Miletich: Frank Shamrock has agreed to fight me
Cory Brady for FiveOuncesofPain.com: Is there any word on when we will see Pat Miletich back in action? Pat Miletich:…
Cory Brady for FiveOuncesofPain.com: Is there any word on when we will see Pat Miletich back in action?
Pat Miletich: We were hoping to put together a fight in March, but now it looks like that may not happen. We might have to wait for April or May. Who knows if it will ever happen. Frank Shamrock and I have verbally agreed to fight each other, but from what I understand he’s being difficult in the negotiations. For whatever reason he may have, I think it’s too bad because I think it’s the type of fight that would draw a lot of attention. It would be two guys that were UFC champions and have done a lot for that organization, and now they’re involved with Strikeforce. I think it just made sense. But for whatever reason I think he’s having trouble pulling the trigger. He may be nervous about getting slapped around, but that’s the way it sits right now. Hopefully I can find someone else to fight if he doesn’t want to do it. I want to get in there before Summer.
FiveOuncesofPain.com: Is the plan to fight for Strikeforce, or has that not really been fully determined at this point?
Pat Miletich: That’s who I would like to fight for. Frank and I both work for them, so it would make sense. I get along with Scott Coker and all of the people at Showtime and Strikeforce very well. I think Showtime and Strikeforce are very good companies. They treat their people very well, which says a lot to me. So yeah, that’s where I would like to end up, but we’ll see what happens.
FiveOuncesofPain.com: Do you think it may be a situation where he might not feel confident that he could get you to the ground and may not want to stand up with you?
Pat Miletich: He definitely doesn’t have the power to hurt me, he’s not going to submit me, he can’t out-box me, and he definitely can’t take me down. Maybe he’ll pull off something like he did in the Renzo Gracie fight so he can get out alive. Who knows.
FiveOuncesofPain.com: Do you think you discovered something post 2006 that you were lacking before?
Pat Miletich: I just decided to be mean to people again. I made it my intention to finish people the way I did in the beginning of my career. I was so worried about winning safely before – so I wouldn’t get cut from the UFC and things like that – so i was basically fighting way too reserved. In my Muay Thai/Kickboxing and early MMA career, I pretty much finished all of my fights in pretty violent fashion, so I just decided to start being mean to people again.