"Right now it’s tough. You got guys like Spencer Fisher, Frankie Edgar, I can name so many. You even got Rich in there. It gets tougher and you just got to train harder, but right now I’m going to give it a shot and try to become UFC champion. But for future reference, if that doesn’t work and I don’t feel that I’m going to be a champion in the UFC then switch me over to the WEC because its about being a champion and I want to go somewhere where I can be a champion right now. I’m not going to be naive and a hypocrite but I don’t see myself beating BJ Penn right now, he’s a top guy. Anybody under him, yeah, I can go head to head with and I could give it a shot, but I’m not going to sit here and say that my skills are good enough to beat BJ Penn right now because his ground game is way off the charts. Guys like (WEC lightweight champion) Jamie Varner and (Rob) McCullough and guys like that — those guys are tailor made for me to fight. I’m gonna give it a shot and give it a run, but if I fall short again, I’ll be looking forward to moving somewhere else so I can become a champion."
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Tha Realness
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As the saying goes...
... “to be the man, you’ve got to move down to the minor leagues where things will hopefully be easier for you to become a man, but not THE man.”
Something like that, anyway.
Ha!
Seriously…
I want to be champion…you know…any champion…it doesn’t have to be like THE champion…Gladiator Challenge here I come!
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jul 1, 2008 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions













