Issue 078
August 2011
“I watch hockey and rugby; anything that has a remote chance of breaking out into a fight. Which is exactly why I stopped watching Georges.”
Chael Sonnen was not impressed by Georges St Pierre’s UFC 129 performance.
“I have to admit – and he knows it, he’s gonna have to admit it pretty soon too – I was right. I was right and he was wrong. Here’s what you don’t do in the fight business: you don’t sit out and say, ‘I’m gonna wait for the title shot. I’m gonna sit out for a year and wait till this guy, who just blew his knee out, heals.’ That’s insane.”
It’s ‘I told you so…’ from UFC president Dana White to former light heavyweight number-one contender Rashad Evans.
“I’m 46 and the body’s breaking down. Fighting was a dream, and I lived the dream. Looking back on it, all these guys out there, these young guys, you’re going to look back and realize you were living a dream. Is it tough? Heck yeah, it’s a tough way to make a living. But it was great.”
UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman reflects on a life less ordinary.
“I’ll tell you one thing: I’m not retiring. This isn’t the end of my fight career. This is something that I believe in my strong faith that there’s a solution to every problem. I just have to find the right solution to fix this problem.”
Brock Lesnar reminds the Internet that pulling out of a fight due to diverticulitis is not code for ‘I quit’.
“I got back to the corner and realized Duff Holmes, my coach, was going crazy at me… Even though I couldn’t hear the expletives he was shouting at me, I could pick up his mood and emotions. I then ran out for the next round and stopped Reese Andy (UFC 92, 2008). I just needed somebody to pull that inner animal out of me. Once it’s out there, nobody can stop me.”
What type of animal resides within Matt Hamill, ‘The Hammer’ didn’t reveal.
“Love Angry Birds so much I’m going to make a similar app with female dogs instead: Angry Bitches.”
Kenny Florian, UFC featherweight turned canine-game developer.
“I find myself kind of sad that Osama Bin Laden is dead. I have fantasized about killing him almost as much as zombies... I will have to find a replacement.”
Former US serviceman and current Strikeforce middleweight Tim Kennedy has an itchy trigger finger.
“With Osama Bin Laden dying so too does my time-proven commentary line, ‘He’s proving harder to catch than Osama Bin Laden.”
The English-speaking fight caller for Sengoku and Dream, Michael Schiavello whips on his thinking cap for some new and equally absurd metaphors.
