs

“I have a high threshold for pain, higher than most guys, and I couldn’t deal with it. It felt like I had taken a shotgun blast to the stomach, and then someone poured in some salt and Tabasco and stirred it all up with a nasty pitchfork.”

Brock Lesnar describes his first fight with diverticulitis. Hands down horrific

“It’s probably going to take a knockout or a bad beating to make someone like Randy or someone like me or a couple other fighters that I know in the UFC say, ‘Okay, I can take it. I’ll walk away now.’”

Former UFC title holder BJ Penn’s cold and pragmatic assessment of a veteran fighter’s mindset

“People look at ‘Bones’ Jones as being like their favorite Power Ranger. And their Power Ranger needs to be on because it’s Wednesday night. I think people forget that my name is Jonathan Dwight and I’m very human, and I need to make decisions and choices. Sometimes people aren’t going to going to get their Power Rangers show when they want it and how they want it.”

Few men dare tread the ground of children’s TV analogies, but UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones fears nothing