UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields Conference Call Live Updates
by Mike Fagan on Apr 19, 2011 1:54 PM EDT
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Join Bloody Elbow for live updates from today's UFC 129 conference call scheduled at 2 p.m. ET. Participating on the call today are featherweight champion Jose Aldo, challenger Mark Hominick, UFC legend Randy Couture, and former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida. Tom Wright, the UFC's Director of Canadian Operations, will also be on the line.
A second call is scheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m. ET featuring welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, challenger Jake Shields, and UFC President Dana White.
[UPDATES] via @Mike_Fagan_13:
Jose Aldo: In my mind, this is just another fight. This is my job. Training camp went great.
- Aldo: There's no frustration because I knew I was in the UFC, fighting soon.
- Aldo: C5-C6 bothering him in his neck. Right shoulder bothering him from Mike Brown fight. Shoulder felt stress against Faber, Gamburyan.
- Aldo: No surgery, just rehab.
Mark Hominick: My life's flipped upside down with this fight. I've been in the fight game for 10 years. I feel like an overnight success.
- Hominick: People are intimidated when they step in with Jose. I'm going to come in and step forward against him.
- Hominick: How can you prepare for something you haven't seen before? (Re: fighting in Rogers Centre)
- Hominick: I'm excited for the fans. Every time you get the lighter guys, you're getting a great fight.
Randy Couture: Nothing changed. It's been an on-going transition for me. I want to go out on my own terms. I think that time has come.
- Couture: I've thought about it the last couple camps, and I made the decision this time.
- Couture: (biggest UFC show ever) played no factor in my decision, but being a part of a show of this magnitude is fun.
- Couture: The UFC offered me a couple of other guys, and I turned them down. Lyoto has such a unique style. That's intriguing to me.
- Couture: Representing mixed martial arts against Toney was an honor to me.
- Couture: It's been an interesting camp; I've had to learn some new things. Been fun studying Machida, trying to figure out what will work.
- Couture: I still have the health, ability to compete at this level. I don't want to get to the point where I don't. Go out on my terms.
- Couture: I want to be healthy and enjoy the rest of my life.
- Couture: I'm sure the UFC will have ideas for fights, try to entice me to come back. I see myself being with Zuffa in some other way.
- Couture: Lots to do politically with New York state. I also enjoyed commentating in the booth.
- Couture: I'm sure the crowd will be powerful, blow the roof off the place. I expect an amazing experience.
- Couture: It's about the journey. I just want to put on a good performance.
- Couture: Someone asked me about retirement, and I answered honestly. Once the cat's out of the bag...
- Couture: Expendables 2 shooting starts Aug. 22nd. (Another movie) called Hijack. Starts in May.
Lyoto Machida: If I could have done to Rampage in third round in the second round, it would have been a different fight.
- Machida: I came back from my first KO loss, and Quinton has a lot of power. I didn't want to take a lot of risks early on.
- Machida: Every fight is different, but pressure always exists whether it's defending a title or facing 3 straight losses.
- Machida: it's an honor to fight Couture and out of respect he wants to give his best to him that night.
- Machida: Whether you're winning or losing, you have to constantly evolve.
- Machida: The pressure still exists, just in a different form. After a loss or two, fans start to humanize you.
Conference call over/under contest after the jump.
Conference call over/under contest:
Questions asked to Mark Hominick: 3.5
Questions about Couture's retirement: 5.5
Questions to Tom Wright: 3.5
Times "legend" is used: 2.5
Mentions of Jon Jones: 2.5
Times Couture refers to Machida as "challenge," "puzzle," or "riddle": 3.5
Times Dave Meltzer's name is called: 1.5
Questions asked by Mike Fagan: 0.5
Questions asked by Franklin McNeil: 2.5
Fagan freakouts on Twitter: 10.5
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I hope they ask him about the "Mr. Shields" nickname
They may as well have named him Jake “John” Shields just to articulate how devoid of personality he is.
I got
The over on legend uses and Jon Jones references and under for Hominick ?’s poor dude hope that fight is a battle though.
by theBarbarian17 on Apr 19, 2011 12:58 PM EDT reply actions
It's a conference call with the media.
There are usually no feeds of these.
Might only work for Canadians.
(Courtesy of Mauro’s twitter)
Times Couture refers to Machida as “challenge,” “puzzle,” or “riddle”: 3.5
This is similar to . . .
- Michael Jordan talking about “executing” the coaches plan.
- Kobe Bryant aping Michael Jordan’s “execution.”
What about GSP’s polished statements about
- the most difficult opponent in my career
- a better version of myself
- telling his defeated opponent that he will grow, comeback better and learn lessons from a typical GSP ass-whupping.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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VEe is ANIMated!
Kobe aped as much as he could from MJ. a lot of guys try, but Kobe’s done a damn good job of swagger-jacking his way to 5 titles
live pleasant
by eastcoastatlas on Apr 19, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you remember when Kobe went bananas on the league average 40+ during 9 consecutive games, averaging 30 points for the month? That was all Kobe.
Kobe will see another title before his career is over. Who knows, maybe 7 titles.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Apr 19, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Kobe scored 50 or more 4 times in a row
268 points in 5 games(53.6ppg). 13 consecutive games of 35 or more.
"Run and tweet THAT, homeboy."
Helluva scorer
Not the greatest two-way player on the planet.
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by Derek Suboticki on Apr 19, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Kobe's an excellent on ball defender
but you can only do so much for 40 minutes a night.
"Run and tweet THAT, homeboy."
If you had an NBA team today, would you rather have Kobe or Chris Paul? If I were starting an NBA team today and had the #1 fantasy draft pick, there are probably a dozen guys I’d pick over Kobe (even if Kobe were a few years younger).
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by Derek Suboticki on Apr 19, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
This is silly
If Chris Paul(or any other young player today) gets 3 rings, I’d be shocked.
Kobe is on a completely different level mentally. There’s a reason he’s a 5 time champion.
"Run and tweet THAT, homeboy."
Kobe’s mental approach to the game makes him different.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Apr 19, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
And his name is Phil Jackson.
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by Derek Suboticki on Apr 19, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s overly simplistic. Phil Jackson is obviously not the one physically putting the ball in the hoop, defending opponents, and getting past opponent’s defense to get the ball in the hoop. I mean, simply watching a Laker game, one can easily see what Kobe brings to the table.
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Yep, there is a reason
Its called Shaq and Pau Gasol….
Its funny how some forgets what the years were like after Shaq left and
before Pau got there…
Being kicked out of the first round consecutively
Demanding a trade
Etc….
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so true
no one can remember anything about any athlete in the whole world.
it’s all now, now, now.
kobe completely and totally rode shaq’s coattails for those first three championships.
the last two he was the best player on a great team.
is he a great player? sure. but the mj comparisons based on number of championships are silly. a more relevant comparison might be pippen (let’s not forget he won six championships too). if pippen had played on those lakers teams, he could have done the same thing.
perhaps this is a bit harsh
the fact is that for 3 of those championships he was not the number one guy.
also, the fact is that he did nothing until they built a great team around him in LA.
still a very great player, and more of a scorer than pippen ever was.
Chris Paul, right now anyway, doesn’t play with the same sort of talent as Kobe does or has in his career.
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If you trade Paul for Kobe today, the Lakers are still pretty good while the Hornets fucking collapse.
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by Derek Suboticki on Apr 19, 2011 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you just ask me whether I would have Kobe or Paul? whaa…
Come on dude. Paul had a very sup-par season, and overall he hasn’t played as well as anyone thought he would. Shit I would still take Nash over Paul to lead a talented team. Rondo, Parker, Gordan and definitely Derrick Rose are all better point guards at the moment. I will admit Paul has been playing better in playoffs so far but I see the Lakers and Kobe taking over soon. And I don’t even like the lakers, thats my brothers favorite team and I cheer against them.
Not many people I would take over Kobe when it comes to playoffs and the drive to win. The guys probably going to win 2 more titles before he’s done. The comparison between him and Jordan is warranted, and I believe when it’s all said and done they’ll be known as the two greatest to have played the game.
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by LowkickGreed on Apr 19, 2011 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
shooting guards/smaller men wise. Seems they always get more credit then the big men.
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by LowkickGreed on Apr 19, 2011 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
remember when MJ averaged 37 for a whole season? with the swagger-jacking comment i literally just mean he clearly takes a lot of his mannerisms from Jordan. tongue out, shot follow through, demeanor in press conferences, etc. good guy to try to emulate
live pleasant
by eastcoastatlas on Apr 19, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Like you said
Everyone has tried, but they can’t do it. Not even close.
Kobe is the only player since Jordan to have such a strong killer instinct and nearly psychotic focus on winning.
"Run and tweet THAT, homeboy."
I think that 37ppg
was Jordan’s rookie year.
Kobe average 40 for the month of his streak. The only other players with any such streak are Wilt and MJ, who both have bigger ones.
"Run and tweet THAT, homeboy."
Not his rookie year but phenomenal any way.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Apr 19, 2011 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I understand.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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VEe is ANIMated!
by VeeisAnimated on Apr 19, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I know it doesnt really matter to the actual fight but
for some reason Couture saying he won’t fight anymore win or lose kind of takes some of the luster out of this fight for me.
" Its like when I'm right I'm right, when I'm wrong I coulda been right, so I'm still right cause I coulda been wrong, you know, and I'm sorry cause I could be wrong right now, I could be wrong, but I'm right..." Bama
I bet he says that
So in the event he loses it doesn’t become the loss that was the deciding factor… because if he wins he can always change his mind and take another fight.
Lyoto:
“If I could have done to Rampage in third round in the second round, it would have been a different fight”
Captain obvious is obvious.
" Its like when I'm right I'm right, when I'm wrong I coulda been right, so I'm still right cause I coulda been wrong, you know, and I'm sorry cause I could be wrong right now, I could be wrong, but I'm right..." Bama
I think that was his point
Some ass probably asked him if he should/could have put the pressure on Jackson earlier.
"Run and tweet THAT, homeboy."
Has anyone asked Aldo if he thinks his injury or time off will affect him?
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by AfroSamurai on Apr 19, 2011 3:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Question 1: Georges, have you given any thought to fighting this fight with one hand tied behind your back?
2: Randy, you are the worst actor I’ve ever seen. How the hell do you keep getting movie roles?
3: Lyoto, do you avoid asparagus during training camp? Why do I ask? Think about it…
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