UFC 141 Preview: Jacob Volkmann Wants to 'Shut Up' Efrain Escudero
by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 24, 2011 6:30 PM EST
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Jacob Volkmann was a recent guest on The Verbal Submission podcast with hosts Ben Thapa of Bloody Elbow and Brian Hemminger of MMA Mania. Volkmann talked about his upcoming UFC 141 bout with Efrain Escudero and even revealed quite a distaste for the former Ultimate Fighter winner's attitude.
From the interview:
Brian Hemminger: While T.J. might have been a tougher fight, I believe Efrain Escudero comes in with a bigger name due to winning season eight of The Ultimate Fighter so this could actually be a win-win for you where it's not quite as difficult of a fight in your eyes but you'd actually gain more for a victory. Do you kind of see it that way as well?
Jacob Volkmann: I guess. He does have a bigger fanbase than T.J. does. He's got a lot bigger ego too so it's hard to deal with that too.
Brian Hemminger: What is it about his ego that makes you think it would be worse than T.J. Grant?
Jacob Volkmann: Well, I saw him fight down at CFA, I don't know if you've ever heard of them down in Miami, Florida. That's where Efrain fought this guy named Mike Rio and it's just the way he carried himself. It was annoying to be honest and now I get to fight him.
Brian Hemminger: Are you hoping to shut him up a little bit I guess?
Jacob Volkmann: Well, I don't think that's possible. If you get a person like that, I think he's gonna be arrogant no matter who he fights or whatever happens.
Brian Hemminger: Jacob Volkmann, dropping the sound bytes (laughs). So what was it about the way he carried himself that rubbed you the wrong way?
Jacob Volkmann: Yeah, just the arrogance. He seemed like his nose was up in the air and he was expecting people to come over and talk to him and stuff. I don't know. He just really annoyed me when I was watching him.
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I think Volkmann is gonna take this one
155 is the best weight for him.
"You got Floyd Mayweather making 25 million dollars...he can't stop the double leg." - Nick Diaz
Seems iffy to me. I mean, I don't doubt that maybe Escudero thinks he's hot shit but, well...
It just seems like Volkmann dislikes him just because. I mean, he gives zero reasons.
Maybe he’s just psyching himself Diaz style, for the fight. Who knows.
The Internets: Where there are no girls and men become children.
Idk everybody has ppl that annoy them without really having a reason other than how they “carry” themselves.
Seems like highschool tween shit to me, but okay. I guess you're right.
The Internets: Where there are no girls and men become children.
by Unabomberman on Dec 24, 2011 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
Escudero by sub
Years ago someone told Polynesian DNA that everyone was surrounded by sea monsters and it believed them. It made humans that were immune to head injuries, fast enough to run on the highway, and big enough to use the carpool lane. Putting two of them in the same ring is like telling your local tectonic plates to fuck themselves.
"I said ‘let me tell you, you’re one punch away from being worth zero’ and I was wrong, he was one triangle choke away from being worth zero." - Dana on Fedor
"Guillard told the commission he used cocaine on March 30 and expected it to be out of his system by the time he stepped into the Octagon"
by Kevin Jennison J. Zametov-St Pierre on Dec 24, 2011 7:15 PM EST reply actions
Christmas by Chiropractic Adjustment
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Oh, dayum! Hell no!
Gotta go joingoistic here: Escudero by UD.
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Even though he kind of irks me…
The Internets: Where there are no girls and men become children.
by Unabomberman on Dec 24, 2011 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
Haha I’m on the same page as you jingo. Can’t not root for Mexican fighters.
Does anyone remember where Escudero was studying? I remember hearing that he didn’t take training seriously because he was more concerned with having a reputation as a UFC fighter and partying, but take that as a grain of salt cause I can’t remember where I read that and am not able to find it
you could say everyone in the public eye has their nose up, someone has to be the eye
if the third stone has life, what about 20 years worth.
Considering how Volkmann schooled Castillo and considering how Do Bronx outwrestled Escudero, i’d say the Obamahating chiropractor has this in the bag.
It's ironic because i want Efrain to shut up Christmas
Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed.
by NEW-HAMPSHIRE on Dec 24, 2011 8:18 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
People think he looks like Jim Carrey’s character from Dumb and Dumber – Lloyd Christmas. It’s mostly the haircut…
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is there like an unwritten law that fighters that have any resemblance whatsoever to Jim Carrey have to have one his characters as his nickname haha
although to be fair ace and christmas are the only two i know, but they are also they only two fighters ive heard compared to jim carrey’s looks
by Robert V-U on Dec 25, 2011 3:32 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I always thought this scene from Ace Ventura looked like
Forrest Griffin
and on really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion.
by Johnathan Willis on Dec 25, 2011 4:01 AM EST up reply actions
He thinks T.J Grant has an ego? Did I read something wrong or is he mentally retarded?
My opinion>Your onion.
by Tairy Hesticles on Dec 24, 2011 9:04 PM EST reply actions
you read it wrong
"I think you'll see my style of man beast will definitely come through" - Brad Pickett
by bcpjkell on Dec 24, 2011 10:17 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Bad Article title
Volkmann never actually says the words “shut up.”
Hemminger asks if he wants to shut Efrain up, and Volkmann replies, “I don’t think it’s possible.”
"I think you'll see my style of man beast will definitely come through" - Brad Pickett
by bcpjkell on Dec 24, 2011 10:19 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
While nothing Volkman said may directly entail that he wants to shut up Efrain, but I think it’s fair to say that what he did say implicates that he wants to shut up Escudero
With the same logic
I don’t know man, I never could root for Volkmann because he always kind of looked like a child molester. Proof? None, just.. Kind of looks like one.
Jacob Volkmann
Takes personal offense at darker person for completely manufactured slight
News at 11
The more Volkmann talks
the more he comes off as a bigger and bigger douche.
by SteamboatWillie on Dec 25, 2011 11:23 AM EST reply actions
Volkmann is going to steamroll Efrain.
As its Christmas, this makes me happy!
by MJB! on Dec 25, 2011 1:34 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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