Issue 057

December 2009

“I am just the type of guy that if I can’t steer the ship, if I can’t be the captain, I would prefer not to be onboard.” 

Marc Dellagrotte on no longer being Kenny Florian’s coach 

“I cannot be 100% right about the reason he is taking so long to solve his issues, but it seems either that the Gummi Berry juice he is taking to give him super powers is [causing] him to avoid fighting here in America, or he is afraid of having no arms to fight with after facing me one more time.” 

Fabricio Werdum on Alistair Overeem 

“I don’t know him personally. He is cocky on TV but that could just be his television persona. I don’t make the fight personal at all. To me he is not ‘cocky Michael Bisping’, he is just a sack of flesh and bones across the Octagon that I am waiting to pound on.”  

Denis Kang 

“Kimbo’s manager kept saying if anybody messes with Kimbo’s beard while he’s sleeping, there’s gonna be some big problems. That was like a big deal in the whole contract negotiation.”  

Dana White

“Rampage is a very sensitive guy, very sensitive, and he gets his feelings hurt pretty easy. That’s one thing I noticed about him through the duration of the show, was that sometimes I would say something to him and it would really, really hurt his feelings.” 

Rashad Evans 

“Lyoto Machida is at the top of my weight class. He has been representing Brazil very well but light heavyweight is very hard. Today he is the champion, but he may lose the title tomorrow. Lyoto has to keep training hard.”  

Ricardo Arona 

 “I know my body well and I’m sure my speed and explosiveness will be good. When I do something seriously I always do it really well, whether it’s strongman competition or MMA.” 

World’s Strongest Man, Marius Pudzianowski, on his upcoming MMA debut   

“I didn’t say that he was an asshole, I said that he turned into an asshole. I told him this also before the Petruzelli fight, he said that he didn’t realize that and apologized.” 

Bas Rutten on Kimbo