Issue 052

July 2009

“I’ve seen more aggression from my fiancée when she hits the January sales.”

Michael Bisping on the Anderson Silva-Thales Leites ‘fight’

“I’ll fight anyone, but a rematch (with Forrest Griffin) would be welcome. He’s a good fighter and it’d be a good fight. I’ll fight anyone, but it’d be cool to fight him again.”

Shogun Rua

“I don’t know how to say it in Portuguese but, Cyborg is deserving of no respect and no praise. If you were ever a fan, I’d find someone of better character and better heart.”

Josh Barnett, on Cris Cyborg missing weight

“I would probably pick Zuffa because that’s the big show, you know? To be a part of that would be amazing, but here comes Strikeforce and they’ve got this Showtime deal and they are working their way up into being good competition… they’ve built their company on some good roots, but as of right now the UFC is the big show and, for a female, it would be an amazing opportunity.”   

Gina Carano 

“Right now in Japan, the MMA bubble has already burst. We have to revive it, bring it back. I think that if I do well in the UFC, it might help make MMA a little more popular in Japan.”

Yoshihiro Akiyama

“I felt so bad for him to see him go out like that. He is a great person and a legend and when you see that as a fighter, you get a small glimpse of your own demise in the sport.”

Rashad Evans on Chuck Liddell

“Training with Anderson [Silva] out here in L.A. and him being the champ at 185lb, it really makes me feel like I don’t have a place at 185lb any more. I don’t see myself going to back to 185lb.”

Rich Franklin

“We are ducking him! We are afraid of Fedor! We hope we never come to a deal with him. We are afraid he will destroy everyone… even in all our other weight classes! We are so fucking scared! Leave us alone!”

Dana White, sarcasm turned up to 11