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TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of October 9 - 15
CHAEL BAIT "Let's see what the big boss is going to do." - Brazilian supermanager Ed Soares, with a line I like to use in the bedroom. (SporTV) "My opinion is that he had his chance and tapped, he should go back to the end of the line. " - Soares, on Chael Sonnen. I wonder if this "back of the...
TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of October 2 - 8
THE WEEK IN CHAEL "Anderson Silva, you absolutely suck." - Chael Sonnen, talking to Joe Rogan after submitting Brian Stann at UFC 136. (UFC 136 telecast) "Super Bowl weekend, the biggest rematch in the history of the business, I'm calling you out Silva, but we're upping the stakes." - Sonnen,...
TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of September 18 - 24
FOR BRITISH EYES ONLY "The most creative or versatile to date...I don't know, man. That's a good question. I didn't really think about that." - Quinton Jackson, on UFC 135 opponent Jon Jones. Jones would up his game with MMA Nation's Luke Thomas. (Luke Thomas) "Well, you know, I'm British, so being...
TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of September 11 - 17
HOW TO LOSE A MILLION DOLLARS IN 24 HOURS "I'm not trying to make all these little excuses." - Nick Diaz, on the UFC pulling him from the UFC 137 main event for skipping back-to-back press conference. Excuses follow. (MMA Junkie) "If I'd have known the fight was going to be off, I would have...
TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of August 28 - September 3
VELASQUEZ VS. DOS SANTOS: IT'S NOT THE KLITSCHKOS! "You have to put your best foot forward, and we have to go with the most prestigious championship in all of sports..." - UFC President Dana White, holding up the purple-jeweled WAMMA belt he recently won in an auction on eBay. (Fox Sports via...
TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of August 21 - 27
NOG STRIKES BACK "I'm back, you know?" - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, after his first-round TKO over Brendan Schaub at UFC 134. (MMA Fighting) "When I feel like some guys ask me in the interviews before the fight I was the underdog, I told you I like to be the underdog." - Nogueira, starting his shift...
TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of August 14 - 20
NINE OF EVERY TEN FIGHTERS ARE JUICING CLAIMS SELF-PROCLAIMED NON-USER "I would definitely say somewhere in the percentage of 85 percent of guys are definitely using, especially the guys who can afford it are definitely using. I would even go as high as 95 to 96 percent of the top level athletes...
TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of August 7 - 13
THE GOLDEN RULE "This is actually a pretty simple explanation." - UFC President Dana White, on Zuffa's release of anything Golden Glory. (MMA Mania) "The bottom line is the way they do business is, you have to pay them, not the fighters. We don't work that way." - White. And if you've ever known...
TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of July 31 - August 6
HERB DEAN OF MEAN THE REFEREE MACHINE "I saw Dan hit Fedor with a shot, Fedor fell down flat on his face, face down, his palms were facing up and I saw Dan continuing to punch." - Herb Dean, the third man in the cage with Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson. Dean stopped the bout at 4:12 of round...
TWIQ: MMA Quotes for the Week of July 24 - 30
MORE NICKNAMES THAN BRIAN ADAMS HAS GIMMICKS "[Fedor is] going to be a little more mobile bouncing around and a little more offensive that first round." - Dan Henderson, on Saturday night's opponent, Fedor Emelianenko. Emelianenko was more than a little offensive in the first round. He came out...
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