Issue 064

July 2010

“I know Fedor’s afraid to fight no man on this planet and you know he will fight anybody.” Scott Coker 

“Most people think the rules are the biggest issue when you transition from Pride to the UFC, but to me, the space was the biggest problem. Because the Pride ring used to be six meters square [20 sq ft] and the cage is huge, the dimensions are different, the movement, the stance.” 

Shogun

“He asked me at one point to go to the ground with him and I said ‘No, I can’t do that’ and he said, ‘No, no submission attempts, just rest, come to the ground, let’s rest’ and I said, ‘I can’t’ and went back to fighting. Yeah that was a weird match but man I did my part. It takes two to tango – there was only one of us out there.” 

Chael Sonnen on his second fight with Paulo Filho 

“I’ve been so close to reaching certain goals but never really getting there. I was close to a title shot in the UFC, I was close to going through the tournament and getting a shot at Eddie Alvarez. I don’t know if it’s God saying I’m not ready for it yet, or it’s not the road I’m supposed to be on, but all I can do is go back to the gym and keep training hard and keep working. It’s just one of those things I’ll figure out one day.”

Roger Huerta 

“He came out dressed like Apollo Creed. This guy made me laugh. I went up to ESPN with Kenny Florian and Rashad Evans for an interview, and when I came back to do the French broadcast, I couldn’t stop laughing. I couldn’t talk, I was completely out, I was laughing.”  

GSP on Tom Lawlor’s entrance at UFC 113 

“Dear person who took my shopping cart at Target today, I had stuff in it. It was obviously being used. I will find out who you are.” 

Amir Sadollah lets his Twitter followers know not to mess with his shopping cart. 

“It was one of the stupidest things that I had ever seen. Paul’s a very talented young man, he’s got a bright future ahead of him and he was getting his UFC career off to a fantastic start and it’s a shame to see a few seconds of madness ruin such a great potential career. But this is a professional sport and we’re professional sportsmen. You can’t act like that.” 

Michael Bisping on Paul Daley

“I’m no Josh Koscheck fan. Personally, I think he’s [expletive]. We actually don’t get along very well.” Dana White