Issue 076
June 2011
“Fedor definitely was an expensive item, but I think he added value to Strikeforce and the brand name Strikeforce as a company. I think he was well worth it and he helped build the company to where it was.”
Scott Coker reflects on the Fedor Emelianenko price tag rumored to have financially damaged Strikeforce
“Rashad and I have a lot in common: we’re both young, African-American men with families, we both like to sing and have fun, we’re both elite MMA fighters, I mean we have a lot in common… We’re not animals, we’re friends and we’re people, we’re human beings. I just would hate to have to fight my own teammate. I would never want to.”
Weeks before his UFC 205lb title win, Jon Jones (who will square off with Rashad Evans) explains his reasoning behind not wanting to fight ‘Suga’
“I don’t really like [Dominick Cruz] very much. You keep hearing about it because everybody keeps asking about it. The bottom line is I think the guy kind of chose me as an enemy, and I accept.”
Happy-go-lucky UFC bantamweight star Urijah Faber is no fan of 135lb belt holder Dominick Cruz
“This disaster has caused massive damage to Japan. All we can do right now is to encourage people by harnessing the collective power of fight sports fans… We are not giving up! We know we have to keep moving forward. We will do our best to make it. So please stick by us, and support us.”
A heartfelt appeal from Sadaharu Tanikawa president of FEG, owner of Japanese promotion Dream
“You know who Judas is? That interview was some backstabbing s**t. But now it’s like, ‘Whatever,’ because now I know the game he is playing. Then for Greg to sit back and say he doesn’t want to have anything to do with it. Why not? You f**king created the situation. Be his coach and be in his corner. That’s what you want so do it. I don’t care if he coaches against me. It doesn’t even matter.”
UFC light heavyweight number-one contender Rashad Evans’ emotional retort after Jon Jones said he would fight Evans if he had to
“I’m amazed when [UFC matchmaker] Joe Silva puts these fights together. I look at them and go, ‘That’s a good fight!’ Joe’s like a kid with a box of action figures... ‘What shall we have today? Let’s have Superman fight Batman.’ ”
Marshall Zelaznik, UFC managing director of international development, gazes with envy and awe at Joe Silva’s sandpit
“At his age and with the wars he’s been in, to see how he gets in there with these heavyweights now that are bigger, stronger and younger than he is – and he still holds his own – it’s a testament to what a great fighter that guy was in his prime. I have all respect for Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ but I’d have to say tonight is probably the last time we’ll see Cro Cop fight.”
Dana White leads MMA legend Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ to the gallows
“My mind is officially blown.”
Strikeforce middleweight Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller gives an update on the state of his cerebral cortex after Strikeforce joined the UFC under the Zuffa umbrella
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