Tony
10-05-2009, 13:28
UFC Quick Quote: Winning means everything inside the Octagon (http://mmamania.com/2009/05/09/ufc-quick-quote-winning-means-everything-inside-the-octagon/)
By: MMAmania (http://mmamania.com/author/admin/)
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“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 that are worried about winning; they’re not really worried about putting on a show. I think you’ve seen that in the last couple of events in the UFC, and that’s the double-edged sword…. It’s a lot of added pressure and stress. I think the most important thing is to go out there and put on a good show. There’s other organizations out there, other promotions out there. I think at the end of the day, even if the UFC was to cut me, I’ll go back to Japan or find somewhere else. Worse things have happened.”
-- Former Pride FC star and current UFC heavyweight, Heath Herring, talks to MMAWeekly.com (http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8734&zoneid=13) about the importance that fighters place on winning inside the Octagon … even if it means fighting careful and not putting on exciting matches. His promotional debut against Jake O’Brien in 2007 is a prime example. “The Texas Crazy Horse” has struggled since that time, winning just two of five fights with the organization. His next fight against Cain Velasquez at UFC 99: “The Comeback” in Cologne, Germany, on June 13 is more than likely a “do or die” situation, but he doesn’t seem to concerned about his future — there are other options beyond the eight-walled cage.Then again, fighters such as Clay Guida, Patrick Cote, Chris Leben, Alessio Sakara and Chris Lytle, to name just a few, have all struggled at times in their careers and still been invited back because of their styles. Where should the UFC draw the line?
By: MMAmania (http://mmamania.com/author/admin/)
http://mmamania.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/heathherring-ufc87.jpg
“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 that are worried about winning; they’re not really worried about putting on a show. I think you’ve seen that in the last couple of events in the UFC, and that’s the double-edged sword…. It’s a lot of added pressure and stress. I think the most important thing is to go out there and put on a good show. There’s other organizations out there, other promotions out there. I think at the end of the day, even if the UFC was to cut me, I’ll go back to Japan or find somewhere else. Worse things have happened.”
-- Former Pride FC star and current UFC heavyweight, Heath Herring, talks to MMAWeekly.com (http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8734&zoneid=13) about the importance that fighters place on winning inside the Octagon … even if it means fighting careful and not putting on exciting matches. His promotional debut against Jake O’Brien in 2007 is a prime example. “The Texas Crazy Horse” has struggled since that time, winning just two of five fights with the organization. His next fight against Cain Velasquez at UFC 99: “The Comeback” in Cologne, Germany, on June 13 is more than likely a “do or die” situation, but he doesn’t seem to concerned about his future — there are other options beyond the eight-walled cage.Then again, fighters such as Clay Guida, Patrick Cote, Chris Leben, Alessio Sakara and Chris Lytle, to name just a few, have all struggled at times in their careers and still been invited back because of their styles. Where should the UFC draw the line?