Pavelich on why MMA can’t get to the next level
Maximum Fighting Championship owner Mark Pavelich calls himself the second best interview in the sport, taking a back seat only…
Maximum Fighting Championship owner Mark Pavelich calls himself the second best interview in the sport, taking a back seat only to the UFC’s Chael Sonnen. Above he talks trash about everyone from the Georges St. Pierre to Scott Coker to Dana White.
F Bombs Away
You’ll notice when we do an interview, I don’t drop the F-bomb. Just a basic fundamental of life. When you’re in the professional sports business, you don’t do that .. Because I know owners of sports organizations … the number one thing they say is they can’t believe how certain people act in our business. They think that’s the reason why we can’t get to that next level.
Georges St-Pierre
I can’t stand watching Georges St. Pierre fight. I put him in the same category as watching Scott Coker talk. God, it kills me. You know? … I want to watch people like Tom Watson from England who fights for the Maximum Fighting Championship. I want to watch him fight. Because I know he’s going to do dirty s— to people. I know he’s going to kick someone in the head.
Firing anyone who pulls guard
Internet geeks don’t know me. They don’t know me in a personal way. The make all the stupid comments at all these places. They say these things … when I say pull guard, I mean when you are standing flat footed in front of a guy and all of the sudden you jump to your back. And then you try to butt scoot around the ring trying to catch up to him. While he’s still standing? That’s the kind of stuff I’m talking about.
MMA University
I watched what he (Dana White) did lots. When I got Jason MacDonald on their show, because I used to manage and train Jason MacDonald for years, I used to sit in the arena and watch the setup of their shows. Because there’s no university to go to learn to promote mixed martial arts. I would sit there and watch how they did the lighting, watch how they did this and that. It was funny. My son was real young at that time and Dana would call him over ‘Hey Dave, come over here and I’ll show you how this works.’ We had a nice relationship.