"I don't want to judge anyone..." - Anthon Silva, who, I assure you, is about to judge someone(s). (Sherdog)
"...and I really wish it's not a big health problem for [Lesnar], but I have some doubts." - Silva. Here it comes!
"That big guy doesn't like being punched. ... I think he pulled out of the fight against 'Cigano,' who is a real heavy puncher and a real tough opponent for someone who doesn't like being punched." - Silva. Bingo.
'I've been fighting since 2004 and have never had any issues with another athlete, even the most stuck-up." - Silva. I suspect we will find out about issues with another athlete, no?
"Friendship, for me, is everything, but Josh is a weird guy, a guy who doesn't greet you when you enter the elevator, doesn't even say 'good morning.' It’s how he treats Brazilian fighters especially. It's the same thing with [Barnett and] Werdum." - Silva, on Josh Barnett. Someone should start a Tumblr blog and collect stories about meeting Josh Barnett in elevators.
"But when [Barnett] sees Fedor, [UFC President] Dana White or [UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo] Fertitta, he runs to them and stays by their side all the time. He makes me sick. He's the classic kiss-ass, a rude man." - Silva
"I really want to face Barnett and I've already said I consider him a filthy person, even though he is a great fighter, and that I'll beat him up and close both of his eyes." - Silva. So, Bloody Elbow reader, is Josh Barnett filthy like Pig Pen, Andrew Dice Clay, or Aleksander Emelianenko?
MIGHTY MORPHIN' HUMBLE RANGER
"You know, the way the doctor explained it to me, he'd actually be doing me a disservice by cutting me open, drilling some holes in my bones, and you know, file my bones down and he said, you know, considering the fact that you're an athlete, the surgery might not be the best thing for you." - Jon Jones. It's a good thing Jones and his management team figured this out before they cancelled a bout with Rashad Evans. (MMACanada.net)
"The people that are panicking at home...me and Rashad Evans, we're gonna fight, you know what I mean." - Jones. I don't know what you mean, Jon. Perhaps you could make some sort of analogy to the Power Rangers?
"People look at 'Bones' Jones as being like their favorite Power Ranger." - Jones. Look at the arrogance of this guy. Favorite Power Ranger? Try favorite VR Trooper. (Cagewriter)
"And their Power Ranger needs to be on because it's Wednesday night." - Jones
"Sometimes people aren't going to going to get their Power Rangers show when they want it and how they want it." - Jones. And the contempt for the fans begins.
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"Matt Hamill wasn't on my radar at all. I wasn't excited at all. But then again, not a whole lot gets me excited." - Quinton Jackson. Jackson sighed before adding, "Not even Call of Duty anymore. My life, my existence...meaningless." (MMA Fighting)
"He's just got to jive himself up so he actually thinks he can stay with me. If you've seen my fights over history, I don't think my will gets broken too often for anybody to even say that." - Jackson, on Hamill's declaration that he will break "Rampage's" will.
"That kind of lit a fire under my ass and actually made me train harder to make sure I don't overlook him and to make sure I outclass him." - Jackson. While Jackson doesn't plan to overlook Hamill, we can safely assume Hamill won't overhear instructions from Jackson's corner. (MMA Torch)
WHITE NOISE
"In our deal with Spike for this season, we don't have as many episodes as we've had in the past." - UFC President Dana White, when asked by a fan about why contestants on this season's Ultimate Fighter did not have to fight to get into the house. (Youtube)
"So we figured we would be killing some of the reality, we wouldn't have enough time to tell stories." - White. Ah yes, the reality of 16 fighters living under one roof chasing a six-figure carrot. Wouldn't want to kill the reality of that situation.
"[W]e really, really made a big mistake not having these guys fight to get into the house. I guarantee you that will never happen again." - White. Problem solved.
PARTING SHOTS
"I remember raining bombs down on (Lesnar) and then all of a sudden this whoosh came over my body, and then suddenly I could see people in the crowd. Like, individual people who I could see and hear." - Shane Carwin, putting the "acid" into "Lactic Acidosis." (MMA Fighting)
"He was talking to Roy, he was sitting down, I walked up and extended my hand, said, ‘Hey, I’m Matt.’ As he stood up he said, ‘Yeah, I know who you are,’ and he...pushed me." - Matt Mitrione, on his confrontation with Tito Ortiz at the UFC fighter summit. Reminds me of the David Cross anecdote when he met Scott Stapp for the first time. (Around the Octagon)
"I have a high threshold for pain, higher than most guys, and I couldn't deal with it. It felt like I had taken a shotgun blast to the stomach, and then someone poured in some salt and Tabasco and stirred it all up with a nasty pitchfork." - Brock Lesnar, poet laurete. (Canadian Press)
"When I hit Cheick Kongo, the punch alone threw him halfway across the Octagon." - Frank Mir, who added, "Upon whence I flew across the Octagon, lifted the Frenchman above my head, and sent him into the mezzanine." (UFC.com)
"It was five years ago and we're doing MMA now. Frank will be facing a bigger and fatter guy now." - Roy Nelson, on his infamous grappling match with Frank Mir. (MMA Mania)
"Everything he tells me is pretty much negative – and that I'm garbage – so I can get better." - Miguel Torres, on what Firas Zahabi thinks of his Twitter game. (MMA Fighting)