I TRIED TO CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE THING
“Kim was interviewed post ‘sparring’ with Wand Silva saying, ‘Silva had to turn it UP, when I turned it up.'” – Erin Toughill, none too pleased with a certain soon-to-be-ex-memeber of Familia Couture. (The Underground)
“She has said, ‘It’s really hard for Randy to pass my rubber guard.'” – Toughill
“She had some lip augmentation done. Girls asked how’d it affect her fight? Kim said, ‘It would not. I dont get hit in sparring or when I fight. I have a ‘black style’ when it comes to boxing.'” – Toughill. I guess she must have a “white style” when it comes to MMA?
YOU DO THAT, YOU GO TO THE BOX, YOU KNOW. TWO MINUTES, BY YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, AND YOU FEEL SHAME, YOU KNOW. AND THEN YOU GET FREE.
“The long-term goal for me and my own satisfaction is to take off Brock Lesnar’s arm.” – Former UFC heavyweight champ and eternal optimist Frank Mir, diversifying his life goals. (MMA Junkie)
“Not that he was, obviously, my next opponent, but to face him again was the long-term goal – the short-term goals being obviously Cheick and whoever else.” – Mir
“If Brock Lesnar is unable to enter the cage again, that’s going to give me a hard time. That’s been pretty much my drive and focus to go to the gym every day, to change myself and grow as a fighter, is the opportunity to have a rematch with him.” – Mir. Battered wife syndrome?
I’M TIRED OF IT! PUKE! BLAH! ALL THE TIME, PUKE!
“I don’t even know what’s going on, I had to turn it off.” – Mir, on the fights during the heavyweight season of TUF. (MMA Weekly)
“I haven’t seen any fights in the WEC that could ever amount to being that bad, because the lighter guys are just more competitive. They’re in shape, they’re more strategic.” – Mir. I’ve found the first case of a reverse-Napoleon Complex.
OLD TIME HOCKEY! LIKE EDDIE SHORE!
“Dana enjoyed the fight so much, but to be honest, one of the things that made me happier was to see my brother proud.” – Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, following his first round KO of up-and-comer Luis Cane at UFC 106. (InTheGuard.tv)
“Sometimes, in middle of the confusion of interviews, the crowd celebrating, I looked at him and saw the pride on his face. It was very good to see.” – Nogueira. Certainly better than seeing his brother trapped under a truck a few decades ago.
BLEED ALL OVER ‘EM. LET ‘EM KNOW YOU’RE THERE.
“So the doctor says, ‘This guy’s been at 60% of his potential.'” – UFC President Dana White, on Brock Lesnar‘s intestinal infection that has plagued Lesnar for the past year. (MMA Torch)
“How much faster can you beat people? How good? There’s a lot of questions out there right now and hopefully we can get through this thing.” – White, who will be matching Lesnar up with subpar opposition until he finagles a deal with a certain Russian.
PARTING SHOTS
“I’m sorry I ran out on you, it was no disrespect. I just wanted it to be a great fight and I was really disappointed when it wasn’t.” – Former UFC light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin, overheard talking to Anderson Silva hurriedly at UFC 106 before continuing his run out of the arena. (Las Vegas Sun)
“It’s probably a good thing. I was having a hard time getting motivated for my last two fights. I needed a change. The undercards just didn’t do it for me.” – Brock Larson, cut by the UFC after his second consecutive loss. I’m sure promoters love hearing about a guy who can’t get motivated fighting in the UFC. (MMA Junkie)
“I called and I asked him for Renzo (Gracie) because he’s coming and he needs a warm-up fight, so I was like I feel like I’d be a good warm-up fight.” – Matt Brown, who will call out Luke Thomas if Renzo doesn’t take the fight. (MMA Weekly)
“I just want to fight the top fighters in whatever division I’m in.” – Former UFC middleweight champ Rich Franklin, preparing to fight in the new 193.5 pound division. (National Post)