Issue 075
May 2011
“I’m ranked fourth in the UFC at 170... Alphabetically, anyway.”
UFC welterweight Charlie ‘The Spaniard’ Brenneman channels Big Bird from Sesame Street
“I don’t know if I’ll sign another contract with the UFC… I’d have to talk to my wife. I’d have to talk to Dana. I wouldn’t call it a retirement. It wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility for me to fight two or three times. I have said I’m going to fight one more time for the last three fights. I’ve meant it. I really have.”
Matt Hughes – no good at goodbyes
“I rushed to declare my retirement. I will fight more. Possibly, I will return to the heavyweight grand prix. I am capable of having a few more fights. I didn’t make any analysis yet on why I lost. I need to recover; I can’t see very well yet.”
A broken and bruised Fedor Emelianenko looks optimistically toward the future – with his one good eye
“I struck [Anderson Silva] more times than Quasimodo struck the church bell at Notre Dame. I hit him so many times that I stopped fighting because my fists bouncing off his melon were ringing so loudly that it sounded like a bell, and I thought that the round, and the fight, were over. Actually, that’s not true – I actually stopped out of mercy and boredom.”
Say what you will about Chael Sonnen, the guy’s a walking quote machine
“Fedor always comes back in the third but he didn’t get a chance to [against ‘Bigfoot’]. As far as a retirement, you know how that goes. People get very emotional during a fight and we’ll see. My position is, we have many more fights with Fedor and he’ll honor his contract.”
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker does his best to calm the fears of Fedor nation after ‘The Last Emperor’s doctor stoppage loss
“I love this sport. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t enjoy this. I could definitely do something else, but this is who I am and this is who I want to be.”
The rumored demise of Brock Lesnar’s MMA career has been greatly exaggerated
“If I could pick out of everybody, I’d like to face Josh Barnett. He rubbed me the wrong way. He doesn’t talk to people. He’s a little bit arrogant; he never says, ‘Hi.’ Never shakes a hand. I think that even though we’re fighters and fighting each other, we need to be friendly with each other. Arlovski’s the same way, but he’s already taken care of.”
Fedor-toppling Strikeforce heavyweight tournament participant Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva doesn’t like the cut of Josh Barnett’s jib
