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Quote of the Day 2: Josh Koscheck Embraces Bad Guy Role to Make Money

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"Being loved or hated, ya know what? It's about making money for me. So if I've got to be the bad guy to make money, then I'll be the bad guy to make money.

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"It's never bugged me, from day one. I know who I am as a person. I know the people around me know me. I'm not here to make friends - I'm here to make money. I have enough friends. The people around me care about me and love me, and it's the same relationship back. I'm not trying to make friends here. I'm here to make money. It's a business."

Josh Koscheck talks to Ariel Helwani.

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The best way to make money is to be good...

Kos has acted like a jerk begining with TUF. Too bad, because he is pretty damn good as well. Here’s to GSP crushing you so you can go back to being a prick to make money.

by trips71 on Sep 10, 2010 5:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

LOL

I'm gonna give you three seconds; exactly three-fucking-seconds to wipe that stupid looking grin off your face or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you!

by attgnp on Sep 10, 2010 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's not my point. He will only make so much money by being a jerk,

but he would make a good deal more if he was a better fighter. Don’t get me wrong, he is a good fighter, but being a jerk to make money is the easy way out. Be the best and the money come to you.

by trips71 on Sep 10, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Only so much? With TUF I bet Kos nets three mill this year, easily.

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Trying to remember where I read how much Ken made for season three of TUF I’m pretty sure Tito made five mill just need to find the article.

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

holy fuck

are you serious? no wonder why he hid the injury!

by BeeTrain on Sep 10, 2010 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think it was during a Howard Stern interview if I remember correctly Howard kind of punked Tito and asked who was worth more him or Jenna. Stern damn well knew the answer was Jenna by a landslide.

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Being old to enough to live through her prime

I don’t know what is crazier:

that people used to pay for porn, or that she used to be hot as fucking fuck.

BOOSH

by Farthammer on Sep 10, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ken got a cut of PPVs, Josh doesn't

But I know he’s gonna net about a million from that fight alone

Plus stipend, plus the increase in sponsorships

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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 10, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

How much will GSP make? Think he really minds the Kos trash talk? Fuck you pay me shold be GSP’s new nickname.

Mothers know nothing about creeping marauders burrowing through the snow toward the kitchen where only you and you alone stand between your tiny, huddled family and insensate evil.

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 11, 2010 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

Was going to say this but I wanted to check out the interview in its entirety first. He’s obviously pretty driven to be a great fighter. This post just covers the answer to a question that probably went something like, “Do you mind being the bad guy?”

by Rufford on Sep 10, 2010 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not always.

Look at Chael. All that shit talking got him into the limelight. People got interested in his fight, he’s on Inside MMA now and probably has more sponsors.

"Girls are mean." Lisa Ward

by Keren on Sep 10, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

yup.

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Like the saying goes...

“Controversy Sells.”

"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."

"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29

by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 10, 2010 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

But Kos is such a boring bad guy.

At least Chael is funny. Koscheck is just a really bad shit-talker – he says nothing interesting or entertaining. I think he’s probably a pretty decent guy in his normal life, although a bit confused. But, a good fighter and I think he could be a pretty good coach, too.

by KatGirl on Sep 10, 2010 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Can’t wait to see GSP own him in all aspects of the game.

This TUF is going to be brutal. I can picture the whole show Kos just calling GSP Frenchie… talk about quality programing

Thank goodness for PVR technology and the ability to fast forward to the fights

Sheeeeeeeee-it

by Clay Davis on Sep 10, 2010 5:05 PM EDT reply actions  

I agree but he has a genuine and sincere way of being a dick sometimes.

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe I have flawed logic but i feel like if he was genuine and sincere he would be better at it.

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

I just meant in some instances he seems like a real cocky prick and other times it does seem forced. Maybe it is the cockiness that is real. I don’t know.

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Josh Koscheck is a mystery.

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Nah, he's telling you that

He’s really not acting

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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 10, 2010 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Fitch is his boy… he’s not going to say he is boring.

GSPs total domination of Fitch certainly wasn’t boring

Sheeeeeeeee-it

by Clay Davis on Sep 10, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yep

That isn’t the only reason he acts douchey though. He was douchey years ago on TUF 1

by truck on Sep 10, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kos always said

that he doesn’t care what people are saying about him, as long as they were saying something about him and keep his name out there.

by Mack622 on Sep 10, 2010 5:17 PM EDT reply actions  

That sounds an awful lot

like he’s playing a character. Like he isn’t being genuine and just doing whatever to make money. That sounds really familiar to me.

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by Geno Mrosko on Sep 10, 2010 5:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Seriously.

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

What this guy said

"I am a man who pisses largely and frequently, which they say is a sign of great mental activity" -Henry Miller-

by Neil Manich on Sep 10, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

No dude, Koscheck was an amateur wrestler and now gets paid to ply said trade, which means every time he fights is

PROWRESTLING!

"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe

by pdl on Sep 10, 2010 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Hahah

/sarcasm
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 10, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes.

It’s almost as if he has taken his real life self and “turned it up” to “play to the audience”. He understands that audiences like to see good vs bad. I wonder where he got that concept from.

What does Luke Thomas have to say?

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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 10, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Lets see, calls out the champion, plays the bad guy role, the audience boos him, distinctive hairstyle, wrassles

Hmm….(scratches chinny chin chin)

by Krimson on Sep 10, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know

It feels like he’s trying to copy Chad Ochocinco.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Sep 10, 2010 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

thank you

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hahaha.

Worst example of all time. That fails on so many levels. Ochocinco creating a character and acting it out doesn’t earn him more money, it actually costs him money. Koscheck will drive PPV buys by being a character. Ocho only hurts himself by doing it. Try again.

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by Geno Mrosko on Sep 10, 2010 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

It feels like he is copying Spencer Pratt.

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

TO and the Sharpie

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kato Kaelin

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Where were you between five and six? Kato’s answer, the third grade.

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

back-up alibi : Announcing the Inaugural World Championship of Baseketball.

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

I bet all the money he lost because of his character

he made right back when Vh1 offered him his own TV Show to bang chicks on. It also gives him tons of exposure, in more ways than one. I see nothing lost or hurt.

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Are you talking about Flavor Flav?

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

OH for the love of Ray J pay attention!!!!

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

I got that thing that attention hey did you check out Imax in Sanfran?

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Whaaat?

Worst example of all time. OchoCinco is loved by basically everyone. His “85 is always open,” thing is hilarious. I hate the Bengals but I absolutely adore Ocho. He is the very brand of “diva,” wide receiver that you want. He’s not detrimental to the locker room, he’s not detrimental to anything. He’s a great dude and he’s hilarious.

And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.

by James Brady on Sep 10, 2010 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

To add ...

… the only thing he’s ever really done that upset anyone was don the Hall of Fame jacket.

And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.

by James Brady on Sep 10, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Only point is that athletes put on "characters"

Brandon Phillips called the Cardinals “little bitches” and got in a fight—-that game was the highest rated regular season broadcast for Fox Sports Midwest.

Alexander Semin said he didn’t see what was special about Sidney Crosby. Ovechkin/Crosby don’t like each other and actually say so in the media despite giving bland answers to everything else. The Caps-Pens games I believe are the highest rated for the NBA.

Shaq/Kobe have a feud that both of them have said at different points is essentially non-existent on a personal level.

This shit happens in every sport.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Sep 10, 2010 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Alexander Semin

oh dear Lord what that child went through in highschool

When I'm on the mic it goes down, CINTRON

-Joell Ortiz

by The Lethal Haze on Sep 11, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

holy shit.

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ugh, I was waiting for this comment.
I have enough friends. The people around me care about me and love me, and it’s the same relationship back.

He has the friends he wants. He’s not looking to make new ones. This contributes nothing new to the AKA not fighting team mates policy.

"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe

by pdl on Sep 10, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

As koscheck basically said, fighting is his profession. Friendships at the workplace should not get in the way of “making money” or being productive.

Chael Sonnen: Last time I defeated the myth, this time I'll defeat the man.
So...hyped...

by frosnt1 on Sep 10, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not here to make friends with fans

C’mon now, don’t be silly. You know what he means.

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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 10, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Fitch already said

He would move up to MW if Kos wins… (Read: Josh would beat me if we fought)

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer

Haters are gonna hate and bitches are gonna bitch...

by BigDNotDallas on Sep 10, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

What a surprise

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…………….

by Dootch on Sep 10, 2010 5:30 PM EDT reply actions  

well i it was for the giggles, it worked.

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

The more I watch this all I can see is Paul Daley’s boobs sway with the punch.

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

How does it make you feel?

by Horselover Fat on Sep 10, 2010 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

confused

"He sucks weiner! He sucks weiner!" - II SMASH II

by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

That’s one hell of an ocean for a motorboat.

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like Kos

so go f your self.

Semper Fi'
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by RolloTomasi on Sep 10, 2010 5:53 PM EDT reply actions  

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