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Heath Herring is not trying to start a crusade; he’s just looking out for No. 1. In a Wednesday interview with MMAjunkie.com, the UFC heavyweight addressed several controversial statements he made four days prior during a segment on an Orlando ESPN radio affiliate. In the interview, Herring bluntly said that the UFC plays favorites and does not [...] “I really don’t care too much for them, and I don’t think they care too much for me (Dana White and the UFC ownership group)…. They’ve got their guys they want to push, guys they want to market. Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir are the guys they want to push and market. The [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – We may never see another year like 2007 in the UFC, when Georges St-Pierre, Heath Herring, and Mirko Cro Cop all went down to defeat in crushing upsets to Matt Serra, Jake O’Brien, and Gabriel Gonzaga, respectively. But in a sport where anything can happen, there’s always the possibility of seeing [...] Props:Yahoo Sports Quoteworthy: “I didn’t have any respect for Randy [Couture], I didn’t have any respect for Heath [Herring], I don’t have any respect for Frank. There’s going to be a winner, there’s going to be a loser. As soon as you step in and have any respect for your opponent, I think you become the loser [...] It doesn’t take more than simply glancing over UFC heavyweight Heath Herring’s (28-14 MMA, 2-3 UFC) record to see what kind of fighter he is. While “The Texas Crazy Horse” hasn’t won every fight he’s ever entered, Herring has fought the world’s toughest fighters throughout his 12-year career. But despite having fought 42 times in bouts all [...] UFC News, mixed martial arts veteran Heath Herring has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 99 bout against undefeated heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez, scheduled for June 13 from the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, as reported byMMA Fanhouse. According to the report, Herring has been battling an illness for weeks and has been unable to [...] “In Pride, I used to take fights on 10-day notice, one-week notice. And as long as you went out and put on a good show, you were fine. You’d be back next time. UFC’s a little different. And I think the drawback of that is that sometimes you get really boring fights. You have guys [...] Two heavyweight contests that had been widely rumored in recent weeks for the UFC’s first trip to Germany were officially added to the UFC 99 card today by the organization. Heath Herring vs. Cain Velasquez and Mustapha Al Turk vs. Todd Duffee were officially announced on the UFC’s U.K. website. UFC 99 is slated for June 13 [...] |
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