Quote of the Day 2: Fabrício Werdum
by Nick Thomas on Feb 10, 2009 6:44 PM EST
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This thing of saying that (Brock) Lesnar is the best in the world doesn’t exist, I’m against that. The guy has four fights and is already the world champion? Everybody knows that Fedor is the best. In heavy, I think the best are in Affliction. Apart from Minotauro, the rest in the UFC are weak. The UFC has what he wanted, two Americans to fight the "final". The marketing is the most important thing, they are good at it.
I would do something really simple (against Fedor), try to put him down. It is difficult to get the fat go down, but I would be on top, passing the guard and mount, get a kimura... It is hard to beat Fedor in the ass, giving him punches down.-- Fabrício Werdum talks Fedor, Affliction, Mir vs. Lesnar and the UFC.
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Butt hurt much?
I wonder what the story on Werdum is, did the just straight cut him, or ask him to take a pay cut and he refused then was cut.
According to Werdum:
I had four more fights in the contract, but they (the UFC) wanted to renegotiate. I couldn’t accept what they wanted.
He calls Nog one of the best but then one of those “americans” just destroyed him…
Do you think it was the “marketing” that Knocked Nog the fuck out?
by mmalogic on Feb 10, 2009 6:53 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Not the marketing.......
It was the serious staph infection that he kept under wraps. Even Dana was talking about it just days after Frank’s win. Nogueira came in well over his normal weight and looked extremely out of shape.
Must be that new strain of staph that overhypes your boxing skills
by pumaman on Feb 10, 2009 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
why is it
that there’s always a conspiracy theory? I agree that if Nog had a serious staph infection it could affect his performance, but where do you stop the excuses? If Nog agreed to fight, then we should take his word that he was good to fight. Right? He agreed to fight. He lost. No excuses. Or do i see things too black and white?
Nog and his people decided not to pull out of the fight. If he had a staph infection, it wasn’t like it was a surprise to him, and if he or his people thought he’d be unable to fight, they would have pulled him.
Anything beyond that is just excuses – and the fact that we haven’t heard Nog saying any of that stuff just makes me respect him more.
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ. -- TangleBones
by jemaleddin on Feb 11, 2009 9:39 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Better recheck your logic, Werdum has never lost to an American.
by George Lucas on Feb 10, 2009 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
I agree with him on the second quote though. Getting into Fedor’s ass and then punching him down is an extremely difficult technique. Even trying to imagine it is difficult, much less actually attempting it.
Just like the four minute mile: impossible until somebody actually does it. Next thing you know, everybody is getting into Fedor’s ass.
by Michaelthebox on Feb 10, 2009 7:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
lol’d the whole way through
Kuwabara Kuwabara
by J. B. Maddox on Feb 10, 2009 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
Hilarious.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Feb 10, 2009 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
To be fair...
Mark Hunt, who has an insignificant amount of grappling experience compared to Fedor, had an Americana on TIGHT. Many guys would have tapped in that position. Imagine an ADCC stud like Werdum in the same position – I wouldn’t be surprised if he finished him.
Werdum is a guy I’ve wanted to see fight Fedor even when PRIDE-zombie was around. He has comparable Judo skills, being a brown belt himself, as well as a submission game that even fighters like Nogueira can’t match (For the skeptics, Nogueira admits as much in the pair’s pre-fight interviews at Critical Countdown Absolute).
by KneeToTheFace on Feb 11, 2009 12:30 AM EST up reply actions
No problem
The Fighters Only translation is much better than the Tatame one that you quoted though.
:)
by MMASuPreMaCy on Feb 10, 2009 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t know. I rather enjoyed the translation in this post.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Feb 10, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions
You just want to beat Fedor in the ass.
Then again, he does have a certain je ne sais pas, but I don’t know what it is.
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ. -- TangleBones
There you go projecting again.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Feb 11, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
According to him he would kill Lesnar
I like how he says he would tire him alot on the ground, and give him a ride!
Just about every heavyweight has gone on record saying they would kill Lesnar. Nog and Arlovski are the only non scrubs I haven’t heard take a shot at Brock. Even Randy still openly hints he would win the rematch and Herring promises to take the match seriously next time.
Yes, because its big news when fighters say they can take out the champ.
by Michaelthebox on Feb 10, 2009 7:27 PM EST up reply actions
Champ and Lesnar together just sounds funny and not proven.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Feb 10, 2009 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
I know what you mean. Back in November, I had this crazy dream where Lesnar clobbered Randy Couture to win the UFC Heavyweight championship.
It seemed so real, though! But then, Frank Mir beat Nogueira and I knew I had just eaten some bad shellfish or something.
"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard
by Brett Jones on Feb 10, 2009 7:48 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
It would have been more impressive
If he had beat a man that was within 60 lbs of him and who looked in shape instead of flabby… Maybe a heavyweight that had fought in the last year. One that didn’t have the same style only smaller…
Let him beat a real top heavyweight. Randy was great while he lasted but the time off was time that put his career at the end of its rope and Brock was a bad style matchup for him to begin with. Randy had a chance but it was definately a small one.
Gimme 1 Round!
It would have been even MORE impressive
if he had done it in just his 4th pro fight! Oh wait…
Kuwabara Kuwabara
by J. B. Maddox on Feb 10, 2009 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
Well, he did TKO the then champ making him the champ.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Feb 10, 2009 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
He won’t because he can’t. Randy wasn’t a legit champ?
by Derek Suboticki on Feb 11, 2009 2:36 AM EST up reply actions
If Werdum would have talked like this his marketability when have been so high he never would have been cut by the UFC.
Vera’s a bad example since he’s clearly too small for the division and has since cut to 205.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Feb 10, 2009 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
He wasn’t too small for the division when he shitkicked Mir.
by FRANKIE on Feb 10, 2009 9:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
go get on a motorcycle and let a car smash into going over 40 miles per hour…
After 3 years I bet a 10 year old will be able to kick your ass.
by mmalogic on Feb 10, 2009 10:13 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
What he said.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Feb 10, 2009 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
Was the motorcycle crash so powerful that it retroactively crippled him allowing Ian Freeman to beat the piss out of him?
What does that have to do with Vera being too small for heavyweight?
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Feb 10, 2009 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
He looked buff when he first came to the UFC. I think it was a matter of his high confidence level the last couple fights, as well as a desire to put on more power.
by KneeToTheFace on Feb 11, 2009 12:32 AM EST up reply actions
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