The Week in Quotes: March 28th - April 3rd
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED LOVER BOY
"Loretta, you fucking moron, it has always been the policy at the UFC that the fighters get so many credentials." - UFC President Dana White eloquently refuting a piece by Sherdog's Loretta Hunt. (Youtube)
"First of all, whoever gave you that quote is a pussy, and a fucking faggot, and a fucking liar." - White, and a fucking doo doo head!
"Everything that comes out of your mouth is fucking stupid." - White, I wish you hadn't espoused the hate talk because this is pretty funny in a vacuum.
"You fucking dumb bitch. Fuck you, Loretta Hunt." - White, seriously, what went through your head as you hit the "record" button?
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
"I chose some words that offended and hurt some people." - White (MMA Weekly)
"Anybody who knows me knows that I would never, ever maliciously attack somebody who wasn’t attacking me, and as far as the gay and lesbian community, my comments were not directed towards them." - White, I almost feel the need to add a "fucking" between "not" and "directed." Doesn't feel complete without it, you know?
"I have no problem with the gay and lesbian community; I’m actually a supporter of many of their issues." - White. Many? Not all? Which ones?
"The last thing that I would ever want anybody to think about me or think is cool is to go out and attack somebody because of their sexual orientation." - White, but it is OK to use slurs to defame and/or emasculate others!
"That was not my intention, that’s not the way I said it, and I apologize for anybody that I offended or hurt." - White, love the non-apology apology. This should have been, "I'm sorry for being a fucking moron." Whatever.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
"In the past, the two guys who I have taken to a decision were two guys who were talking garbage about me. They called me out, so for me, I fought them to decision to hurt them." - WEC featherweight champ Miguel Torres, would not take kindly to being called a "fucking faggot." (Cage Writer)
"But the bad thing is that years later, these guys' claim to fame is that they went three rounds with me, and I could have put them away, so I will never do that again." - Torres, makes me wonder who is so pitiful that going three rounds with Miguel is a "claim to fame."
"I would definitely want to see my daughter fight." - Torres, imagine dating his daughter.
"I'm trying to get Buffer to do the Elvis kick. If you ever see Buffer doing a kick, you'll know who to credit it to." - Torres, simply badass.
PLAY THE GAME
"I felt like Vincent Chase on the last couple episodes of ‘Entourage.’" - Din Thomas. I'll be honest, I'm just posting this because I love "Entourage." And I love Din Thomas. (MMA Weekly)
"People just didn’t want to see me and I was like ‘dang, nobody really wants to give me a deal’ and nobody was really looking out," - Thomas
FIGHT FROM THE INSIDE
"Who has he ever tapped out who was any good? If you want to talk about jiu-jitsu, he's never beaten anybody with any sort of credentials." - Cole Miller sizing up Junie Browning prior to their fight. (Cage Writer)
"On the feet, I'm sure he hits hard and he can swing wildly. People talk about he's a brawler, well, who's he knocked out?" - Miller
"If I'm worse than Andy Wang and Allen Berube, damn that's pretty bad." - Browning, I've got some bad news for you. (Cage Writer)
WHITE NOISE
"It’s the craziest season ever." - UFC President Dana White. Oh yeah? (MMA Weekly)
"First of all, it has the best fights, the best fights ever in The Ultimate Fighter history." - White, is that so?
"You know how ever season the fighters fall into this team thing – my team, we hate your team thing? They fall into that shit." - White. Oh wow, they fall into it, huh? Sounds entertaining.
"We’re nine seasons and they get in there and it’s this crazy ‘Lord of the Flies’ thing." - White. Do they start eating each other or something? Cause if not, I'm going to be pretty disappointed.
"Never has it been worse than when it’s country versus country. When I say that, not only was it bad with the fighters, the coaches were even worse." - White. The coaches get into it? I'm on the edge of my seat.
PARTING SHOTS
"I told him: Liddell is not Coleman." - Former Pride middleweight champ Wanderlei Silva proving that years of fighting haven't messed up his observational skills. (Sherdog)
"To be honest, I don’t play online too much. Am I still allowed to play at Full Tilt?" - Former Pride Welterweight and Middleweight champ Dan Henderson currently hitting up Ultimate Bet's 100% deposit bonus. (The Underground)
"Boxing was the first sport I fell in love with and I’ve got a feeling I’ll end up in it." - Former UFC (old school) middleweight champ Frank Shamrock. That should go well. (MMA Convert)
"I think New Jersey not sanctioning this fight is ridiculous. It must not have been as compelling as the Bonaduce-Canseco fight." - Monte Cox. One of these statements is true. Take a guess which one. (Versus)
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“To be honest, I don’t play online too much. Am I still allowed to play at Full Tilt?” – Former Pride Welterweight and Middleweight champ Dan Henderson currently hitting up Ultimate Bet’s 100% deposit bonus.
Hey! There was finally something in The Week in Quotes that made me laugh! Took long enough, but I showed some massive heart in reading this every week and it finally paid off. I’d like to thank my read trainers, Mrs. Hicky, who taught me how to read in kindergarten, my sponsors, etc etc he etc ha etc ho
by AnonymousA on Apr 5, 2009 6:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Couldn’t do TWIQ without support from people like you.
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by Mike Fagan on Apr 5, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You keep makin’ ‘em, I’ll keep grudgingly readin’ ’em.
by AnonymousA on Apr 5, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
’I’m not going to beat you up at your mom’s house’ – Mayhem Miller on Bully Beatdown which I now love.
by subo on Apr 5, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t really care for Mayhem but that show is pretty funny.
by ufc4 on Apr 5, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Something about it just draws you in.
by Wookalarman on Apr 5, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
It’s such amazing brainless TV that is somehow relevant although it actually involves no mma. Rather it involves sport bjj and bad kickboxing (with shin pads no less)
Still i’ll watch every episode. hahaha
by rainmaker6 on Apr 5, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite apology line:
Anybody who knows me knows that I would never, ever maliciously attack somebody who wasn’t attacking me
The idea that it’s okay to maliciously attack someone who is attacking you is…not exactly good business. But that’s how White rolls so…I guess it’s pointless to hope for a change.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 5, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
While I don’t agree with what White said and think the backlash was warranted, I do have to question anyone who characterizes something White does as “not exactly good business”. The guy is probably one of the smartest business people in the entire sports world and he built the UFC into what it is today. Sure, he probably shouldn’t go around calling people “faggots” or “fucking bitch(es)” I don’t really think it’s going to affect his bottom line too much.
by ufc4 on Apr 5, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He took...
the UFC from tiny to small in the grand scheme of the sports world. My point is that at some point the sport’s growth is going to stall as we’ve already got the spike crowd, the martial arts fans, and the pro wrestling crowd. To break into the mainstream “regular joe sports fan” fully we can’t have THIS brand of behavior.
I think a lot of people don’t really grasp that this is still a fairly fringe sport.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 5, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He also took a business that was worth less than $50 million and losing tons of money into a billion dollar money making machine.
by ufc4 on Apr 5, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can be successful and still make mistakes.
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by Mike Fagan on Apr 5, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And at a certain point...
that success can stall out at a lower tier than it otherwise would due to those mistakes. That’s all I’m saying
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 5, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right, Dana’s essentially playing a game where the rules have changed. He has to adjust to further his success.
http://www.sackmikegoldberg.com
by Mike Fagan on Apr 5, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s a lot like a pitcher who gets to the big leagues with nothing but a 100 MPH fastball with no movement. You’re going to look REALLY good in high school where kids have never seen that kind of heat, and you’ll probably look really good in rookie ball, and in A ball. But once you start hitting AA, AAA and the big show you’re going to get rocked unless you make some adjustments. White has the sport at that AA level right now, we’re legitimate prospects to make the big leagues…but we’ve got to prove ourselves still. If we just keep our standard behavior we’re not going to continue to move up and we’re going to toil away in the minors for years
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 5, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Great analogy. Even correctly pegging the sport at AA level.
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 Apr 5, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno – that seems to sell setting the all time annual PPV sales record last year a little short.
by subo on Apr 5, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m referring only to the difficulty curve aspect.
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 Apr 5, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Putting them above...
boxing and pro wrestling…also not “major league” sports.
I’m sorry but MMA fans have to realize we’re not a big sport yet.
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http://CurseOfRonKarkovice.blogspot.com/
by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 5, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We shouldn’t expect mma to do as good as baseball or soccer, ever. Imo the goal is to be the number one fighting sport.
by spectaa on Apr 5, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do we really want it to be that big anyway? Of course I want it to grow from where it is now, but I’m not sure if I want it to get so big to where it gets to be about things other than the sport itself.
by ufc4 on Apr 6, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Torres, makes me wonder who is so pitiful that going three rounds with Miguel is a “claim to fame.”
I’m pretty sure the two guys in question are Lindsey Durlacker (actually I’m 100% sure that Lindsey is one of them) and Dan Swift.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 5, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, according to his Wiki page those are the only 2 guys he has gone to a 3 round decision with, other than Ryan Ackerman who is the only man to beat him.
by ufc4 on Apr 5, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah...
I was at the Durlacker fight…I didn’t pay attention to the rounds on his sherdog record just looked at the other guys he went to decision with…one of whom was another fight I was at. So I figured Swift was the other. But yeah, I guess the fact that they’re the only 2 means I was right.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 5, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has any fighter ever fought more in any one state than Torres has in Indiana? 31 fights, damn, he doesn’t get out much.
by ufc4 on Apr 5, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a lot of fighters out there at 135 before WEC. Expound that to not a lot of $ for fighters at 135 before the WEC. Torres has a pretty big following (money base) in Indiana so fighters from elsewhere make the trip to Indiana to fight for a few more bones.
by natyong on Apr 6, 2009 7:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
http://www.sackmikegoldberg.com
by Mike Fagan on Apr 5, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For Dana White:

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by themachiavellian on Apr 5, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dana's trash talk.
Subo’s gonna be so pissed.
“You know how ever season the fighters fall into this team thing – my team, we hate your team thing? They fall into that shit.” – White. Oh wow, they fall into it, huh? Sounds entertaining."
Without the following part it just sounds so stupid, a little bit out of context. Now I’m questioning each ones of your quotes :@.
by spectaa on Apr 5, 2009 9:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is he going to blow a gasket and vent with derogatory words at the nearest homosexual? That is the question.
by natyong on Apr 6, 2009 7:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Queen Song Titles
I love Queen! Great use of song titles as quote headings…. epspecially on Fight From The Inside (my fave Roger Taylor song!)….. you must know your Queen pretty well, Fagan!
by TDITZ on Apr 5, 2009 9:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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![Dana White says "Karo Parisyan will not be fighting" at UFC 106.
[UPDATE] by Dana White - "Pulled out of the fight the day before weigh ins again with a laundry list of excuses!!! Let the press ask karo why! Let him explain."
[UPDATE] by Josh Gross - "Karo Parisyan via text confirmed he won’t be fighting Saturday. He declined to answer any questions."
[UPDATE] by Dana White - "Dustin will be paid his full purse to show and win. Its not his fault."
HT: twitter.com/danawhite
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