Stefan Struve catches Sean McCorkle around the neck at UFC 124, in Montreal, Canada. Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images.
“Just back from training with @rogergracie ! All I got to say is I feel like a white belt right now”
Stefan Struve, giant UFC fighter from Holland, via Twitter
“For girls [sex] raises your testosterone, so I try to have as much sex as possible before I fight”
Ronda Rousey, a bigger hit among MMA fans with every day
“I texted Dana [White] a couple months ago and I said ‘Dana, I watch all these interviews and all these people talking. No one says my name when they talk about the greatest fighters anymore.’ And I really don’t like that, it really bothers me”
BJ Penn, vowing to prove he’s still the man when he steps in the cage at UFC on Fox 5 next Saturday
“I’m all set to compete at the European Championship in Lisbon. I know there are lots of first-rate athletes in the middleweight division but I’m ardently dedicating myself to getting the gold in their midst.”
Fernando Tererê, giving the cue for fans in Portugal (and elsewhere) to rub their hands together in anxious anticipation of the European Championship coming up in January
“I’m not scared of him. It’s just that I will take this fight when it makes sense for me. There are fights in my weight class, other challenges out there. And if I fight him, I will have to gain weight, and then afterwards, I won’t be able to come back to my weight class. First and foremost, I have things to do at 170 pounds. When I am ready and when I want the fight, that’s when it will happen.”
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre on facing middleweight champ Anderson Silva
O velho transformou o mito das raças tristes / em Minotauros / Júnior Cigano / José Aldo / Lyoto Machida / Vitor Belfort / Anderson Silva / e a coisa toda / A bossa nova é foda”
Loosely translated to English: “The old man transformed the myth of the sad races / into Minotauros / Júnior Cigano / José Aldo / Lyoto Machida / Vitor Belfort / Anderson Silva / and all the rest / bossa nova is something else”
Caetano Veloso, 70, in his latest song, “A bossa nova é foda”
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