PORTRAIT
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BEHIND EVERY GREAT FIGHTER,
THERE IS ALWAYS A GREAT TEAM...
That’s why I do this sport. That’s a challenge that would help me Did you have input into the content of the advert?
motivate myself, and if I do it I’ll do it right. No, they just told me what to do.
Who are the best up and coming fighters in your Will it open doors for other MMA fighters to break
weight division? into the mainstream?
In my division it will be the winner of Swick and Kampmann. I think it will open a lot of doors.
There’s a lot of guys in my division, Dan Hardy who looks good.
Jon Fitch, he’s always very dangerous, he’s really talented. He
Did you enjoy making the movie Never Surrender
gave me the toughest fight.
with Rampage, B.J. Anderson and other fighters?
It was fun. It was different.
Who, of your previous opponents, is most deserving
of a rematch?
Was it difficult to work with BJ?
I think Jon Fitch.To tell you the truth, I won’t say that I want to
Not really, the way you fight for movies is not the way you
fight him again, because it was a really tough fight and I was
fight for real.
pretty tired at the end. But I think he’s the man.
Who are the best
Do you see a third fight with B.J. happening one day?
MMA fighters in the
I don’t know, I’m not afraid of him I’ll fight him anytime.
world today?
Fedor and Anderson
Who would you most like to fight? Silva.
The best, I just want to fight the best fighters in the world.
Where do you see
What fight would you most like to see? your career going
Fedor against Brock Lesnar. outside of the cage?
My main objective right
You’re the first North American fighter to have a
now is my fighting ca-
sponsorship deal with a major corporation like Gato-
reer. I have a few other
rade, why do you think they chose you?
opportunities, but I’m
Because of my performance in the Octagon and my image
just concentrating
outside the Octagon.
on fighting.
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