THE ONE WITH THE SKELETON MUSCULAR DIAGRAMS
“I can pass a drug test in eight days with herbal cleansers. I drink 10 pounds of water and sweat out 10 pounds of water every day. I’ll be fine.” – Nick Diaz, post bong hit. (L.A. Times)
“He’s not a legend to me. Back in the day he was fighting fixed matches in Japan and supplementing himself with who knows what. Before that he was in a California Youth Prison for robbing houses. If that’s your idea of a legend you might want to reassess your thinking.” – Diaz, before his fight with Frank Shamrock. (MMA Fiend)
“I felt like I was watching money disappear.” – Former UFC light heavyweight champ Tito Ortiz on his thoughts during the Shamrock-Diaz bout. (Yahoo)
“Nick kicked my ass tonight; there’s no two ways about it.” – Shamrock (ESPN)
“I don’t really want to say what the deal is…but their gym will have a much better relationship with Strikeforce than just one fighter.” – Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker giving Hitomi Akano an early Easter basket after Cris Cyborg‘s failure to make weight Friday. (MMA Weekly)
CRAZY THINGS YOU SAY WHEN YOU’RE PUNCH DRUNK VOL. 1
“I saw him about three different times. I didn’t know what I was doing.” – Scott Smith, on getting rocked by Benji Radach. (MMA Mania)
“I’ve got to thank my masseuse, Tom Atencio, thank you very much.” – Smith shedding light on Tom Atencio‘s post-MMA plans.
QUOTES YOU THOUGHT WOULD BE FROM MICKEY ROURKE VOL. 1
“I love my job, it’s the best job in the world…I live in the best country in the world: America…and I live in the best world in the universe: Earth.” – Former UFC heavyweight champ Kevin Randleman after getting into Nick Diaz’s stash. (Bloody Elbow)
ONE DAY WE’LL ROMANTICALLY TALK OF FIGHTERS WHO HAD TO TAKE SECOND JOBS
“Realistically, I shouldn’t be working there.” – Brett Rogers, who had to take a job changing tires at Sam’s Club following EliteXC’s demise. (MMA Weekly)
“I was an electrician and I trained at night, you know, and it just takes so much out of you that you don’t even really enjoy it anymore.” – Benji Radach. Getting KO’d by Danny LaFever will do that too. (MMA Fiend)
THE CHURCH OF LATTER-DAY GRIFFINS
“I think he’d be a Forrest Griffin type. Vicious but yet forgiving.” – Tom Skiles, head of the Spirit of St. Louis Church, on Jesus. Nothing like describing “the savior” as “vicious.” (Riverfront Times)
“I think Jesus was a man’s man. Him and his disciples. I tell people they probably had teeth missing.” – Skiles
PARTING SHOTS
“I just want to tell him, ‘Sempai (Japanese for one’s senior or elder], you are strong.’” – WAMMA lightweight champ Shinya Aoki, on his destruction at the hands of Hayato “Mach” Sakurai. (Sherdog)
“Ultimately, I want to fight Fedor. If DREAM could set that up it would be great.” – Jeff Monson, lamb for slaughter. (FIghers Only)
“Is Frank really hurt or is he just scared?” – UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar