HE'S A REAL NOWHERE MAN, SITTING IN HIS NOWHERE LAND
"What we were told is that (sheriff’s officials who found him) believe his motorcycle had run out of gas, so he went to walk out in like 115 to 118-degree heat." - a member of Evan Tanner's management team Douglas Vincitorio (San Diego Union-Tribune)
"He was miles away from his camp. That’s where the helicopter found him. Right now, they just think that he succumbed to the heat." - Vincitorio
"Here was a famous UFC fighter who didn’t have enough food to eat at times. I’d call him just to make sure he had food in his fridge, but he never let it get him down." - a member of Evan Tanner's management team Josh Hayner (Cage Potato)
"Starting over was kind of a theme in his life. He hardly ever lived in the same place more than six months." - Hayner
""He moved out to Vegas and then found it too shallow for him, so he moved out to Oceanside and had a great place, he was learning to surf, and he was really enjoying his day-to-day life." - Hayner
"He was such a renaissance man on the most basic level." - Evan Tanner's childhood friend Deana Epperson (Sherdog)
"For any normal person the thought of traveling alone into the middle of the savage environment of Death Valley seems insane, but when I heard that’s what Evan Tanner was planning it made perfect sense." - UFC color commentator Joe Rogan (JoeRogan.net)
"I watched him basically re-plumb his house. I asked where he learned to do it, and he pointed to a book on the table -- 'How to Plumb Your House.'" - Jason Leigh
"He didn’t like fighting. He enjoyed that it allowed him to express himself." - MMA veteran Paul Buentello
"I always thought Evan would disappear into the mountains and never come back. He always liked nature and being alone." - Buentello
HI, I'M RASHAD EVANS AND I JUST COST THE UFC MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
"My coach, Mike Winklejohn, we went over that overhand right again and again." - UFC Light Heavyweight Rashad Evans, discussing the punch that KO'd UFC posterboy Chuck Liddell (UFC 88 post fight press conference)
"He said, this is gonna be the one that puts Chuck down." - Evans
"I was there when Chuck knocked Randy out, this dude ran around the cage like five times and went over to see his people before he even checked on Randy." - Evans, responding to criticisms about showboating (MMA Junkie)
"I'm very happy." - Evans, sounding very convincing when asked about his newly found title shot
WHAT IS GREG JACKSON FEEDING YOU GUYS?
"Georges St. Pierre was the first do it, and it's just sort of an inside joke." - Evans, referring to the now infamous nipple tweaking
"Georges said it was supposed to good luck or something, so I said, 'Cool, alright.'" - Evans
"Matter a fact, I'm wearing his cup!" - Evans, wearing Marquardt's cup like Nuke LaLoosh wears female undergarments
"We brothers." - Evans
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, KEEP TRYING THE SAME THING
"I got caught, what do you want me to say?" - Liddell, who might want to try discussing WHY he keeps getting "caught"
"I always said I'll decide if I'm going to retire in the training room, not after a fight." - Liddell
"Yeah, it's still my goal to get back in there, but obviously it's going to take a little longer now." - Liddell
WE ALL KNOW THEY WILL KISS AND MAKE UP AT THE END THOUGH
"Everybody wants this fight to happen, from the fans to the organization to myself to Matt Hughes to Matt Hughes' wife." - former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra (MMA Junkie)
"You're going to pay me to fight this jerk? Are you kidding me?" - Serra, and no we aren't kidding you
"I think he's a one-trick pony, and he's not good at that one trick." - Serra
"If people think that he's putting me to the mat like GSP did, he's not one-third as explosive as GSP." - Serra, who is also not one-third the fighter St. Pierre is
"The only thing I want to retire is Matt Hughes. I plan on retiring him." - Serra, hopefully demanding a "loser leaves town" clause in the bout agreement
WHITE NOISE
"I would say the same thing…if I hadn't seen the Heath Herring fight." - UFC President Dana White, answering criticisms about Brock's short fight career (ESPN 1100 via Yahoo)
"Who would you rather see him fight?" - White, offering up a valid point
"Everyone and their uncle will turn in to see what happens." - White
PARTING SHOTS
"I would never fight with Paulão. We almost train together, we’re always helping each other and (Josuel) Distak is our coach. There’s no chance to happen. People can complain, scream, whatever, but it won’t happen." - UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, nixing a fight with friend Paulo Filho (Tatame)
"Someday when he retires from fighting, he's going to be a way better coach than I am." - Greg Jackson, referring to Keith Jardine (Sherdog)
"What else is an underpaid fighter supposed to do at the end of his career? Cash in his 401K? Collect social security? Start to work some [expletive] job for 10 bucks an hour? (This) [expletive] ain't boxing, and if you're not Chuck [Liddell] or Tito Ortiz, you don't get paid dick." - War Machine, costing himself a job (MMA Junkie)
"To be honest dude, I belong with Napoleon dog, Alexander dude, Hitler, thats where I belong with dog. I be conquering mother f*ckers dude, period, you know what I mean, pillaging, sh*t like that. Thats where I belong bro - criminal dog, straight up criminal." - TUF 8 Contender Jose Aguilar (TUF Preview)
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