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[Teacher]

Boy, I'm glad I missed this one!

 

[Slopho]

This old man is going to get his ass kicked.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

 

[Tokyo Slim]

The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner already holds a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Bahahahahahahahaha

 

[Slopho]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Bahahahahahahahaha

Too bad he talks like a run away field hand circa 1859.

 

[Mauro]

this is BAD really really bad.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

Originally Posted by Slopho

This old man is going to get his ass kicked.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns
Why, why, why? Is Strikeforce looking to re-enact UFC 1?

 

[somatoform]

Originally Posted by Ambulance Chaser

Why, why, why? Is Strikeforce looking to re-enact UFC 1?

More likely that they are trying to capitalize off of the NFL precedent TUF season 10 has set.

Speaking of which, I'm giddy like a school girl for this show; can't wait till tomorrow and don't really know why (don't care either).

 

[Teacher]

Honestly, that just made me laugh!

 

[retronotmetro]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Bahahahahahahahaha

What are you laughing about? That's quite an accomplishment.

Not just anyone can keep their dojo dues checks clearing for that long.

 

[Mauro]

I haven't followed up on the walker thing but it's not cool. MMA is trying so hard ( doing a good job) making head waves in the right direction and wham this ****. Walker is probably in great shape but if someone like Cung-li ( sp) can't make it as an A level fighter how is he?
He won't beat a Shane Carwin and he won't beat an Anderson Silva. We want the later of the fighters and people who can give them competition.
WTF!?!

 

[Reborn]

http://mmajunkie.com/news/16277/quin...e-fighting.mma

Originally Posted by Rampage

I'm done fighting..

The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more for them. The UFC bought WFA to get my contract & they saved my life, so I felt loyal to them. They pushed me into a fight with Chuck Liddel even when I clearly stated I wasn't ready to fight for the belt because the American fans didn't know me but I took the fight and didn't complain & after I won the American fans booed me for the first time which changed the way I saw them & it hurt me deeply.

Then before I can even get out of the cage they announced that I was fighting Dan Henderson without even asking me. After I beat Dan Henderson, I made history in becoming the first undisputed champion in MMA but was never even given the pride belt in the cage & I was never promoted as the undisputed champ. Later Anderson Silva was.

Then they had me coach TUF season 7 and fight Forrest and the fight was very controversial & normally when a fight is that close & controversial there is normally an instant replay. I can name a couple of instances. Instead they offered me the Vanderlei Silva fight which I gladly accepted even though I know it was a very risky fight for me to take because of all the drama that was happening to me at the time. I fought that fight with a jaw injury and then a couple weeks later Dana called me and asked me to fight Rashad. For the first time I said no, I didn't want to fight because it was such short notice & I wouldn't have had a long break between camp. Dana talked me into fighting Rashad anyway but Rashad refused the fight and so I had to fight Jardine as a favor to the UFC instead of getting my belt back (which wasn't even worth it to me financially).

Then I reinjured my jaw in the fight with Vanderlei & Jardine. Frank Mir gets hurt so they wanted to switch my fight from UFC 100 to the fight Frank couldn't make it to but I couldn't fight cause I needed jaw surgury. So they give Machida the fight against Rashad & they told me they want me to coach TUF season 10 against Rashad. That's why I wanted Rashad to win so bad but when Rashad got knocked out I told them I wanted to fight Machida for the belt but Dana told me if I coach TUF against Rashad that I could fight Machida afterwards cause this was a different type of ultimate fighter show they were doing. After I signed the contract Dana then changes his mind & says I have to fight Rashad & even told me what to say in the press & so my fans think I was scared to fight Machida. After all that I still never complained & I did it all.

Then this movie role came about that I have been trying to get for over a year & as soon as I found out I was close to getting it, I called Dana right away & asked to push the Memphis fight back just a month or so. I told him what this movie role meant to me. I told him that I used to bond with my father watching the tv show as a kid when my parents where still married & it represents the memories I had with my father when we lived together. My dad became an alcohalic & addicted to drugs & we grew apart. But after my dad got his life back together, I was so proud of my dad & I told him I would always take care of him in the future & make him proud of me. My dad & I are still very big fans of the show & I am basically doing this for the childhood memories I had spending time in front of the tv with my dad. Dana went on the internet & mocked me because of that & I still did nothing. Dana & I finally talked & we made up & then after that he went back on the internet & said some bullshit & he was talking bad about the movie when information is not even supposed to be released & talking about payments which is not even true could really hurt my future acting career, which could very well last longer than my fighting career. I'm not like Randy Couture. My body has been getting so many different injuries that I wont be able to fight until my forties & neither do I want to fight that long. So I feel like my second career could be in jeopardy.. so I'm done fighting. I've been getting negative reviews from the dumb ass fans that don't pay my bills or put my kids though college. So I'm hanging it up. I'm gonna miss all my loyal fans but hopefully they'll follow me to my new career & I will gain more loyal fans along the way. & all you hater fans out there can kiss my big black hairy ass! & anybody that don't like what I just said can come try to kick ******!

I still feel the UFC is a great organization and I felt like I was very loyal to them but they didn't respect my loyalty but I wish the UFC the best. I did a lot of things for them. I wish no bad blood between us but I have kids & a family back in Memphis to provide for & thats all that matters to me!

 

[Brian SD]

Probably more of a threat than an actual retirement, but still significant.

 

[Oxnard]

Pretty interesting interview there with Rampage. Even if he is going to retire, I cannot imagine that he wouldn't at least try to fight Rashad before he quits, there has been so much hype around the two of them fighting already. It will be interesting to see how this plays out, I have no idea how many fights are left on his contract, but either way I imagine that Dana must be absolutely pissed right now, I am sure he will release many statements about this in the coming weeks. FWIW I think Rampage playing Mr.T's A-Team character B.A. Baracus is actually pretty cool, I really cannot think of any other actor that would be significantly better at that role than him.

 

[Mauro]

^^ I agree.

I think Dana needs to let up a bit but he will hold Rampage to his contract . Rashad and Rampage will fight and he will probably ( rampage) fight one more time after that.
Rampage is a funny dude. I can see him going far in the movie world.

 

[Pennglock]

What a bummer if Rampage and Evans don't fight. This is going to take a lot of drama out of this TUF season for me..