"After this weekend I get back to Austin and decide to break open a six pack and just relax. I get another call. This time its a MMA reporter asking me if I'm fighting Brett Rodgers in 5 weeks. He told me he had on good word I was going to get offered the fight and I told him I hadn't heard anything about it. Waiting for my manager to call and offer me the fight instead of putting my beer down I finish the 6 pack. I read on MMA.TV that he turned the fight down cause 5 weeks wasn't enough time for him to get ready. Oh, well. Fighting Brett Rodgers would do nothing for my career and in all honestly would be a fight that would be hard to get motivated for. I relate it to a 12 year MLB veteran getting called down to the Bush Leagues. To me it really doesn't matter but as a pro I fight who the promoters ask me too. One I'm a professional and two it doesn't look good if youre a fighter that's afraid to take a fight."
-- Paul Buentello blogging about his upcoming EliteXC fight with Brett Rogers.
HT Fightlinker