Issue 035

March 2008

“The situation is I’m not really going to settle with the UFC.”

Randy Couture. Say it ain’t so, Randy!  

“Jiu-Jitsu is just a hobby that got out of control.”

Eddie Bravo, creator of the rubber guard.  

“I’m not laying underneath a grown man with my legs wrapped around him. I’m a Republican and we don’t do that.”

Chael Sonnen on why he sucks at jiu-jitsu.  

“My parents, they don’t know [I fight]. They think I’m in college and maybe training in judo on the side, just for fun.”

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou.  

“All the power in our sport has been with the promoters. This is a unique business model. My company will hire the team to promote the fight [with Ken]. We’re currently in our second round of financing and working on finding partners for the pay-per-view and arena.”

Frank Shamrock, on setting up his fight with ‘brother’ Ken without the help of Strikeforce or EliteXC.