Issue 068
October 2010
“Hughes is a legend. If I do half of what he has accomplished I will be happy, but he is not above being analyzed. Sorry Hughes fans, it’s part of the game.”
Rashad Evans defends his labeling Matt Hughes’ fighting style antiquated
“I believe [male vs female fights] wouldn’t be that competitive, but every now and then there is a special athletic woman that can compete with men in fighting. I believe Cris [‘Cyborg’] is one of them. Can she be competitive if she fought in the WEC? Yes, she could. Would she be champ? If I knew the answer to that I’d be a billionaire and I wouldn’t be fighting.”
KJ Noons talks about the capabilities of training partner, and dominant female fighter, Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos
“When you have an anxiety problem, everything gets to you. Why’s the door closed? Why are the curtains open? You have to learn to control it. If anyone is ever in my shoes, they’ll never judge me over what happened with the UFC.”
Karo Parisyan talks about the panic attacks that culminated in his firing from the UFC
“I don’t really need much time to prepare. It’s not like Gomi’s got anything spectacular about him.”
Famous last words from Tyson Griffin who’s now well acquainted with the knockout power of the Japanese lightweight after their UFC on Versus 2 bout
“When they’re talking smack I think it looks bad for the sport and sets a bad example. I don’t want this sport to become pro wrestling where we have to do monologues where we talk about how we’re going to beat somebody up. My previous fights should be enough to hype my next fight.”
Dustin Hazelett bucks the UFC’s recent pre-fight trash talk trend
“Anybody who is a full-time fighter is a full-time lazy guy. What do we workout for? Three hours a day? I’ve got a two-hour session with Team Quest and a one-hour session on my own each day. That’s three hours a day. I’ve got friends who spend more time playing golf.”
Chael Sonnen’s world tour of sound bites continues
“It’s devastating. I can’t sugar coat it, my heart’s broken. I came in with the silver medal. I wrestled for a world championship, I came in second. I fought in the WEC for a world championship, I came in second. Now I’ve fought in the UFC and again I’m a runner up. It hurts really bad. I just can’t put it any other way.”
The feelings of Chael Sonnen after coming within 1 minute and 50 seconds of obtaining the UFC middleweight belt
“If a fan is passionate enough about the UFC that he wants to get on my Twitter and tell me that I suck and that I’m horrible and stuff like that, I’m going to give him the respect to respond to him – even if it’s a, ‘Hey, go f**k yourself.’”
Dana White on the importance of Twitter-based democracy
