UFC welterweight Rory Markham isn’t just training to fight – he’s training to fight trash talk.
At UFC 111, Markham (16-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) faces a dynasty in the world of trash talking: a Diaz brother. Although Nate Diaz (11-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) is the kinder, gentler version of older brother Nick Diaz, he also can [...]
Props:TheGarv.com
Quoteworthy:
“It won’t affect me at all. I really do not pay a lot of attention to smack talk. Whatever my opponent needs to do to get themselves ready to fight me is fine. At the end of the night the better fighter (that evening) should have his hand raised and really that is all I [...]
“Paul Daley is talking a lot. Paul is going to get his mouth shut. I’ve been in this game for a long time and yeah I talk a lot of trash but guess what, I back it up at the end of the day. If Paul Daley’s going to talk, is he going to come [...]
“I really haven’t thought much about it, but if Frank wants to take this fight in that direction, then that’s what will happen. Some fighters need to talk and do things like that. I respect Frank as a fighter and all that and if people want to see a great fight all they have to [...]
The comparisons to fellow pro wrestler Brock Lesnar are never going to stop so Bobby Lashley figures why dump the big checks he’s getting from the world of fake fighting? He uses that money he gets from TNA to make sure he can fund his efforts to become a real fighter training in Denver and [...]
Mike Russell, UFC – Despite all of the pre-fight posturing and trash talk he has engaged in over his nearly 13-year mixed martial arts career, Frank Trigg is surprisingly honest about his place in the grand scheme of MMA.
UFC News Credit and Full Story: UFC.com
“This isn’t a guy you can take lightly. This is a guy that really knows what he’s doing. He almost beat Matt Hughes. He’s been in great wars before. He’s a former champion. He knocked out GSP, or (rather) TKO’d GSP. He’s a guy that’s very tough. He’s got some great techniques. He’s got some [...]
UFC welterweight title challenger Dan Hardy (23-6 MMA, 4-0 UFC) has
endeared himself to some fans while completely alienating himself to
others.
The brash British slugger has become known nearly as much for his
pre-fight banter with opponents such as Marcus Davis and Mike Swick as
he is for the results of those contests.
But at a recent media gathering, welterweight [...]
The war of words and jabs between Dana White and recently departed Dan Hendrson hit another level yesterday when the fighter claimed that he had “dumped” the UFC president. But he did so in a funny way saying White was too needy.
Anyone who’s been around White, knows the guy likes to compete. An MMA [...]
Dustin Hazelett didn’t say a whole lot before his fight against Paul Daley but someone in his camp did. As if Daley, didn’t have enough motivation to score a win at UFC 108, the trash talk from Camp Hazelett, increased his hunger to land a highlight reel knockout. Boy did he ever. Daley floored Hazelett [...]
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has a few choice words for another World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) lightweight … and it isn’t his upcoming opponent, Ben Henderson, who he fights for the WEC interim lightweight strap five weeks from now.
As the featured guest onMMAmania.com’sexclusive presentation of Pro MMA Radio, “Cowboy” spent most of his time talking about the [...]
Props:Cagewriter
Quoteworthy:
“I was on Opie and Anthony a couple of nights ago and those guys were like you know what? [Brock Lesnar is] your Mike Tyson. This is the guy where people are gonna tune in and say ‘Oh My God what’s this guy gonna do next?’ You know what the crazy part is? I just [...]