DFW breaks down Machida vs Shogun 2
The state of the relationship between Machida & Dana White given that Machida is angry about Dana saying that Shogun…
The state of the relationship between Machida & Dana White given that Machida is angry about Dana saying that Shogun won the first fight
No, we’re cool as far as I know, we’re cool, I’m sure he’s not happy that I scored it that I thought Shogun. Listen, I’m always going to be honest in who I think won and who I think didn’t and that night I couldn’t tell you. I scored that fight twice watching it on TV and I had Shogun winning the fight. You know, it’s not like I have, me and Shogun are boys and we hang out all the time. I have the same relationship with Shogun that I do with Machida, you know, I like them both. I respect them both as fighters and actually, you know, I think Machida is an incredible fighter, I love his style, his Dad is a great guy, nothing against them, I’m just being honest in the way that I scored the fight.
The first fight in Los Angeles at Staples Center was tough to sell. The re-match should be easier to sell, right?
Yeah, well I was happy with the results of the fight in LA, too, but you know, the sport has gotten to a place where you know you can come to Canada and headline with two Brazilians. We can go to LA, we can go to England and headline with two Brazilians, especially when you’re talking about these two Brazilians, you know, two of the best in the world in a fight that I think is going to be, I think this is going to be a completely different fight. I think they both, you know, they both learned a lot about each other and neither one of them liked the result. Machida doesn’t like the fact that people think he didn’t win that fight and Shogun doesn’t like the fact that he didn’t win that fight, so I think this is going to be a completely different fight than the first one we saw.
Paul Daley posting photoshops of Koscheck on The Underground Forum and Dana has been spending more time posting on the UG.
I think this is hilarious but, yeah, I mean, I never get involved in the trash talk between the two guys unless somebody crosses the line and gets stupid, but I’ve always been active on the Underground since day one and the reason I posted the Korean Zombie’s quote yesterday because it’s one of the best quotes that I’ve ever seen and it’s the way that I’ve felt about the sport for a long time. I agree with what he said and it really is, it’s not just Americans, it’s people all over the world. He’s saying the American fans embraced me and not because I was Korean or American or anything else but because of the fight that I put on and I’ve always believed that, no matter what part of the world we go into, it doesn’t matter where a guy is from, it’s how you fight.
Thoughts on Fedor signing for another fight with Strikeforce?
It doesn’t surprise me. These guys have nothing else, you know what I mean? I told you, I don’t know how many times I got to say that Showtime sucks, but you know that’s all they have. They have nothing else. If they would have lost Fedor, I mean they’ve screwed up every other possible thing, everything they’ve done they’ve blown so to not get Fedor would have been huge. I’m sure they offered Fedor a ridiculous amount of money to stick around, you know these guys are throwing a lot of money around. They’re the typical guys who have come up and tried to compete and get into it and just throw dumb money around and do dumb stuff and aren’t going to last long when I think over the last, you know, six or seven years, all the people with all the money they came in, if they would have spent the money the right way could have actually done something for the sport and helped out a little bit. These guys aren’t helping out. Think they’re helping out with Ontario? Think they’re helping with New York? They don’t give a shit about that. They’ll let us forge the way and then they’re going to try to build a business off of what we do, but they can’t even do that right.