Quote of the Day 2: Kenny Florian Predicted That Diego Sanchez Would Return to 170
by Nick Thomas on Jan 23, 2010 11:47 PM EST
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"You know, I pretty much predicted that. The skill level at 155lbs is the best in the UFC, if you look across the board, in terms of well-rounded fighters. You are not going to come in to the UFC 155 division and start finishing guys right away. People see me doing it and what do they think I'm doing, just lying around not training? I train my ass off every single day to be able to do that and it's not an easy thing to be able to finish guys at 155. That's something I really pride myself on.-- Kenny Florian talks Diego Sanchez and Takanori Gomi at cagepotato.com.
The only guys, I think, at 155 that are consistently finishing people are me and BJ Penn. I think that takes a special skill to be able to do that. Not everybody can do that, I don't promise to be able to do that all the time but that's the way I fight and that's the way I train to fight. Diego thought he was going to be able to go out there and just smash people at 155. Not going to happen, Diego. The skill level is too good out there. You have to be very, very well rounded. He thought what he was able to do at 170, he was going to do even better at 155 and that's just not the case. It just shows me the talent that is out there at 155. In my opinion, Diego just never looked great at 155."
HT: cagepotato.com
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kennys kinda comin off like a douche here
but i think hes right diego never did look that great at 155 i think the cut was too much for him
when is kenny not coming off as a douche
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by pitbull187 on Jan 23, 2010 11:56 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
For telling the truth? Diego did not look good against 2nd tier lightweights and then was massacred by Penn. Kenny on the other hand finished both of those same lightweights with ease and his fight with Penn, while one sided, had a lot to do with trying to utilize a gameplan that worked for GSP because of his size.
I have truly felt for some time that Kenny Florian is the 2nd best lightweight in the world. But I just think he shared his conscious opinion on why he thought Diego went to 155, and with how quick Sanchez was to move back up to 170 I’d say it’s accurate and not being a douche.
by ACCBiggz on Jan 24, 2010 12:01 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The only guys…at 155 that are consistently finishing people are me and BJ Penn.
I think he’s right – and Aoki is probably the only non-Zuffa fighter you can throw in there as well.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 23, 2010 11:59 PM EST reply actions
yeah I know it was a long time ago and at middleweight, but a good comeback for Diego would be… well…, I finished you didn’t I Kenny?
by kanodogg on Jan 24, 2010 12:07 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Not the same
TUF was only accepting MW, so he bulked up. After, he dropped to WW, and once LW opened up, he went there because that was his natural weight all along. He just did what he had to do to get into the UFC.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 24, 2010 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
Exactly, people forget that the first tuf was 185. If you watched it Kenny was a fat shit. Dude was 30 pounds over his natural weight.
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by Matthew Roth on Jan 24, 2010 12:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Seems pretty similar to me. Kenny moved through divisions when opportunities opened up for him – MW for TUF, WW for subsequent fights, and then to LW so he could get a crack at a belt. Diego has done pretty much the same. Only now Diego has decided to go back to WW. More power to him.
They both moved around weight classes, but Kenny was never beaten out of one. I think he always intended to drop out of MW, win or lose TUF – the loss to Sanchez in no way influenced that decision. He did well at WW, but LW is an even better fit for him, so he dropped one further when the division was reopened.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 24, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
Since it was an 185 pound TUF you had people fighting outside of their natural weight class. And when the UFC restarted the LW division Kenny dropped down cause that’s his natural weight. Diego got beat twice at WW and then dropped. It’s not the same at all.
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by Matthew Roth on Jan 24, 2010 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
Just like Kenny finished Roger Huerta and Din Thomas (freak injury)? Almost no one finishes Clay Guida or Joe Stevenson.
Methinks Kenny’s is talking to get Diego to stay at 155 for a rematch.
by HonorableJudgeIto on Jan 24, 2010 12:28 AM EST reply actions
and BJ PENN. fact is kenny is BJ’s own personal gatekeeper. If they cant beat kenny they cant beat BJ
"Frank Mir had a horseshoe up his ass. I told him a year ago. I pulled it out of him and I beat him over the head with it." Brock Lesnar
My thoughts exactly. This does sound like Kenny trying to bait Diego into a fight though
by dissever on Jan 24, 2010 1:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
ww vs lw
fitch should fight kenny to see who the best personal gatekeeper in the ufc really is
by cagefightonacid on Jan 24, 2010 6:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'll do it for him.
“Kenny says I’m no good at 155, but he doesn’t say it until I’m already moving back up, you know what I mean? If he wants this, he wants to get run over again, lets get it homie!”
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by pdl on Jan 24, 2010 3:34 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
you forgot to add “YUS!”
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by Matthew Roth on Jan 24, 2010 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
priceless with the diego-isms
by cagefightonacid on Jan 24, 2010 6:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Spend enough time in SoCal gyms
and you pick up on his mannerisms real quick.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
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though I live in socal, I’m not spending much time in gyms
by cagefightonacid on Jan 24, 2010 7:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I really want to see this fight.
They need to do Maynard vs Gomi for the next title shot and kenny vs diego
by xbuckeyex05 on Jan 24, 2010 1:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking
Florian/ Sanchez rematch would be pretty sick. The only thing is that I think Diego was killing himself trying to get to 155, and I think his power & conditioning suffered as a result. Maybe if they really wanted to do the fight, they’d set it up at a catchweight, maybe like 160ish.
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by ElliotMatheny on Jan 24, 2010 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
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